Writings & Drawings (The Library of America 90)
New York: The Library of America, 1996. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Item #2350041
ISBN: 1883011221
First thus. Includes publisher's slipcase. Quarter-sized stain on top slipcase edge, previous owner's ink label on bottom slipcase edge.
xiii, 1004 pp. 8vo. Original cloth, gilt titles and rules, ribbon marker bound in. A collection of short works and cartoons by the humorist long associated with The New Yorker, selected by Garrison Keillor, with chronology and notes following text. Includes: Is Sex Necessary? (excerpts); The Owl in the Attic (excerpts); The Seal in the Bedroom; My Life and Hard Times; The Middle-Aged Man on the Flying Trapeze (excerpts); Let Your Mind Alone! (excerpts); The Last Flower; Fables for Our Time & Famous Poems Illustrated (excerpts); My World - And Welcome to It (excerpts); Men, Women and Dogs (excerpts); The Thurber Carnival (excerpts); The Beast in Me and Other Animals (excerpts); The 13 Clocks; The Thurber Album (excerpts); Thurber Country (excerpts); Thurber's Dogs (excerpts); Further Fables for Our Time (excerpts); Alarms and Diversions (excerpts); The Years with Ross (excerpts); Uncollected Pieces. This edition is part of the Library of America series, published by a non-profit organization whose goal is to keep classic works of American literature and history in print as a way of preserving cultural heritage.
Price: $15.00