Author: THURBER, JAMES
Title: The Thurber Carnival (Franklin Library Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers Series)
Description: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1979. Hardcover. A Franklin Library leatherbound edition offering several humorous stories by James Thurber (1894-1961), many of which include illustrations by Mr. Thurber, along with several of his captioned cartoons. Much of Thurber's work first appeared in the New Yorker magazine. With a drawn portrait of Thurber by Harry Schaare. Franklin Library "Notes from the Editors" booklet about this work is included. Issued as an entry in the publisher's Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers series. One of an unspecified number in this limited edition. --- Bound in full dark green bonded leather covers with two raised bands on spine. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges all in bright gilt. Interior leaves printed on high-quality papers. Red silk moire endpapers, with matching sewn-in satin ribbon bookmark. Volume lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- With a tear to corner of a leaf at front of book, otherwise an about-Fine copy lacking additional damages or evidence of having been read.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); xxi, 430 pages. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

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