James Thurber. First edition, fourth printing (stated). New York: Simon and Shuster, 1957. Both unclipped dust jacket and hardcover are in Near Fine condition. Dust jacket in a mylar protective wrapper, designed by Marc Simont, the 1957 winner of the Caldecott Medal. No writing or markings in the book, 73 pp.
The man with the map and the man with the ship sailed for the island rich with sapphires, emeralds and rubies. The last of Thurber's five short-book fairy tales for children, the story is set on the island of Ooroo where confusion reigns when the letter of O is banished.
