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Auction archive: Lot number 370

Lot of 25 volumes

Estimate
US$300 - US$500
Price realised:
US$180
Auction archive: Lot number 370

Lot of 25 volumes

Estimate
US$300 - US$500
Price realised:
US$180
Beschreibung:

Title: Lot of 25 volumes Author: Thurber, James Place: Various places Publisher: Date: [1940-2001] Description: Comprises: Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated. 4to. (Dj price clipped). Harper, [1940]. * My World – And Welcome To It. Harcourt, Brace, [1942]. * Thurber’s Men, Women and Dogs. Preface by Dorothy Parker. (Dj price clipped). Harcourt, Brace, [1943]. * The Thurber Carnival. Book Club Ed. Harper, [1945]. * The White Deer. (All dj flap corners clipped; bookplate). Harcourt, Brace, [1945]. * The Beast in Men and Other Animals. Harcourt, Brace, [1948]. * The 13 Clocks. Edition not stated. Simon & Schuster, [1950]. * The Thurber Album: A New Collection of Pieces About People. (Dj price clipped). Simon & Schuster, 1952. * Thurber Country. Simon & Schuster, 1953. * Thurber’s Dogs. Simon & Schuster, 1955. * Further Fables for Our Time. (Publisher’s promotional photo, laid in). Simon & Schuster, 1956. * The Wonderful O. Simon & Schuster, [1957]. * Alarms and Diversions. Harper, [1957]. * The Last Flower: A Parable in Pictures. 4to. Later printing. Harper, [1961]. * Lanterns & Lances. (Dj price clipped). Harper, [1961]. * Credos and Curios. (Gift inscription). Harper & Row, [1962]. * Thurber & Company. (Dj price clipped). Harper, [1964]. * Bernstein, Burton. Thurber: A Biography. Dodd, Mead, [1975]. * Selected Letters of James Thurber (Dj spine sunned, price clipped; gift inscription). Little, Brown, [1981]. * Collecting Himself: James Thurber on Writing and Writers, Humor and Himself. Harper & Row, [1989]. * Thurber on Crime. Mysterious Press, [1991]. * People Have More Fun Than Anybody: A Centennial Celebration of Drawings and Writings… Harcourt, Brace, [1994]. * Kinney, Harrison. James Thurber His Life and Times. Henry Holt, [1995]. * The Genius of James Thurber No dj (as issued), with slipcase. Folio Society, 1997. * The Dog Department: James Thurber on Hounds, Scotties, and Talking Poodles. HarperCollins, [2001]. Together, 25 volumes. Cloth and/or boards, 24 in jackets (1 in slipcase). Most are First Editions or first printings, except those indicated otherwise. Lot Amendments Condition: Varying amounts of wear, more so to older volumes; occasional edge tears and rubbing; else from very good to fine with like jackets; slipcase fine. Item number: 160822

Auction archive: Lot number 370
Auction:
Datum:
2 Jun 2005
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: Lot of 25 volumes Author: Thurber, James Place: Various places Publisher: Date: [1940-2001] Description: Comprises: Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated. 4to. (Dj price clipped). Harper, [1940]. * My World – And Welcome To It. Harcourt, Brace, [1942]. * Thurber’s Men, Women and Dogs. Preface by Dorothy Parker. (Dj price clipped). Harcourt, Brace, [1943]. * The Thurber Carnival. Book Club Ed. Harper, [1945]. * The White Deer. (All dj flap corners clipped; bookplate). Harcourt, Brace, [1945]. * The Beast in Men and Other Animals. Harcourt, Brace, [1948]. * The 13 Clocks. Edition not stated. Simon & Schuster, [1950]. * The Thurber Album: A New Collection of Pieces About People. (Dj price clipped). Simon & Schuster, 1952. * Thurber Country. Simon & Schuster, 1953. * Thurber’s Dogs. Simon & Schuster, 1955. * Further Fables for Our Time. (Publisher’s promotional photo, laid in). Simon & Schuster, 1956. * The Wonderful O. Simon & Schuster, [1957]. * Alarms and Diversions. Harper, [1957]. * The Last Flower: A Parable in Pictures. 4to. Later printing. Harper, [1961]. * Lanterns & Lances. (Dj price clipped). Harper, [1961]. * Credos and Curios. (Gift inscription). Harper & Row, [1962]. * Thurber & Company. (Dj price clipped). Harper, [1964]. * Bernstein, Burton. Thurber: A Biography. Dodd, Mead, [1975]. * Selected Letters of James Thurber (Dj spine sunned, price clipped; gift inscription). Little, Brown, [1981]. * Collecting Himself: James Thurber on Writing and Writers, Humor and Himself. Harper & Row, [1989]. * Thurber on Crime. Mysterious Press, [1991]. * People Have More Fun Than Anybody: A Centennial Celebration of Drawings and Writings… Harcourt, Brace, [1994]. * Kinney, Harrison. James Thurber His Life and Times. Henry Holt, [1995]. * The Genius of James Thurber No dj (as issued), with slipcase. Folio Society, 1997. * The Dog Department: James Thurber on Hounds, Scotties, and Talking Poodles. HarperCollins, [2001]. Together, 25 volumes. Cloth and/or boards, 24 in jackets (1 in slipcase). Most are First Editions or first printings, except those indicated otherwise. Lot Amendments Condition: Varying amounts of wear, more so to older volumes; occasional edge tears and rubbing; else from very good to fine with like jackets; slipcase fine. Item number: 160822

Auction archive: Lot number 370
Auction:
Datum:
2 Jun 2005
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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