Paperback 1109: Scholastic Book Services T-124 (3rd ptg, 1961)
Title: To Tell Your Love
Author: Mary Stolz
Cover artist: Uncredited (but the book is "Illustrated by Artur Marokvia" so maybe the cover is him too—hard to tell since there's only one shitty illustration in the whole dang book for comparison)
Condition: 8/10
Value: $6-8
- To tell your love what? That you've developed Giraffe Neck? That an anvil fell on your head and now your head is flat like an anvil? That you see the world entire in greenscale? That you still use a landline? From the 1930s? What are you going to tell him, Anne!?
- Man, her hands are fucked up. I know it's hard to draw hands, but ... is it that hard? Poor Anne. She can barely clutch her pearls properly.
- "... and so I stared directly at the eclipse and now I only see green. Annnnyway. What about you, my love? What's weird about you? ... Hello? Hello?!"
Best things about this back cover:
- Kitty! I love this book now.
- I hope this book is about the kitty. Is the kitty her love? Tell the kitty he's good, Anne! Scritch Him!
- Wow, that blurb is ... not exciting. Or even coherent. What do I care about Anne's sister? Or Nora, for that matter? This book should've been titled "To Tell Doug He's Boring." That, or "Kitty's Grand Sleeping Adventures!"
Page 123~
"What sort of pet is Cooper taking?""That rooster of his," Johnny replied, shaking his head."Does Mr. Maloney approve of that?""Sure," Johnny laughed. "Mr. Maloney says it'll do the rooster good to get away from home and the hens for a while."
Mr. Maloney's crude rooster jokes would constitute the entirety of Johnny's sex education, and for that, Johnny's mother was grateful.
~RP
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Looking at the front cover, I could understand why the artist didn't want to be credited; I sure wouldn't want my name associated with it. Although there is a vague sort of Edward Gorey feel to it. But the back cover redeemed things. That's a good cat.
ReplyDeleteYes. Def a Gorry (Gorey knockoff)
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