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BRINGING UP FATHER. Third series.
NY:Cupples & Leon. 1919. *Part of paper wrapper drawing has peeled off stiff board. T02.
$40.00
COLLECTING HIMSELF.
James Thurber on writing and writers, humor and himself. Edited by Michael Rosen. New York:Harper & Row. (1989). 263pp. Illustrated. First edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket show some light wear to the edges and corners but otherwise in very good, clean condition. Book itself is only mildly shelf-worn siwth a slight warping of the baords. Interior is bright and free of stray markings. Overall, a very good, clean copy.
$12.50
FATHER'S FIRST TWO YEARS.
With drawings by Margaret Freeman. New York: Minton, Balch & Company. 1925. 124pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, lacks dust jacket. Binding is worn at the edges and spine ends. There are scattered dots where the cloth has been worn down to the board but otherwise in good condition. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. Overall, a good, tight copy.
$10.00
NEUES WILHELM BUSCH-ALBUM. Sammlung lustiger Bildergeschichten.
NY: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. (nd). 314pp. Illus. 1st. American edition. Text in German. Hard bound. With dust jacket. Book in fine, tight, clean condition. Light fraying at edges of dust jacket. . TS027.
$45.00
OH SKIN-NAY! THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT.
Verses by Wilbur D. Nesbit. Chicago:P.F. Volland & Co. [1913]. Oblong. Binding is tight but shows light wear and soiling, with front hinge cracked and rear hinge intact. Pages are clean and bright. Overall, a very good copy.
$45.00
WILHELM BUSCH-ALBUM HUMORISTISCHER HAUSSCHATZ. Mit 1500 bildern. Jubilaums-Ausgabe.
NY: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. (nd). 355pp. Illus. 1st. American edition. Text in German. Hard bound. With dust jacket. Book in very good, tight, clean condition. Dust jacket frayed at edges. Also 2" tear at front cover. TS027.
$45.00
MONOLOGUES
New York:Charles Scribner's Sons. 1908. 1st edition. 139pp. Illustrated with pictures by Oliver Herford. Hardcover. Decorated boards clean and bright with just the slightest hint of soiling and with some of white print rubbed off the spine strip. Edge points are gently bumped. Internally, pages clean and bright, free of previous owners marks or signatures. The binding is tight and hinges intact. A very good, clean copy.
$35.00
THE TREASURER'S REPORT AND OTHER ASPECTS OF COMMUNITY SINGING
New York:Harper & Brothers, Publishers. 1930. 1st edition, stated. Signed/inscribed by the Author on verso of frontispiece. ix+343pp. Illustrated by Gluyas Williams. Hardcover. Black boards soiled and shelfworn, with wear along all edges (to boards in places) with some tearing along the upper rear board gutter edge and wear to both spine ends with some fraying. Edge points are worn to boards. Internally, end-pages are age-toned with just a few spots of foxing scattered throughout. The binding is tight with hinges intacty. A good solid copy. *Inscription by Author reads to "Mary Griffin, without whom autographing this particular copy would have been impossible. Robert Benchley December 1930"
$200.00