Life Hard Times by James Thurber, First Edition (36 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First paperback edition, first printing #92 of this collection of humorous short stories. Light spine slant. Sun fading to the spine. In fair condition.

Paperback. first PB. 92, very good , (ILLUSTRATED HUMOR STORIES), paperback,

Condition: Good. 1948. First Penguin Edition. 135 pages. Paperback book with orange cover. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are mildly tanned. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Paper cover has mild edge wear with mild corner curling. Heavy tanning to spine. Mild water stains and droplets to front cover. Tape staining to rear cover. Mild scratching and marking to covers.

First Bantam Printing. Sunning to the spine. Owner signature. Very Good condition.

Condition: Good. 1950. First Edition. 151 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Condition: Very Good. 1980. First Edition Thus. 253 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Yellow cloth with decorations and slipcase. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages are bright and clear with no visible markings. Boards have light edgewear with corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Slipcase has light edge wear with minor markings to panels.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. JAMES THURBER (illustrator). 1st Edition. Hardcover published 1st THUS 1959, illustrated by the Author, VG in VG dust-jacket small label tear to front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. James Thurber (illustrator). First Edition. 254pp, illus by Thurber, cream buckram with a design in brown by Thurber, selected and introduced by Tim Wilkinson, V.G.HARDCOVER, NO DUST JACKET, SLIPCASE , NO MARKINGS, SPLENDID CONDITION, EXCELLENT VALUE.

Paperback. first PB. 92, almost near fine, (ILLUSTRATED HUMOR STORIES), paperback,

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 136 p.; 18 cm. Subjects: English fiction; Fiction in English; Fiction in English, 1900 Texts; English literature. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. The jacket is marked and worn. There is transparent tape across the top and bottom of the spine and a 2cm closed tear on the back of the jacket. The jacket is price clipped. The boards are clean and vibrant, they have some slight edge wear. The front end page has been removed but there are no inscriptions and the binding is solid. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Paperback. first PB. 92, near fine, (ILLUSTRATED HUMOR STORIES), paperback,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Presumed First Edition Thus. Presumed first Folio Society printing w/NAP, hardcover in tan cloth with top edge treatment, gold stamped titling to the spine, and stamped illustrative decoration to the covers. The book has a mild lean to the binding, very light bumps to the spine ends and lower cover corners, a touch of rubbing to the covers, and very faint sunning to the spine. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight Very Good+ copy in a Very Good slipcase, which has light bumps to the corners, slight sunning to the edges, a few small smudges to the panels, and a touch of wear along the seams.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 136 p.; 18 cm. Subjects: English fiction; Fiction in English; Fiction in English, 1900 Texts; English literature. 1 Kg.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Penguin Books 1948, first edition. Softcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Penguin 1948 first edition. Pages clean and bright, binding coming away from cover, minor shelf wear to cover. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Beige Boards. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition Thus. 253pp. 1980. First edition thus in the Folio Society format. A near fine or very good plus very clean, very tight and very bright copy in very good slipcase. Upper edge dyed green as it should be. Numerous illustrations by James Thurber. The tail of the spine a little bumped. One rear corner of the slipcase bumped with associated splitting. A near fine or very good plus copy in very good slipcase.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Penguin 1948 first edition thus. Pages clean and bright, binding firm minor shelf wear to cover. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Cloth. Book Condition: Near Fine Book. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good DJ. James Thurber Drawings (illustrator). Early Reprint. 153 pp. Classic humor and drawings. A scarce early trade edition with K-Y on copyright page publisher's date code for , dustjacket price clipped, and Hemingway blurb on front of DJ: " Ernest Hemingway says: " I find it far superior to the autobiography of Henry Adams. Even in the earliest days when Thurber was writing under the name Alice B. Toklas we knew he had it in him if he could get it out.". No marks or damage, just a touch of wear along top edge of spine; Dj also with edgewear.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine rebound in a library binding.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. 253 pages. illustrated A VG copy with a previous owners name on the endpaper. Lacks a dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. THURBER JAMES (illustrator). 1st Edition. SOLID AND BRIGHT VERY RARE TITLE BY HARPER AND BROS. BOOK STATES G-C ON COPYRIGHT PAGE LEADING ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE BOOK WAS PRINTED IN1951 MR. THURBER'S MASTERPIECE BOUND IN PLAIN BEIGE / TAN BOARDS WITH BLACK LETTERING ON SPINE WHICH HAS SOME DISCOLORATION STAIN AT THE TOPS OF PAGES 28-29 PREVIOUS OWNERS BOOKPLATE.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. Clean red cloth on boards with black title and dog on front; tiny spot bump to front. Edges: top-edge beiged; just a few foxings. Spine: head & foot with paperthin faint old sunning. Eps: mild sprinkling of foxings. Clean contents. Illustrated line drawings. Binding is VG albeit only ever so slightly cocked. 151p Dj: old shelf-sunned (browned); moderate soiling and foxing. Spine: head & foot with thin wear, small tears and chips. Price-cut to front flap foot.

1st edition hardback in decorated cloth Very nice copy octavo 253pp., illusts., Neat ownership inscription o/w a nice copy. In sturdy slip-case as issued.

8vo. First Edition thus ,with illustrations in the text; pictorial ivory cloth, upper board blocked in brown, gilt back, green top, green endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's card slip-case.

Hardcover. First Edition. 253pp. Cloth. Introduction by Tim Wilkinson. Illustrations by the author. Light fading to spine panel as usual. A near fine copy in fine slipcase. ; Octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Pictorial yellow cloth with paper labels, pictorial endpapers. Spine faded, label slightly chipped, front free endpaper slightly foxed, name in ink on verso. No jacket.

FIRST PRINTING. FINE HARDBACK WITH VERY GOOD SLIPCASE. SELECTED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY TIM WILKINSON. FULLY ILLUSTRATED.

Soft Covers. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Penguin First Edition. Softcovers - worn/chipped/creased/soiled/blemished/browned/half of spine missing as well as bits just hanging on. 136pp., including b/w illustrations. Text block detached from covers. Pages beginning to brown. Inscription on fep which is also corner-creased and separately detached. Reading copy only. Poor.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Dust jacket missing. First edition, first printing. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. 1933. Unmarked copy. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.28.