HOW THE ALLIGATOR MISSED BREAKFAST Hardcover in dust jacket - 1982

Boston, MA.: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. This book is hard-bound in green cloth with blue printing to the upper cover and spine, in a nice dust jacket, but with a few short closed tears to the edges. The covers show a bit of light mottling. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and generally clean with color illustrations, but also with some light foxing. This book is signed/inscribed by Galway Kinnell on the front free end-page and also signed/inscribed by the illustrator Lynn Munsinger on the front free end-page. Laid-in at the front is an ANs (Autograph Note Signed) by Galway Kinnell. From the collection of Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu (1945-2019) of Columbus, Ohio - known to many of his bookseller, author, and illustrator friends as "Tubby." He was persistent in the pursuit of autographed books by the writers and artists he admired, including Gorey, Sendak, Heaney, Byatt, Morrison, Updike and many more. Joseph Heller once wrote to Tubby in response to one more "please sign and return" request: "This is turning out to be a hell of a lot of work!" All signed books unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic. Many of the books are inscribed to both Cuthbert and his great friend of more than two decades Antonia Gale Moss. .