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Hardcover:
9780679600893 | Reprint edition (Modern Library, April 1, 1994), cover price $18.95 | About this edition: A collection of essays and illustrations by the American humorist, including 'The Seal in the Bedroom' and 'My Life and Hard Times'
9780394604749 | Random House Inc, May 1, 1979, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A collection of stories and drawings by the American humorist celebrated for his subtle satires of modern marriage, morals and manners
Paperback:
9780060932879 | Harpercollins, July 1, 1999, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: A collection of essays and illustrations by the American humorist, including 'The Seal in the Bedroom' and 'My Life and Hard Times'
9780060904456 | Harpercollins, April 1, 1975, cover price $13.50 | About this edition: A collection of stories and drawings by the American humorist celebrated for his subtle satires of modern marriage, morals, and manners
9780385290517, titled "Thurber Carnival" | Doubleday, September 1, 1974, cover price $2.95 | About this edition: A collection of zany stories and drawings by one of America's greatest satirists.
Library:
9780060143015, titled "Thurber Carnival" | Harpercollins, June 1, 1945, cover price $9.87 | About this edition: Collected stories, poems, cartoons, and illustrations reflect Thurber's witty and wise view of life
Reinforced:
9780606017596, titled "Thurber Carnival" | Demco Media, June 1, 1945, cover price $20.20 | About this edition: A collection of stories and drawings by the American humorist celebrated for his subtle satires of modern marriage, morals, and manners
Prebinding:
9781439502389 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, June 26, 2008), cover price $23.95 | About this edition: A collection of zany stories and drawings by one of America's greatest satirists.
9780613293648 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: A collection of essays and illustrations by the American humorist, including 'The Seal in the Bedroom' and 'My Life and Hard Times'
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9781583415863 | Creative Co, January 31, 2008, cover price $28.50 | About this edition: James Thurber is universally admired for his hilarious sense of humour, off-beat imagination, and unique take on the world around him.
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Mitty, a browbeaten husband, imagines that he is a Navy commander, an important surgeon, a crack shot, a fighter pilot, and an adventurer facing a firing squad
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9780871919618 | Creative Co, November 1, 1983, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: A henpecked husband copes with the frustrations of his dull life by imagining he is a fearless airplane pilot, a brilliant doctor, and other dashing figures.
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9781587296208 | 1 edition (Univ of Iowa Pr, November 1, 2007), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Originally published in November 1939, two months after World War II officially began, James Thurber's parable in pictures-- a graphic novel ahead of its day--about eternal cycles of war, peace, love, and the resilience of one little flower remains as relevant today as it was then.
9781888683455 | Wooster Book Co, October 1, 1998, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Originally published in November 1939, two months after World War II officially began, James Thurber's parable in pictures-- a graphic novel ahead of its day--about eternal cycles of war, peace, love, and the resilience of one little flower remains as relevant today as it was then.
9780891902706, titled "Last Flower: A Parable in Pictures" | Amereon Ltd, June 1, 1987, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Originally published in November 1939, two months after World War II officially began, James Thurber's parable in pictures-- a graphic novel ahead of its day--about eternal cycles of war, peace, love, and the resilience of one little flower remains as relevant today as it was then.
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9788496834040 | Celesa, June 30, 2007, cover price $39.95
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Hardcover:
9780899683140 | Lightyear Pr, January 1, 1999, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: How can anyone describe this book?
9781556111884 | Donald I Fine, September 1, 1990, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: With the help of his magical protector, Golux, Prince Zorn performs impossible tasks to win the hand of Princess Saralinda
CD/Spoken Word:
9781597776882 | Unabridged edition (Phoenix Books Inc, October 1, 2006), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: One of the most prolific literary figures of the 20th century, James Thurber wrote countless stories, poems, satires, and fables, and he created thousands of drawings.
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9781590070253 | Abridged edition (New Millenium Audio, January 1, 2002), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: The Thirteen Clocks is James Thurber's enduring story of life in a castle where time stands still on all the clocks at ten minutes to five.
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Product Description: Finalist in AudioFile Magazine's 2007 Audie Awards in the category "Audiobook Adapted from Another Medium"This three-CD compilation features some of the best short stories from National Public Radio's Selected Shorts, an award-winning series of classic and contemporary short fiction read by distinguished stage and screen actors and recorded live at the Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City. ...read more
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9780971921832 | Symphony Space, April 1, 2006, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: Finalist in AudioFile Magazine's 2007 Audie Awards in the category "Audiobook Adapted from Another Medium"This three-CD compilation features some of the best short stories from National Public Radio's Selected Shorts, an award-winning series of classic and contemporary short fiction read by distinguished stage and screen actors and recorded live at the Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City.
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9780060847883 | Harper Design Intl, April 1, 2006, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Offers an illustrated version of Thurber's classic fantasy about a meek man who imagines himself in the role of a number of daredevil heroes, accompanied by the author's whimsical autobiographical essay 'The Secret Life of James Thurber.
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Hardcover:
9780892440566 | Queens House, June 1, 1977, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: The first book of prose published by either James Thurber or E.
Paperback:
9780060733148, titled "Is Sex Necessary?: Or Why You Feel the Way You Do" | 75 anv edition (Perennial, November 1, 2004), cover price $13.99 | About this edition: Enhanced by more than fifty hilarious drawings, a zany look at the mysteries of romance, love, marriage, and sex--first published in 1929--shares the whimsical views of two of America's leading humorists on the subjects of men, women, psychologists, and more.
9780060911027 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, October 1, 1990), cover price $12.00 | About this edition: Lampoons medical books in offering a witty commentary on men and women and their doubts, prejudices, and sexual conditioning
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Illustrated with the author's own bizarre drawings, these hilarious pieces focus on the life of Thurber's family during his boyhood in Columbus, Ohio. They add up to one of the great, if eccentric, portraits of life in middle America in the early years of the century.
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9780848807719 | Reprint edition (Amereon Ltd, January 1, 2003), cover price $23.95 | About this edition: In My Life and Hard Times, Thurber returns to his starting pointthe delightful chaos and frustrations brought on by family, boyhood, youth, odd dogs, and recalcitrant machinery in the quiet university town of his birth.
9780781254076 | Reprint Services Corp, October 1, 1997, cover price $89.00 | About this edition: In My Life and Hard Times, Thurber returns to his starting pointthe delightful chaos and frustrations brought on by family, boyhood, youth, odd dogs, and recalcitrant machinery in the quiet university town of his birth.
9780809590056 | Borgo Pr, June 1, 1990, cover price $29.00 | About this edition: In My Life and Hard Times, Thurber returns to his starting pointthe delightful chaos and frustrations brought on by family, boyhood, youth, odd dogs, and recalcitrant machinery in the quiet university town of his birth.
9780848803384 | Reprint edition (Amereon Ltd, March 1, 1990), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: In My Life and Hard Times, Thurber returns to his starting pointthe delightful chaos and frustrations brought on by family, boyhood, youth, odd dogs, and recalcitrant machinery in the quiet university town of his birth.
Paperback:
9780749313814 | New edition (Gardners Books, January 1, 2004), cover price $10.05 | About this edition: Illustrated with the author's own bizarre drawings, these hilarious pieces focus on the life of Thurber's family during his boyhood in Columbus, Ohio.
9780060933081 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, September 1, 1999), cover price $11.99 | About this edition: The influential American humorist and cartoonist describes his childhood in Columbus, Ohio and college years
9780060916428 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, March 1, 1990), cover price $11.00 | About this edition: In My Life and Hard Times, Thurber returns to his starting pointthe delightful chaos and frustrations brought on by family, boyhood, youth, odd dogs, and recalcitrant machinery in the quiet university town of his birth.
Prebinding:
9781417674787 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $22.15 | About this edition: The influential American humorist and cartoonist describes his childhood in Columbus, Ohio and college years
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9780743223430 | Simon & Schuster, August 1, 2003, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: A comprehensive collection of letters by the great American humorist chronicles his years as a reporter for the Columbus Dispatch, as well as his later career with The New Yorker and his relationships with E.
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9780743233408 | Simon & Schuster, July 1, 2003, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Twenty-five character sketches reveal the popular humorist's keen observations of the human species.
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Hardcover:
9781556111891 | Donald I Fine, September 1, 1990, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Follows Black and Littlejack as they sail to the island of Ooroo, where the despotic Black bans the use of the letter 'O'
Paperback:
9780440405795 | Reprint edition (Yearling Books, March 1, 1992), cover price $3.50 | About this edition: Follows Black and Littlejack as they sail to the island of Ooroo, where the despotic Black bans the use of the letter 'O'
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9781590070291 | Unabridged edition (New Millenium Audio, February 1, 2002), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: GRAMMY AWAARD NOMINEE The Wonderful O tells of a man named Black who despised the letter "O.
9780787101930 | Dove Entertainment Inc, April 1, 1996, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Follows Black and Littlejack as they sail to the island of Ooroo, where the despotic Black bans the use of the letter 'O'.
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The three sons of king Clode, Thag and Gallow, the hunters, and Jorn, the poet, are set perilous tasks to win the hand of a princess who had once been a beautiful white deer.
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9780156962643 | Mariner Books, September 1, 1984, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Enchanted tale of a bewitched forest in which three princes vie for the hand of a lovely princess
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9780886462024 | Dh Audio, February 1, 1982, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Here is a Thurber world of enchanted deer and seven-headed dragons, of wizards and witches, of riddles and spells, of false love and true.
Prebinding:
9780613192927 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 2001, cover price $17.80 | About this edition: Enchanted tale of a bewitched forest in which three princes vie for the hand of a lovely princess
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9789505158010 | Italian edition edition (De LA Flor S.R.L., Ediciones, September 30, 2001), cover price $9.95
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Product Description: A collection of 30 stories, essays and musings, first published in 1942, by the distinguished American humorist, James Thurber. Complete with his familiar bizarre drawings, the collection offers glimpses of the world Thurber evoked with his dry humour.
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Hardcover:
9780891902690 | Amereon Ltd, May 1, 1985, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: The world of Thurber is splendidly sampled in these thirty stories, sketches, and articles that range from the wildest comedy to the serious business of murder.
Paperback:
9780156623445 | Mariner Books, June 1, 1969, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: A book of humor and satire covers topics from baseball to Macbeth
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9780736667791 | Abridged edition (Books on Tape, April 1, 2001), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: A collection of 30 stories, essays and musings, first published in 1942, by the distinguished American humorist, James Thurber.
9781572700765 | Unabridged edition (Audio Partners, December 1, 1998), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: James Thurber is a masterful writer, humorist, and creator of enduring characters: Walter Mitty and the Lemming, included herein, have a permanent place in our culture.
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Product Description: This collection has 36 stories including: "The Gentleman is Cold," "Everything is Wild," "Mr. Preble Gets Rid of His Wife," "Hell Only Breaks Loose Once," "If Grant Had Been Drinking at Appomattox," and "How to See a Bad Play." The London Times said, "There may be greater humorists writing in America today than James Thurber, but none with quite his individual touch and his flavor...read more
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9780891902683, titled "Middle Aged Man on the Flying Trapeze" | Amereon Ltd, June 1, 1984, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: This collection has 36 stories including: "The Gentleman is Cold," "Everything is Wild," "Mr.
9780892440597, titled "Middle Aged Man on the Flying Trapeze" | Queens House, April 1, 1983, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: This collection has 36 stories including: "The Gentleman is Cold," "Everything is Wild," "Mr.
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9780736667784 | Abridged edition (Books on Tape, April 1, 2001), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: This collection has 36 stories including: "The Gentleman is Cold," "Everything is Wild," "Mr.
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9780060196561 | Harpercollins, March 1, 2001, cover price $32.00 | About this edition: A collection of prose and drawings by the famous humorist from 'Thurber's Dogs,' the Thurber archives, and 'The New Yorker,' showing man's timeless relationship with dogs.
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9780891902577 | Amereon Ltd, June 1, 1992, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: At the helm of America's most influential literary magazine for more than half a century, Harold Ross introduced the country to a host of exciting talent, including Robert Benchley, Alexander Woolcott, Ogden Nash, Peter Arno, Charles Addams, and Dorothy Parker.
9780818200151 | Amereon Ltd, June 1, 1987, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: At the helm of America's most influential literary magazine for more than half a century, Harold Ross introduced the country to a host of exciting talent, including Robert Benchley, Alexander Woolcott, Ogden Nash, Peter Arno, Charles Addams, and Dorothy Parker.
9780851193496 | Large print edition (G K Hall & Co, November 1, 1985), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: At the helm of America's most influential literary magazine for more than half a century, Harold Ross introduced the country to a host of exciting talent, including Robert Benchley, Alexander Woolcott, Ogden Nash, Peter Arno, Charles Addams, and Dorothy Parker.
9780404202569, titled "The Years With Ross" | Ams Pr Inc, November 1, 1911, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: At the helm of America's most influential literary magazine for more than half a century, Harold Ross introduced the country to a host of exciting talent, including Robert Benchley, Alexander Woolcott, Ogden Nash, Peter Arno, Charles Addams, and Dorothy Parker.
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9780060959715, titled "The Years With Ross" | Harpercollins, January 1, 2001, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: At the helm of America's most influential literary magazine for more than half a century, Harold Ross introduced the country to a host of exciting talent, including Robert Benchley, Alexander Woolcott, Ogden Nash, Peter Arno, Charles Addams, and Dorothy Parker.
9780140073805, titled "The Years With Ross" | Penguin USA, October 1, 1984, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: At the helm of America's most influential literary magazine for more than half a century, Harold Ross introduced the country to a host of exciting talent, including Robert Benchley, Alexander Woolcott, Ogden Nash, Peter Arno, Charles Addams, and Dorothy Parker.
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9781590172759 | New York Review of Books, July 29, 2008, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Once upon a time, in a gloomy castle on a lonely hill, where there were thirteen clocks that wouldn’t go, there lived a cold, aggressive Duke, and his niece, the Princess Saralinda.
9780848821166 | Amereon Ltd, June 1, 1999, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: The Thirteen Clocks is James Thurber's enduring story of life in a castle where time stands still on all the clocks at ten minutes to five.
Paperback:
9780440405825 | Reprint edition (Yearling Books, March 1, 1992), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: With the help of his magical protector, Golux, Prince Zorn performs impossible tasks to win the hand of Princess Saralinda
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9781558006317 | Dove Entertainment Inc, November 1, 1994, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: The Thirteen Clocks is James Thurber's enduring story of life in a castle where time stands still on all the clocks at ten minutes to five.
9780898454291 | Caedmon Audio Cassette, February 1, 1986, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: The Thirteen Clocks is James Thurber's enduring story of life in a castle where time stands still on all the clocks at ten minutes to five.
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9781883011222 | Library of America, October 1, 1996, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Gathers previously uncollected cartoons and humorous stories
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9780942627169 | Woodford Pub, April 1, 1996, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Gathers baseball stories by Damon Runyon, James Thurber, W.
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9780151000944 | Harcourt, May 1, 1994, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Gathers previously uncollected cartoons and humorous essays
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9780156002356 | Mariner Books, October 1, 1995, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: This volume of previously uncollected work comprises prose pieces and drawings by the only cartoonist who could claim to draw "abstract things like despair, disillusion, despondency, sorrow, lapse of memory, exile.
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9780844661551 | Peter Smith Pub Inc, June 1, 1983, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: This contemporary fairy tale by one of America’s best-loved authors brings style and humor to the familiar folk theme of overcoming brute strength with intelligence and courage.
Paperback:
9780156364904, titled "The Great Quillow" | Harcourt, September 1, 1975, cover price $1.95 | About this edition: A toy maker only five feet tall cleverly outwits a giant who threatens to devastate his village
School and Library:
9780152325442, titled "The Great Quillow" | Harcourt Childrens Books, December 1, 1994, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Quillow, a tiny toymaker, defeats a ferocious giant named Hunder and saves his town from destruction
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A massive anthology of short fiction by the ever-popular humorist, parodist, and cartoonist features ninety-two of Thurber's hilarious, offbeat stories about marriage, aging, family, and everyday life.
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9780517118863 | Reissue edition (Outlet, July 1, 1994), cover price $11.99 | About this edition: Gathers humorous stories, essays, and drawings about the battle between the sexes, marriage, pets, and the trials of modern life
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