Hamish Hamilton, London, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: James Thurber. Dark blue coloured cloth covered boards with silver coloured illustration to the lower right hand corner of the front panel. Silver coloured titles to the backstrip. Bumping and fading to the backstrip and bumping and rubbing to the book corners. Browning and foxing marks to the text block edge. Age toning of the internal text. Illustrated front panel, by James Thurber, against a orange coloured background with black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing and chipping, with the loss to the top dust at the corners and to the backstrip edges. There is a 1.25 " tear to the top left-hand corner of the front panel. Fading to the backstrip and browning to the rear dustwrapper panel. Clipping of the dustwrapper, front fold over, lower right-hand corner. A look at the war between the sexes -- Thurber style. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. [6],7-202, [2] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: James Thurber. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Theatre & Plays; Humour; Inventory No: 0110812. .

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0110812
Title: The Male Animal: A Play
Author: Thurber, James and Nugent, Elliott
Illustrator: James Thurber
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1950
Keywords: BZDB2 Play -- James Thurber -- Illustrator Theatre & Plays; Humour; James Thurber Unbranded Thurber, James and Nugent, Elliott The Male Animal: A Play
Bookseller catalogs: Humour;

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General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online

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