What does Jim look like?

He is old enough to have white hair, as shining as silk. His skin shines, too, like a brown polished table. His eyes are as bright as blue glass marbles.

Where is his corner?

It's on Derry's street. So Derry can often sit on Jim's orange crate at Jim's corner listening to Jim's stories because...

Long before you were born, Jim was a sailor on the sea (as a matter of fact, be sure to read his story about the time he was a sailor under the sea!— it's on page 15 of this book). He knows all the places on earth and has lived with all the weather in the sky and he remembers wonderful stories. They are all in this book; there is one about the sea-sick codfish that saved the Rocking Horse (Jim's ship) from the ninth wave (which you know is always the biggest), and one about the green kitten and another about how Jim got the gold earring he wears in his ears and about the time he was...why don't you begin right now to read them yourself?

From the Henry Z Walck first U.S. edition dust jacket