Sybil Orsi (1 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. POP Books / Montcalm Productions, Inc. in association with Random House [Published Date: 1971. Hardcover, [60] pp (unnumbered). First edition. Very good in acceptable+ dust jacket. Illustrated paper over boards have bumping and scuffing to edges. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has a 2" tear to the paper over the top edge of the back cover and a few other small nicks and tears and creasing along edges. light overall scuffing, aging and soiling to jacket as well. NOT price clipped. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. Black and white illustrations. A quirky, tongue-in-cheek tribute to motherhood consisting of a compilation of vintage photographs, ironic captions, quotations, and short prose snippets reflecting on the maternal figure - sometimes affectionately, sometimes irreverently. The introduction defines "mother" through a list of linguistic origins and pairs it with "grabber," a term of urban slang. Features decorative Victorian-inspired page borders and sepia-toned photo reproductions, all curated and stylized by Sybil D'Orsi. Includes quotes by Judy Garland, Ricky Nelson, Ringo Starr, Oscar Wilde, and Mark Twain among others. Produced as part of the POP Books line, a satirical and irreverent series also including Cooking with Grass and A Child's Garden of Graffiti.