Humorous Short Studies
New York: Hart Publishing Co. Inc., 1960. Paperback. 1960, Edition not stated. Softcover, in Very Good+ condition, with light exterior shelf wear.
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Alarms & Diversions - inscribed
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1957. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth backed boards in dust jacket, inscribed: "Merry Christmas Stuart [?] Johnson, Jim Thurber." Book good with some wear to cloth at top of spine and one inch down the front joint, light waterstaining to flyleaf and next page, jacket good.....
Further Fables for Our Time -- inscribed
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1956. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth backed boards in dust jacket, inscribed: "Best wishes to Jin [?], James Thurber" in his later, more sloppy, hand. Book is good, light wear to binding, endpapers somewhat spotty, contents otherwise very good, jacket good or better with light shelfwear.....
My World and Welcome to It: inscribed copy
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1942. Hardcover. 4th printing, very good in in very good dust jacket with edgewear and small chips, inscribed on flyleaf to S. J. Thomas and fully signed. Possibly a fellow humorist, Thomas is cited online for having quipped, "I have Bright's Disease and he has mine.".....
The Seal in the Bedroom -- inscribed
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1950. Hardcover. Cloth backed boards in dust jacket, inscribed: "Dear Horman, Happy New Year, Jim and Helen / James Thurber." Very good in good dust jacket with minor edgewear and soil. The inscription is possibly to Arthur T. Horman, the screenwriter. Both of them were.....
The Thurber Carnival, Franklin 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. Hardcover. 8vo, full leather gilt, fine copy. Part of the 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature, "a limited edition collection published under the auspices of The American Revolution Bicentennial Administration."
Selected Letters of James Thurber - inscribed by Helen Thurber to Bill and Roz Targ
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1981. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth backed boards in dust jacket, very good, light wear. Inscribed: "Love and Merry Christmas, to Roz and Bill, 13 October 1981." Targ was an editor, publisher, author and bibliophile, and Roslyn was a well known literary agent.
Many Moons
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1943. Second printing. Hardcover. Second printing (with number "2" on verso of titlepage), 1943. Red cloth hardcover, unpaginated, illustrated in color, clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, a faint mustiness to the book, soiling or discoloration to some pages, covers with some soiling and.....
The Genius of James Thurber
London: The Folio Society, 1998. Second printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo, hardcover in slipcase. Illustrated in b&w. Mild shelfwear to book and slipcase, with contents clean.
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