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The very fine clock / by Muriel Spark ; drawings by Edward Gorey.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Tehon Collection PZ7.S73702 Ve 1968
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Tehon Collection PZ7.S73702 Ve 1968 copy 2
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Spark, Muriel, author.
Contributor:
Gorey, Edward, 1925-2000, illustrator.
Tehon, Atha.
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., publisher.
Atha Tehon Thiras Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Clocks and watches--Juvenile fiction.
Clocks and watches.
Clocks and watches--Fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Penn Provenance:
Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copies 1 & 2)
Tehon, Susan (donor)
Physical Description:
32 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 18 x 24 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf : [Distributed by Random House, Inc., 1968].
Summary:
Because Ticky, the clock, is extremely wise, the professor and his friends vote to bestow upon him the title of Professor. But Ticky declines the honor.
Notes:
"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc."
Author's first book for juvenile readers.
Designed by Atha Tehon.
Local Notes:
Tehon Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.
Tehon Collection copies 1 & 2: dust jackets retained.
Other Format:
Online version: Spark, Muriel. Very fine clock.
OCLC:
442360

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