A Natural retailer History of Gnomes

GNOMES
By Wil Huygen, illustrated by Rien Poortvliet
(1977)

First US edition of this charming book about the lives and habits of gnomes and their animal friends and troll adversaries, written like a field guide.

“The gnomes consulted for this book were extremely reserved when pressed for answers to some of our questions.”

GNOMES inspired the beloved Gen X / Elder Millennial animated series DAVID THE GNOME, whose theme song remains firmly wedged in this cataloguer's brain.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 12'' x 8.25''. Original brown textured boards with gilt spine lettering and gilt gnome to front board. Original unclipped (no price) color pictorial dust jacket. Color pictorial endleaves of a gnome and bird friends. Illustrated in color. Unpaginated. Small blind-embossed ownership seal to front flyleaf. Jacket lamination lifting quite a bit, with raised striations; light toning to edges. Binding retailer with a hint of bumping to corners. Clean and sharp overall. Near fine in very good minus dust jacket.