William Steig’s Persistent Faces 1945 First Edition tabletop animals unusual for this type of

unusual for this type of item

at lower right

its maker misspelled "thee" as "the"

which is handy and for me just adds to their appeal

The binding is in good shape

William Steig’s Persistent Faces 1945 First Edition tabletop animals unusual for this type ofA great one from 1945 by New Yorker cartoonist, illustrator and childrens book writer William Steig, featuring 91 line drawn caricature portraits of types from "the Tool" to "the Investor" to the "Merry Widow", "Fall Guy", "Boy Scout", "Ambulance Chaser". etc. This was Steigs fourth book of "symbolic drawings," expressing what he called "the psychopathology of everyday life." A great gift for ones favorite keen observer of character, or for the coffee