Cream of Thurber ['skimmed' from My Life & Hard Times, The Owl in the Attic, The Middle-Aged. Man on the flying Trapeze, Let Your Mind Alone] by Thurber, James - 1939-01-01

Readers Union Ltd and Hamish Hamilton/London. Hardcover. Fair. 251 pp. Book/dust jacket condition: Fair (spine removed; light foxing;previous owners' names - ink and covering sticker - to ffep; light soiling, sunning to cream-colored front, back boards)/na (missing). Contains excerpts [writings and drawings] from 4 previously-published Thurber titles. ""This edition is not for public sale..."" Scarce/rare title, esp. in the US. All orders are processed and shipped from MI or WI, USA.

Hamish Hamilton, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 251 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are heavily foxed, but text remains legible. Binding is firm. Pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards and spine have minimal shelf-wear, with mild corner bumping and crushing to ends. Spine and edges are heavily sunned. Moderate rubbing and scuffing overall, with visible marking also, including water staining. Book has a noticeable forward lean.

Hamish Hamilton Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. No date. Circa 1940's-50's. In blue cloth. Brown glue stain to front end paper. No jacket. .

London: Services Central Book Depot / C. Tinling & Co. Hardcover. Guild Books Services Edition (Guild Books S97). 160pp. Cloth backed boards. For circulation to the Fighting Forces of the Allied Nations. This copy with the stamp of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF) on the front cover and half-title page. Toning to pages, name on half-title, wear to covers. A good+ copy. ; Small octavo.