Add this copy of Art Cop Robert Volpe, Art Crime Detective to cart. $24.45, very good condition, Sold by Halcyon Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from LONDON, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1996 by Dodd Mead.
Add this copy of Thurber: a Biography to cart. $10.58, very good condition, Sold by Basement Seller 101 rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cincinnati, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Dodd Mead.
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Add this copy of Thurber: a Biography to cart. $22.00, good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by Dodd Mead.
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First Edition. Review Copy with publisher issued review slip, promotional letter, and three photo, one of the Berstein and two of Thurber. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.
Add this copy of Thurber to cart. $26.84, good condition, Sold by Lisa Van Munster rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Oshawa, ON, CANADA, published 1975 by Dodd, Mead & Company.
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James Thurber. Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings (Surname Neatly Inked to Front Free Endpaper); Repaired; Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Heavy Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Moderately Soiled. DUST JACKET: Missing. SUB-TITLE: A Biography. CONTENTS: PART 1 INNOCENCE 1 "The score was 4-1 in favor of me." 2 Teacher's Pet 3 Regular Guy 4 The Aging Lad 5 The Battle of Paris; PART 2 SOPHISTICATION 6 "We want to be a literatus when we grow up." 7 The First Mrs. Thurber 8 Partly cloudy 9 Arriving 10 Menaces 11 "Jamie the Boy Artist" 12 Big Nights; PART 3 ANGST 13 The Second Mrs. Thurber 14 As Unmistakable as a Kangaroo 15 "They're going to put you away if you don't quit acting like this." 16 King of Cornwall 17 "What a writer needs is handicaps." 18 The Aging Humorist 19 "Why doesn't somebody take this goddam thing away from me? "; Afterword; Sources; Bibliography; Index. EXCERPT: FOREWORD...In 1970, I was approached by Dodd, Mead to write the authorized biography of Thurber. Access to his papers and letters and the cooperation of his family and friends were promised. As an occasional book reviewer, I was perhaps more aware of the stigma attached to the term "authorized biography" than most. I told the publisher I wouldn't be interested unless the Thurber estate--that is, Helen Thurber--would allow me sole control over the final manuscript. Helen consented, legal agreements and contracts were signed, and I began work in early 1971......When I finished my final draft of the biography, I presented her with a copy for her emendations and comments, in conformity with our agreement. Her emendations were comparatively few but her comments were numerous. The gist of her complaints was that I had treated her husband's life in too negative a fashion. I am sorry she felt that way. What I did was simply take the facts as they were revealed to me from letters, personal papers, published matter, interviews and, with a minimum of preconceptions and using Thurber's own words as much as possible, set them down...
Add this copy of Art Cop: Robert Volpe: Art Crime Detective [Inscribed] to cart. $66.25, Sold by Second Story Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Dodd, Mead & Company.
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Book. Octavo; G; black spine with gilt text; no jacket; cloth has modest sunning to exterior, mostly to spine; strong, straight boards; text block exterior edges show mild foxing; interior clean; illustrated; tight binding; pp 240; inscribed by Robert Volpe. 1343354. FP New Rockville Stock.
Add this copy of Thurber: a Biography to cart. $13.50, very good condition, Sold by Vashon Island Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Vashon, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1975 by W. Clement Stone, P M A Communications, Incorporated.
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1975, W. Clement Stone, P M A Communications, Incorporated
Add this copy of Thurber: a Biography (James Thurber) to cart. $14.00, very good condition, Sold by Novel Ideas Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Decatur, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1975 by Dodd, Mead & Co.
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Thurber, James. Good in Good jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-7¾"-9¾" Tall. Jacket is in brodart, light wear. Boards have light wear. Usual library/discard markings. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.
