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ADDAMS, Charles (1912–1988). An original ink and wash illustration of Pugsley and Wednesday Addams [executed in: “Favorite Haunts”. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1976].
4to. Original gilt–stamped boards; original unclipped dust jacket (extremes a bit worn, corners and extreme ends chipped). Provenance: Jane Glickman (see inscription from Addams).
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY ADDAMS AND WITH AN ORIGINAL INK AND WASH ILLUSTRATION of Pugsley holding Wednesday atop his shoulder on the recto of the author’s bibliography leaf facing the title–page. With an additional drawing by Addams of a newly invented character (Blot) to evidently conceal “a blot” that Addams accidently produced below his signature.