Signed book: A Little Pigeon Toad. First edition. NY: Simon and Schuster, 1988. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.75 x 11.25, 48 pages. Signed on the first free end page in black felt tip, "Fred Gwynne, 4/89." In fine condition.
Though best known for his classic television roles—most notably as Herman Munster on The Munsters—Fred Gwynne wrote and illustrated children's books. In A Little Pigeon Toad, he playfully renders literal interpretations of homophonic sayings: a 'giant hammerhead' shows a carpenter's hammer emerging from the ocean, Scottish 'forebears' become four ursine creatures in kilts, and 'naval oranges' are citrus slices at sea.
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