Tucky The Hunter, James Dickey; Marie Angel (illustrator). Published by Crown Publishers, 1978. First Edition. Signed on half tittle by author. Oblong 8vo up to 9½” tall. Unpaginated; approximately 30pp. Textured paper with colour illustrations throughout. Aqua cloth boards, orange endpapers. Volume is in fine condition; jacket has very light shelf wear and a tiny closed tear lower edge of rear jacket. A whimsical story of a small boy, tracking the animals of the world with a pop gun and the snare of his imagination.
James Lafayette Dickey (1923-1997), is widely regarded as one of the major mid-century American poets, known for his sweeping historical vision and eccentric poetic style. He is also known for Deliverance, his novel about four suburban men struggling to survive a canoe trip gone awry, which was made into a popular movie of the same title.
Marie Felicity Angel (1923–2010) was a British illustrator and calligrapher known for her book illustrations. Her works by have been shown at the Royal Academy in London and the Society of Designer Craftsmen and in solo exhibitions in America; both the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Harvard Library and The Hunt Institute hold examples of her work.
