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THE THURBER CARNIVAL
by James Thurber
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Los Angeles , California, United States
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About This Item
[JAMES THURBER]. THE THURBER CARNIVAL. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1945. First Edition. Book Condition: Very Good. With mild shelf wear, a few one centimeter micro-stain(s) to outer first few page edges, minor rubbing on corner edges and head/tail of spine typical of vintage books of this age, otherwise barely read, pages are clean, bright, unmarked, and binding tight. First Edition points met from Bowden [A15a] State B / 2nd State, page 348 caption "Home" also confirmed in Bowden by Mrs. Helen Thurber, page 300, line 2 "get", page 349 "Answer the Phone" dropped below baseline by 1mm, page 216 crescent above thigh of dog present and many other First Edition points met. Dust Jacket Condition: Good / Fair. Scarce dust jacket in any condition, one inch chips to spine/tail and chips to outer edge extremities, mild soiling to covers, mild sun to spine, jacket is unclipped, unrestored and fully intact. Front cover on off-white, rear cover and inner flaps intact at all folds, all seven quotations / blurbs within black border, dust jacket first edition points met. DJ in professional collector mylar sleeve. Only two known states of the True First Edition exist, this is the 2nd State and was the final revised True First Edition. Not a (BCE) Book Club Edition, not Ex-Library and not a facsimile dust jacket. Overall a very good plus book. Cover art, illustrations and text by James Thurber. Classic humor from James Thurber, this title is one of his best known books, scarce collectible. 369 pgs. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Astro Trader Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000-519
- Title
- THE THURBER CARNIVAL
- Author
- James Thurber
- Illustrator
- James Thurber
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- James Thurber
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Firsts; Humour;
- Size
- 8vo
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About the Seller
Astro Trader Books
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Los Angeles , California
About Astro Trader Books
Astro Trader Books was founded in 2010 selling camera manuals, then branched into antiquarian, modern firsts, science fiction, fantasy, horror genres and pulp fiction.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Facsimile
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- New
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- Fair
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- Edges
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- Book Club Edition
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- Spine
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- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Jacket
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