Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Published by Channel Press, 1960
Seller: GloryBe Books & Ephemera, LLC, Deforest, WI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Pages slightly tanned otherwise Good Plus. NOT A FORMER LIBRARY BOOK.
Published by Belmont Productions Inc. June 1963, 1963
Seller: Firefly Bookstore, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Used Good. Belmont L92-566, 50 cent cover price. This is a stated first printing on copyright page. Binding tight. Light wear to cover, slightly bumped and creased corners, pages tanned and foxed. Firefly sells new and used books through our store front. We try to add a detailed description to as many titles as possible. If you have questions regarding this title, please contact us. Photos available on request.
Published by Knopf, 1939
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. Stated first. DJ price-clipped and shows moderate wear, tear, chipping, rubbing, and fading. Bookplate of former owner on the front pastedown. Pages lightly tanned and clean. With illustrations by Thurber.
Published by Belmont, New York, 1963
Seller: Eric James, Lewisporte, NL, Canada
Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good ++. First Thus. Mass market paperback, unpaginated; tiny traces of shelf and reading wear, but very tight, clean and unmarked.
Published by Knopf, New York, 1939
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by James Thurber (illustrator). First Edition. Owner initials on endpaper.
Published by Herbert Jenkins Limited, London, United Kingdom, 1962
Seller: RIVERLEE BOOKS, Waltham Cross, HERTS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Thurber, James (illustrator). Good, hardcover. Generally clean, bright and tight. Some marks and light even tanning but otherwise in good condition. Dustjacket chipped, torn and price-clipped.
Published by Belmont L92-566, U.S., 1963
Seller: John Thompson, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. Solid with light wear from rubbing.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed.
Published by Belmont Tower Books, New York, NY, 1963
Seller: LONG BEACH BOOKS, INC., Long Beach, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good Minus. Illustrated By James Thurber (illustrator). First Paperback Edition. Belmont book #L92-566. Cartoons by Thurber, definitions by Ernst poking fun at life. Wear at edges, black cover rubbed, first few pages have small water marks, interior browned. Size: 4 1/8" x 7". PAPERBACK.
Published by Great Neck, N. Y. : Channel Press
First Edition
Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Front endpage missing. In protective mylar cover. (English language, Etymology, American wit and humor ).
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition thus with new introduction. Illustrated with a preface by James Thurber. 240pp. Toning on endpapers and boards, foxing on topedge, very good in a very good dust jacket with small chips and tears, drink rings on the front panel, and a lightly sunned spine.
Published by Herbert Jenkins,, London:, 1962
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by James Thurber (illustrator). First edition thus. Very good in a very good dust jacket. ; 160 pages.
Published by Channel Press,, Great Neck:, 1960
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by James Thurber (illustrator). First edition thus - with a new preface by Thurber. Very good in a very good (two small chips, fading along the spine) dust jacket. ; 240 pages.
Published by Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, 1965
Seller: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Fair. James Thurber (illustrator). The first Penguin Books edition of a book previously first published in 1939 and revised in 1962. Firmly bound with some handling wear on the cover including creases and edge rubbing, faded spine, tanned pages, name of former owner written inside.
Published by Knopf, New York, 1939
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: good. First. Drawings by James Thurber. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Knopf, 1939. First Edition. Near fine coy in a price-clipped, lightly soiled, lightly edge-chipped dust wrapper.
Published by Great Neck, N. Y. : Channel Press, 1954
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
3rd Edition, revised. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages; Description: 240 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Includes index. Includes a preface and 60 drawings by James Thurber. Subjects: American wit and humor, Pictorial. English language --Etymology 1 Kg.
Published by Great Neck N. Y. : Channel Press
Seller: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. 1954. 3rd Edition, revised. Hardcover. 8vo. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1939
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. James Thurber (illustrator). First Edition. 252 pp. Original light green cloth covers, very bright and clean. Spine and edges lightly sunned. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Illust. w/ b/w drawings. Contents very nice.
Published by Harper & Row 1989, 1989
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
Published by Great Neck, N. Y. : Channel Press, 1954
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
3rd Edition, revised. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages; Description: 240 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Includes index. Includes a preface and 60 drawings by James Thurber. Subjects: American wit and humor, Pictorial. English language --Etymology 1 Kg.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Please note this is the Perennial Press edtion. Very Good condition, slight tanning to page margins. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). Overseas buyers please also note that shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel.
Published by Great Neck N. Y. : Channel Press, 1954
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
Condition: Very Good. 1954. 3rd Edition, revised. Hardcover. 8vo. . . . .
Published by Herbert Jenkins, 1962
Seller: Westmoor Books, Bedale, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. James Thurber (illustrator). 1st Edition. London Herbert Jenkins, 1962. first of this edition, with black & white drawings by James Thurber, 8vo. hardback, original crimson red boards, with dust jacket, price unclipped, A fair copy with fair dust jacket, binding clean and sound, contents clean, dust jacket with slight shelf wear at edges and odd tear.boards stained and soiled. but clean, no inscriptions or markings.
Published by Channel Press, Great Neck, NY, 1960
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. James Thurber (illustrator). First Edition Thus. Book has minor soil, is covered in an intact, very lightly worn jacket. The obscure meaning of words. an attractive copy.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition thus with new introduction. Illustrated with a preface by James Thurber. 240pp. Toning on the board edges else about near fine in a very good dust jacket with tears, creasing, and toning.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Thurber, James (illustrator). First Edition. Hardcover in price-clipped jacket. One-inch tear and light edgewear to jacket.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1939
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], ix, [1], 251, [3]; illustrations throughout by James Thurber, full green cloth, illustrated dust jacket price clipped, toned and edge-worn, fine/very good.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1939
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. James Thurber (illustrator). First Printing. Scarce Thurber work, even scarcer in the jacket which he illustrated. In a Mylar dj cover, a clean, unclipped copy. We guarantee our books.