The Thurber Letters: The Wit, Wisdom, and Surprising Life of James Thurber (Signed First Edition)

Harrison Kinney & Rosemary A. Thurber (editors); James Thurber (subject)

ISBN 10: 0743223438 / ISBN 13: 9780743223430

Published by Simon & Schuster, 2003

About this Item

A lovely Signed First Edition presentation copy! Fine in hardcover (square, tight, unmarked) in a fine dust jacket -- clean, bright, tight -- which has not been price-clipped. No rips, no tears, no rubbing, and no markings of any kind. First edition; first printing (full number line present). Presentation copy from Rosemary Thurber, daughter of the humorist James Thurber, to "Katharine and Andy," with a long hand-written inscription by Rosemary Thurber, with a charming pencil drawing of a dog. The inscription references "a Columbus man, a friend of my father" (Columbus was James Thuber's hometown, and the location of Thurber House), as well as visiting a house in Ohio, where Rosemary found "No trace of Althea" (undoubtedly a reference to Althea Adams Thurber, the first wife of James Thurber and the mother of Rosemary). Ships from NC. All hardbacks are sealed in recycled plastic, packaged securely with protective wrapping, and shipped promptly with tracking information. (OS-4.).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Thurber Letters: The Wit, Wisdom, and Surprising Life of James Thurber (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0743223438
• ISBN 13: 9780743223430
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: James Thurber
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Dimensions: 5.08W x 17.78H x 24.13D centimeters 5.08 centimeters width by 17.78 centimeters height by 24.13 centimeters depth
• Weight: 1225 grams
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

A comprehensive collection of letters by the great American humorist chronicles his years as a reporter for the Columbus Dispatch, as well as his later career with The New Yorker and his relationships with E. B. White and Peter De Vries, among others. 15,000 first printing.

About the Author

Harrison Kinney is the author of James Thurber: His Life and Times, published by Henry Holt in 1995. A reporter for The New Yorker from 1949 to 1954, he is also the author of another book of nonfiction, a novel, and two children's books. His writing has appeared in many publications. He lives in Lexington, Virginia.