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Thurber, James; Thurber, Helen (Introduction) : Thurber and Company

Harper and Row, New York, 1966

Original publisher's green cloth binding with illustrated green dust wrapper in mylar. Gilt decoration featuring a cartoon-version of James Thurber and his dog on the front cover. Gilt decoration of a rabbit and gilt lettering on the spine. Illustrated endpapers. Lists of other books by Thurber on back flap of dust wrapper and front flyleaf in the book preceding the title page. 7 1/4" x 10 1/2." 208 pages, complete. Many black and white illustrations, complete. Index in the back. Dust wrapper and pages and covers of the book are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Dust wrapper is not price-clipped. No remainder marks. A Fine book in a Fine dust wrapper. James Thurber (1894-1961) was an American cartoonist, humorist, playwright, and author. Most of his work was published in The New Yorker. Thurber was known for his observational sort of humor and was one of the most popular humorists in his time. Front panel of dust wrapper includes the following subtitle: "A new collection of drawings of male and female animals, including the human." The drawings range in tone from humorous, to introspective, to ambiguous. Categories of Thurber's drawings are the following: "Sports," "The Patient," "More Patients," "1917-1918," "Mainly Men and Women 1," "Fantasies," "A Gallery of Real Creatures," "The Hound and the Gun," "Europe," "Mainly Men and Women 2," "Shakespeare," "The Hound and the Hare," "Self-Portraits and Portraits," "Famous Poems Illustrated," "The Hound and the Hat," "Mainly Men and Women 3," "Parties," and "Word Dances.". Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fine

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