Phantom Tollbooth author-Maureen Johnson the Automae

the Automae

a poet capable of using Nightmares to not only influence the living but raise the dead

Yellow boards with spine stamped in green

Even if it means hiding his letters from her mom and stepdad

But there’s something eerily beguiling about Val’s new friends that sets her on edge

Phantom Tollbooth author-Maureen Johnson the AutomaeJUSTER, Norton. The Phantom Tollbooth. Illustrated by Jules Feiffer. NY: Epstein & Carroll [1961]. 8vo, 256pp. Blue cloth pictorially stamped in white. Map endpapers in blue ink; 3 two page, 26 one page and numerous smaller b&w illustrations. Spine ends lightly rubbed, else a remarkably clean, bright copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (Light edgewear, 1 1 2 inch closed tear at top front flap hinge, 1 1 2 inch scratch at base of front panel,