Jacket design by Maurice Sendak. 169 pages, cloth, dj, very good. From the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 'Ogden Nash, (1902-71), American poet, b. Rye, N.Y., studied at Harvard. He was popular for a wide assortment of immensely quotable verses, ranging from urbane satire to absurdity in their subject and rhyme. He also wrote plays and children’s books. His collections include Hard Lines (1931), I’m a Stranger Here Myself (1938), Selected Verse (1946), Versus (1949), The Private Dining Room (1953), You Can’t Get There from Here (1957), Verses From 1929 On (1959), Everyone But Thee and Me (1962), and Bed Riddance (1970).'

PRIVATE DINING ROOM VERSES POETRY OGDEN NASH HUMOR MAURICE