Gardner, John — Freddy's Book

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The fine duotone and other illustrations of Daniel Biamonte greatly augment this stated First Edition, another of John Gardner's masterpieces. The quiet, withdrawn faculty professor lets fly at a faculty party that his son, who lives upstairs, Freddy, is a monster. Freddy is eight-feet-tall. Freddy lives a sheltered and sensitive life but he has written a fine, beautiful fantasy of knights, knaves, lovely lasses and fools in a rich tapestry of Norse mythology. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities, just a tough of smudging to bottom fore-tip. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. 245 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Near Fine,