Chas. Addams' Black Maria by [ADDAMS, Charles] - 1960

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. First Edition. Boards. Fine/very good. [CARTOONS]. First edition. 4to; 96pp; glazed black boards, silver-stamped facsimile author signature to front; orange cloth shelf-back with black lettering; color illustrated free endpapers, glazed black pastedowns; page edges lightly age-toned; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, chipping to foot of spine and tears to rear panel; fine in very good dj. Another darkly humorous collection of Charles Addams' cartoons. Addams (1912-1988) was an American cartoonist and humorist whose work was often published in the New Yorker magazine. Some of his recurring characters became well known through both television and screen as the Addams Family.