Thurber, James

Thurber Country: A New Collection of Pieces About Males and Females, Mainly of Our Own Species

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. 276pp. Cloth backed boards. Light foxing to cloth on spine. A near fine copy in good+ dustjacket with several chips along the edges and mild foxing. ; Octavo. Ill.: Illustrated by Thurber, James.

Parigi BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 35690

Catalogue: Fiction and Literature

Keywords: FICTION, HUMOR Humor

thurber-james

The Thurber Carnival

. Turtleback ISBN: 3883890200, Condition: VeryGood.

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Book number: mon0000256870

Thurber, James, 1894-1961

Thurber & Company. Introd. by Helen Thurber

New York Harper & Row. Hardcover , Condition: VeryGood.

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Book number: mon0000294502

THURBER, JAMES

The Thurber Carnival (Modern Library #85. 3)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1967-68]. Hardcover. ISBN: 0394600851. An illustrated anthology of the popular humorist and illustrator's unique writings and drawings on a wide variety of subjects. With numerous pages of the author's cartoons and illustrations toward back half of volume. (Inaccurately listed as a 1957 Modern Library first edition, but likely published c.1967-68.) --- In Toledano spine 13 w/full blue cloth-covered boards, silver titling & decorations stamped on spine; ml logo blindstamped to front cover, blank endpapers. Jacket style l, verso is blank. ML #85.3. --- With school's rubberstamping to front free endpaper, a three-digit number inked to textblock lower edge, binder's glue bleed-through to front endpaper, and with quite noticeable tanning to leaves, else a sound, unmarked, tightly-bound copy. Unclipped dust jacket has some foxing and soiling, is otherwise intact and in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; (12), 369 pages. Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 83657

Keywords: 0394600851 >>Modern Library Editions >>Humor, Puzzles, Diversions

Thurber, James,

Thurber Country: A Collection of Pieces About Males & Females, Mostly of Our Own Species.

New York, Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 1953. Later Printing. Trade Paperback., G+ in Wraps. Pages Toning. Sunned at Spine. Pages: 277.

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Book number: MASTER257190I

Catalogue: Humor

Thurber, James,

Thurber Country: The Classic Collection About Males and Females, Mainly of Our Own Species.

New York, Barnes & Noble, 1992. 2nd Printing. Hardcover., G (See Description), Vg/G Dj Sunned at Spine. Pages Clean, Binding Tight. Pages: 276.

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Book number: MASTER289900I

Catalogue: Humor

Thurber, James

The Thurber Carnival

Penguin, 1953, 1st edition. Paperback, G+. 286pp, b/w illustrations, pages rather browned, a fair copy. Penguin book 871. Paperback , no dustjacket.
¶ An anthology of the 'best bits' from Thurber's earlier humorous works. James Grover Thurber [ 1894 - 1961 ] American cartoonist, writer &, humorist.

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Book number: 42818

Keywords: humour, literature, cartoons

Thurber, James

The Thurber Carnival

Harper & Row, 1975, 1st thus. Paperback, VG. xiv+369pp, b/w illustrations, a nice copy. Harper Colophon Books edition. Paperback , no dustjacket.
¶ An anthology of the 'best bits' from Thurber's earlier humorous works. James Grover Thurber [ 1894 - 1961 ] American cartoonist, writer &, humorist.

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Book number: 46838

Keywords: humour, literature, cartoons

THURBER, JAMES

Thurber Carnival

New York369: Harper & Brothers, 1945. Hardcover. An illustrated Hardcover, black / red titles to the cover and spine. In Very Good+ condition, the binding is tight, bright, clean pages. Light spine end bumping. The DJ is Very Good with cover rubbing and edge wear. " The Thurber Carnival captures the depth of Thurber's talent and the breadth of his wit. The stories compiled here, almost all of which first appeared in The New Yorker , are from his uproarious and candid collection My World and Welcome to It —including the American classic "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"—as well as from The Owl in the Attic , The Seal in the Bathroom , and Men, Women and Dogs . "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 369 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

Bytown BookeryProfessional seller

Book number: 27164

Catalogue: American Fables, Folklore, Humor, Culture

Keywords: American Fables, Humor Culture Folklore Short Stories Humour & Satire Culture Short Stories Mythology / Folklore

Thurber, James

Thurber cartoon in New Yorker (March 3, 1934)

New York, 1934. First Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Near fine in original wrappers with a roll to the spine. Near Fine.

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Book number: b22100

Thurber, James

Thurber cartoon and another Thurber cartoon in an ad in New Yorker (April 28, 1934)

New York, 1934. First Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Near fine in original wrappers. Near Fine.

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Book number: b22101

Thurber, James

Thurber cartoon in New Yorker (May 26, 1934)

New York, 1934. First Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Near fine in original wrappers with a roll to the spine. Near Fine.

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Book number: b22102

Thurber, James

Thurber cartoon in New Yorker (July 7, 1934)

New York, 1934. First Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Near fine in original wrappers. Near Fine.

Library Books / Clayton Fine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: b22105

Thurber, James

Thurber cartoon in New Yorker (January 5, 1935)

New York, 1935. First Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Near fine in original wrappers. Partial sticker adhering to cover. Near Fine.

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Book number: b22116

THURBER, JAMES

The Thurber Carnival (Franklin Library Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers Series)

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1979. Hardcover. A Franklin Library leatherbound edition offering several humorous stories by James Thurber (1894-1961), many of which include illustrations by Mr. Thurber, along with several of his captioned cartoons. Much of Thurber's work first appeared in the New Yorker magazine. With a drawn portrait of Thurber by Harry Schaare. Franklin Library "Notes from the Editors" booklet about this work is included. Issued as an entry in the publisher's Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers series. One of an unspecified number in this limited edition. --- Bound in full dark green bonded leather covers with two raised bands on spine. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges all in bright gilt. Interior leaves printed on high-quality papers. Red silk moire endpapers, with matching sewn-in satin ribbon bookmark. Volume lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- With a tear to corner of a leaf at front of book, otherwise an about-Fine copy lacking additional damages or evidence of having been read.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); xxi, 430 pages. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 86945

Keywords: >>Humor, Puzzles, Diversions >>Fine Bindings