Alarms and Diversions

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1957. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5" . James Thurber . A first edition anthology of short stories and essays by James Thurber, inscribed by the author. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. … Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1957. First printing. Hardcover. Good/good. Cloth backed boards in dust jacket, inscribed: "Merry Christmas Stuart [?] Johnson, Jim Thurber." Book good with some wear to cloth at top of spine and one inch down the front joint, light waterstaining to flyleaf and next page, jacket good with some shelfwear and discoloration.

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1957. Hardcover. Good Condition. Another collection of Thurberiana, unique in that it contains a peppering of the author's favorites, also an introduction to his "serious comedy. 367 pages. Age tanning to pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Humour; Humour; Inventory No: 264405..

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers. G/FR. ca1957. First Edition. Cloth w/DJ. 8vo., 367 pp., Dj rubbed, faded, frayed, chipped, wrinkled, ffe foxed, margins yellowing .

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 6 x 9 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers clean, mild edge wear. Binding tight and text unmarked, 1 inch tear at fore edge of p. 29. DJ is VERY GOOD ; not clipped, edges worn and chipped. Hum. Stax.

New York: Harper, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good in very good dustwrapper. Dustwrapper spine faded, couple of small chips along top edge of front panel. Former owner's gift inscription on front free endpaper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our… Read more about this item

THURBER, JAMES. Alarms and Diversions. Illustrated. 8vo. Original cloth, in dust wrapper. New York, Harper & Brothers (1957). First Edition. Presentation copy inscribed in a bold hand, "For Old Mort Bodfed affectionately James Thurber." Two small chips to top spine of dust wrapper, o/w Fine.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by the author. Tiny bit of wear on the bottom edge and a bit of spotting on the foredge of the front fly else fine in a very good or better dust jacket with delamination at the shoulders (still sound) and the spine sunned as… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Bottom corner a little bumped, small stain at the foot, foxing on front endpapers, and neat gift inscription on the front fly, very good or better in slightly spine-faded, near fine dustwrapper with a couple of tiny tears. A bright copy.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by the author. Small owner label of librarian Ruth Mortimer on rear pastedown with tiny bookseller ticket on front fly, slight toning on endpapers, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with sunning on the spine.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in very near fine with a tiny rubbed tear. Page tipped-in presenting the book as a gift of the New Yorker magazine. An especially bright copy.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket with a tiny, light crease on the front flap and a few unnecessary internal tape reinforcements. A superior copy with the pink portion of the spine unfaded.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Harper Colophon, 1981. First Thus . Trade Paperback. Very Good. (First Harper paperback) Trade paperback, colorful wrappers with Thurber cartoons on front and back wrappers, 367 lightly browned pages. Light wear to top front tip, tiny crease at bottom front tip, slight wear to spine edges, creases down spine. Very Good.

Harper & Brothers, 1957. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Wear at corners. Owners inscription on inside front cover. Tiny dealer label on rear inaide cover. literature.

New York, NY.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. Very Good. 1957. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. This book is hard-bound in gray covers with a yellow cloth spine with black and pink stamping, in a dust jacket with soiling, sunning to the spine, and wear/chipping tothe edges with loss. The covers show a few small… Read more about this item

New York, NY.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. Very Good. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. This book is hard-bound in dark gray covers, with a yellow cloth spine with black and pink stamping, in a dust ajcket with light soiling, sunning to the spine, and wear/chipping to the edges. The covers show a few faint scuffs,… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair+. First Edition, stated. Unclipped dust jacket, some wearing, with chips and tears on top edges and spine. Gray boards with yellow spine. Some tanning to endpages. Otherwise, pages are clean and unmarked.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by the author. Slight spotting on the page edges else near fine in a very good dust jacket with short tears, fading on the spine, and rubbing.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by the author. Slight bumping at the foot of the spine, else fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few creases on the rear flap, and sunning on the spine.

New York: Harpers, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Spine a bit darkened, thus very good in near fine dustwrapper with a bit of fading to the pink portions of the spine.