Thurber, James

"A Final Note on Chandra Bell" in New Yorker (October 15, 1949)

New York, 1949. First Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Near fine in original wrappers with small separation at the base of the spine. Near Fine.

Library Books / Clayton Fine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 022323

Thurber, James

"The First Time I Saw Paris" in Holiday (April, 1957)

Philadelphia, Curtis, 1957. First Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Near fine in original wrappers. Tiny ink notation. Near Fine.

Library Books / Clayton Fine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: b23949

Thurber, James

"A Friend of the Earth" in New Yorker (June 4, 1949)

New York, 1949. First Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Near fine in original wrappers with a chip at the end of the spine. Near Fine.

Library Books / Clayton Fine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 021558

Thurber, James

Further Fables For Our Time

Simon & Schuster, 1956, 1st edition. Cloth spined boards, dj, VG/G+. x+174pp, b/w illustrations by the author, large bookplate on the front pastedown, spine of dustjacket faded, dustjacket rubbed & a little creased along the edges. Hardback with dustjacket.
¶ A collection of 47 Thurber Fables, 37 of which appeared in the New Yorker & 10 of which appear here for the first time.

Eastleach BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 20329

Keywords: humour, literature, cartoons

Thurber, James

Further Fables for Our Time

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 174p. illus. Very good condition/good.

Brookline Village BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 005788

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Literature First Editions Fiction

Thurber, James

Further Fables for Our Time

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1956. Special printing. Hardcover. 174p. illus. Very good condition in slipcase .

Brookline Village BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 21679

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Literature Humor Fiction

THURBER, James

Further Fables for Our Times

1956. THURBER, James. FURTHER FABLES FOR OUR TIMES. Illustrated by the Author. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. First edition, specially bound, with a pencil inscription in Thurber's hand take up the entire first blank: "Merry Christmas to Terry, from Jim and Helen. 1956." Daise Terry was office manager at The New Yorker magazine. 8vo. printed on laid paper, beige cloth, titled in red to spine, line illustrations blind-stamped to spine and upper board, all edges stained red, red ribbon marker, dark blue endpapers. In a green paper-covered publisher's box, white line illustration to front panel, lettered in black and red. The book is mint; the box is near fine, with some neglible very light soiling and some light edgewear. (Bowden A24a). .

Boston Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 59240

Thurber, James

Further Fables for Our Time

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. 1956. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. 1956. Fine. - Octavo, blue paper covered boards titled in gilt on the spine with vignettes of animals in gilt on the front board, in a dust wrapper. The rear panel of the dust jacket is soiled. The jacket spine is sunned with the head & tail slightly chipped. xi & 174 pages. There is a price-sticker on the rear pastedown. Illustrated with black-and-white vignettes by the author. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

First edition. Fine .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 10699

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; ILLUSTRATED; HUMOR; HUMORIST; AMERICAN; JAMES THURBER; FURTHER FABLES FOR OUR TIME; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; MODERN FIRST EDITION.

Thurber, James

Further Fables for Our Time

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. 1956. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. 1956. Good. - Octavo, dark blue paper covered boards backed with green cloth with vignettes stamped in gilt on front board, in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The spine is slightly faded & the boards are lightly rubbed. The rear panel of the dust jacket is somewhat darkened, the head of the spine is torn & there is a small piece out of the tail. xi & 174 pages. Black-and- white head- & tail-pieces & textual illustrations by the author. The page edges are slightly darkened. Good.

First edition. Good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 3126

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FABLES; HUMOR; ILLUSTRATED; AUTHOR; ILLUSTRATOR; AMERICAN; JAMES THURBER; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

THURBER, JAMES

Further Fables for Our Time

1956. THURBER, James. FURTHER FABLES FOR OUR TIME. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. First edition. 8vo. green cloth-backed blue illustrated paper-covered boards. Touch of sun to heel and crown; offsetting to front endpapers; slight foxing to rear. Overall, very good, in a price-clipped, spine-sunned dust jacket with moderate soil and edgewear. .

Boston Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 66016

THURBER, JAMES

Further Fables for Our Time

New York, Simon & Schuster. 1956, First Thus. Hardcover. Ill.: James Thurber. Book, A square solid tight clean un-opened un-read copy. The spine area of this copy has been sun-darkened. The pictorial slipcase has some rubbing wear, some edgewear, some soil. A nice over-all copy of the Special Edition of this title of which there was 3000 copies issued. N-Fine/None,As Issued.

Pat Cramer, BooksellerProfessional seller

Book number: 024293

Catalogue: Humor

Keywords: James Thurber Collection

Thurber, James

Further Fables for Our Times

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1956. Special printing, Page foredge stained (from rusting slip cover staples) & spine lightly soiled otherwise very good hard cover book/ edgewear on slipcase (no dust jacket).

Lorrin Wong, BooksellerProfessional seller

Book number: 564041

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 277924

Thurber, James

Further Fables for Our Time

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Special printing limited to 3000 copies. Printed on laid paper and bound in beige cloth stamped in red on the spine panel. No dustjacket, as issued. Spine is slightly darkened. A near fine copy in near fine slipcase with minor wear to top edges. Illustrations by the author. A nice copy. Bowden A24a. ; Octavo. .

Parigi BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 16361

Catalogue: Fiction and Literature

Keywords: Humor, Short Stories

Thurber, James

Further Fables of Our Time. Inscribed

New York, Simon & Schuster, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. From TBCL's Children's Bookcase. Thurber, James. FURTHER FABLES OF OUR TIME. Inscribed. New York: Simon & Shuster, 1956. First Edition, illustrated throughout by Thurber. 8vo. 174pp. Half green cloth & gilt-stamped blue paper-covered boards. Thurber's characteristically nearly-blind large pencil inscription signed by Thurber to his close friends Morris and Margaret Ernst: "Happy Times / Morris and Margaret / Jim and Helen". (Helen is Thurber's second wife). A fine copy. Quarter cloth over decorated blue boards in a near fine dustwrapper showing light use with a few small stains & minor loss at the spine heel. A very nice example. Rarely seen inscribed. [Bowden A24a]. An annual award, the Thurber Prize, begun in 1997, honors outstanding examples of American humor. /Dust Jacket Included.

TBCL The Book Collector's LibraryProfessional seller

Book number: 32041

Catalogue: Association & Dedication Copies

Keywords: Autograph Gallery Electronic List TBCL TBCL Children's Bookshelf

THURBER, JAMES

Further Fables of our Time

World Books. 1968. hardcover, 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). The jacket is chipped and repaired. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Good.

M. Godding Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 262626

Catalogue: Short Stories