James Grover Thurber (1894-1961), was an American cartoonist, author, humourist, journalist, playwright, and celebrated wit. What's more, we want the 13 castle clocks to whir and tick and tell us that the time is NOW. The 13 Clocks: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by James Thurber, Neil Gaiman (Introduction), Marc Simont (Illustrator) Paperback (Deluxe) 16.00 Paperback 16.00 eBook 7.99 Audiobook 0. THE 13 CLOCKS by James Thurber, illustrated by Marc Simont (Dell Yearling trade paperback 1982 THIRTEEN CLOCKS) 11 offers from 14.49 278 offers from 5. In a comic and poetic way, this story makes us all want to love a Princess and to be a Prince. The hands of all thirteen clocks stand still in the gloomy castle on a lonely hill where a wicked Duke lives with his niece, the beautiful Princess Saralinda. The only warmth he understands is the warm hands of Princess Saralinda, his fair niece, whom he cherishes and protects from suitors. He is a wicked Duke who has hands cold enough to choke a bull. The Thirteen Clocks (1950), and a superb account of the early days of the New Yorker. The Duke of the castle ignores time and pays no attention to temperature either. Few younger Americans may know the name James Thurber, let alone his wonderful work and art. THE 13 CLOCKS by James Thurber, illustrated by Marc Simont (Dell Yearling trade paperback 1982 THIRTEEN CLOCKS). James Thurber's enduring story of life in a castle where time stands still on every clock at 10 minutes to five. The 13 Clocks book by James Thurber Science Fiction & Fantasy Books > Sci-Fi Humor Books ISBN: 1590172752 The 13 Clocks by James Thurber See Customer Reviews Select Format Hardcover 5.09 - 6.09 Paperback 4.79 - 14.80 Select Condition Like New 6.09 Very Good 5.99 Good 5.39 Acceptable 5.09 New - See All 9 Editions from 4. 124pp, illustrated, illustrated endpapers.

2' loss to top of front jacket and spine neatly repaired with strip of blue marbled paper, edge wear, chipping and short closed tears to top and bottom of back jacket and spine, corners and folds rubbed with small loss, some time staining to back jacket, not price clipped (9s 6d), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a reasonable copy. Jacket and illustrations by Mark Simont (illustrator).

The thirteen clocks by james thurber