Description
The first edition of Squirrels In The Feeding Station: Ted Key’s Suburban Survival Kit, inscribed by the cartoonist, for Merrill Panitt, the “Dean of Editors” of Triangle Magazines.
Octavo, 126pp. Red cloth, title stamped on spine. Stated “First Edition” on the copyright page. Light wear to tips of spine, internally clean, solid text block. Light soiling to cloth covers. In the publisher’s illustrated dust jacket, retail price on the front flap, light shelf wear, chipping along spine, a very good example.
Signed on the front free endpaper: “Dear Merrill and Marge: For a dime, I’ll send you the laugh track. Love, Ted. ”
From the personal library of Merrill Panitt (1918-1994), the founder and editorial director of TV Guide. During World War II, Panitt served on the staff of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, where he came to the attention of Walter Annenberg, the publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Panitt joined The Inquirer in 1945 and worked with Annenberg to found TV Guide in 1953. He later became the director of Triangle Publications, the publisher of TV Guide, Seventeen Magazine, and many more.
