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Published by Harper, 2006
ISBN 10: 0060847883ISBN 13: 9780060847883
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1.
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Published by Samuel French, Inc. (edition Illustrated), 1968
ISBN 10: 0573680507ISBN 13: 9780573680502
Seller: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported.
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Published by Penguin, 2013
ISBN 10: 0141395303ISBN 13: 9780141395302
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.3.
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Published by Perfection Learning, 1979
ISBN 10: 0895987201ISBN 13: 9780895987204
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
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Published by Penguin Books, 2000
ISBN 10: 0141182911ISBN 13: 9780141182919
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.6.
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Published by the perfection form Company, 1979
Seller: The Yard Sale Store, Narrowsburg, NY, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Two stories in a pamphlet like presentation. Some tanning to the covers. Good clean text inside. Presentable. Book.
Published by Library of America, 1996
ISBN 10: 1883011221ISBN 13: 9781883011222
Seller: HPB-Ruby, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
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Published by PENGUIN POPULAR CLASSICS
ISBN 10: 0241282616ISBN 13: 9780241282618
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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
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Published by Samuel French, Inc., New York, New York, 1968
Seller: RG Vintage Books, Williamsburg, VA, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. Stated 1968 Edition. Tight staple-bound softcover in good condition. 12mo. 92pp. plus Samuel French advertising pages. Yellow wrappers with black lettering and Samuel French lion logo on the front wrapper. Book is clean and tight. Wrappers & backstrip have some light soiling & edgewear with bumped corners. Leaves are in very good condition with no markings. Ships within 24 hours. Scanned photos available upon request.
Published by Gale, Study Guides, 2017
ISBN 10: 1375387561ISBN 13: 9781375387569
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Published by Time, Inc., 1947
Seller: Moneyblows Books & Music, Lee, NH, U.S.A.
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Magazine. Condition: Very Good-. Cover: Titian's Portrait of a Man in a Red Cap. Articles on: U.S. Summer Problems -- Howard Hughes' parties, Russia; The Glory of Venice, Fourth in Life's Series on the History of Western Culture; Harness Racing Makes Comeback; Teenagers -- their world has changed; New fire-resistant paint, Albi-"R"; Movie of the Week: "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", text of Thurber's short story; Sea Lamprey Menace; Life Goes on a Southampton Weekend on the Duke estate. Edgewear to pages.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd, London, 2014
ISBN 10: 0141395974ISBN 13: 9780141395975
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The hilarious writing of James Thurber, author of 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty', collected in this classic anthologyThis collection brings together the best of James Thurber's brilliantly funny, eccentric and anarchic writings. It includes his most famous work, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, in which an ordinary man's fantasies have a more powerful hold on him than reality, as well as essays, poetry and cartoons gathered from all of Thurber's collections. Making fun of his own weaknesses and those of other people (and dogs) - the English teacher who looked only at figures of speech, the Airedale who refused to include him in the family, the botany lecturer who despaired of him totally - James Thurber is a true original, whose off-beat imagination shows us everyday life from a different angle. An antholgy that collects the writings of James Thurber, author of 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty', in which an ordinary man's fantasies have a more powerful hold on him than reality. It also includes his essays, poetry and cartoons. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Published by Collins Design / HarperCollins, New York, 2006
Seller: May Day Books, Los Altos Hills, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition. First volume in the WISP series (Wonderfully Illustrated Short Pieces), these two Thurber stories are illustrated by Caldecott Award winner Marc Simont Near Fine in Very Good wrapper; small indentation to bottom of back board; wrapper has two stains and some damage to front bottom; large black X written over dj barcode.
Published by HarperCollins Publishers Inc, New York, 2013
ISBN 10: 0060932872ISBN 13: 9780060932879
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "An authentic American genius. . . . Mr. Thurber belongs in the great lines of American humorists that includes Mark Twain and Ring Lardner." --Philadelphia InquirerJames Thurber's unique ability to convey the vagaries of life in a funny, witty, and often satirical way earned him accolades as one of the finest humorists of the twentieth century. A bestseller upon its initial publication in 1945, The Thurber Carnival captures the depth of his talent and the breadth of his wit. The stories compiled here, almost all of which first appeared in The New Yorker, are from his uproarious and candid collection My World and Welcome to It--including the American classic "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"--as well as from The Owl in the Attic, The Seal in the Bathroom, Men, Women and Dogs. Thurber's take on life, society, and human nature is timeless and will continue to delight readers even as they recognize a bit of themselves in his brilliant sketches. James Thurber's unique ability to convey the vagaries of life in a funny, witty, and often satirical way earned him accolades as one of the finest humorists of the twentieth century. A bestseller upon its initial publication in 1945. "The Thurber Carnival" captures the depth and breadth of his talent. The pieces here, almost all of which first appeared in "The New Yorker, "include selections from such beloved classics as" My World and Welcome to It, The Owl in the Attic, The Seal in the Bathroom," and "Men, Women and Dogs." Thurber's take on life, society, and human nature is timeless and will continue to delight readers even as they recognize a bit of themselves in his brilliant sketches. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Published by New York: Mentor, 1969
ISBN 10: 0451616677ISBN 13: 9780451616678
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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1st Mentor Book Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description: 352 pages; 18 cm. Contents: War / Luigi Pirandello -- Eve in darkness / Kaatje Hurlbut -- There will come soft rains / Ray Bradbury -- Tobermory / Saki -- The two bottles of relish / Lord Dunsany -- Footfalls / Wilbur Daniel Steele -- Hook / Walter Van Tilburg Clark -- Wine on the desert / Max Brand -- The lady or the tiger? / Frank Stockton -- An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge / Ambrose Bierce -- The cask of Amontillado / Edgar Allan Poe -- The tell-tale heart / Edgar Allan Poe -- So much unfairness of things / C.D.B. Bryan -- The necklace / Guy de Maupassant -- The adventure of the speckled band / Arthur Conan Doyle -- To build a fire / Jack London -- Leiningen versus the ants / Carl Stephenson -- Eveline / James Joyce -- The secret life of Walter Mitty / James Thurber -- What stumped the bluejays / Mark Twain -- The pearl / John Steinbeck. . Subjects: 20th century fiction. Comedy. 20th century English fiction. 1 Kg.
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Hardcover, in dust jacket. Illustrated by Marc Simont (illustrator). First edition, first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket, save for small surface abrasion to lower front panel, in mylar cover.
Published by The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, 1981
Seller: Underground Books, ABAA, Carrollton, GA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Leather_bound. Condition: Good. First Edition. First Edition. Leather_bound. 8 1/2" X 6 1/2". 237pp. Bound in full brown leather over boards, with decorations stamped in gilt to boards and spine. Raised bands to spine. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers, corners, and edges of boards. Rubbing, dust-spotting, and heavy foxing to all-gilt edges of text block. Discoloration to edges of silk moire endpapers. Blindstamp to title page. Foxing to endpapers, and occasional faint foxing to pages throughout, otherwise pages are free of marks and notation. Staining to silk ribbon placemaker. Binding is sound. With pamphlet of notes from the editor laid in. An admittedly worn but still quite handsome limited first edition of this collection of letters by James Thurber. This limited first edition of Selected Letters of James Thurber was privately printed exclusively for Members of The First Edition Society. A collection of letters by an American humorist, known for his drawings and writings, especially "My World - and Welcome To It" and "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty". 37 of his most famous drawings illustrate the letters throughout.(Publisher).
Published by Harper & Brothers, 1945
ISBN 10: 0394600851ISBN 13: 9780394600857
Seller: Bren-Books, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Early Edition, non-specified. This classic compilation was first published in 1945 and is an early edition. The HB is in Very Good condition with retention of color along with bumps and fraying of upper spine cloth. Published with materials designated during WWII with accompanying Eagle seal and statement about "conformity with Government regulations for saving paper." Contains the rarely published "Secret Life of Walter Mitty.". Book.
Published by Simon and Schuster, NewYork, NY, 1953
Seller: Hollow n Hill Books, Yellville, AR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Edgewear to the covers and sunning to the pages. Shelfwear. The back of the dust jacket has a short red ink line and tiny soiling. This book is a collection of pieces about males and females. James Thurber was the author of "The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty". Please see pictures. Protected in a new archival dust jacket. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Published by Garden City Publishing Co., Inc, Garden City, 1943
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 544p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Thin line of ink on tips of last few leaves; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is worn along the edges and faded on the spine, but protected in a mylar cover. An anthology of short stories and poetry by 20th-century American writers, including Ernest Hemingway ("The Undefeated"), Willa Cather ("The Sculptor's Funeral"), James Thurber ("The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"), William Faulkner ("A Rose for Emily"), and many more.
Published by Atheneum, New York, NY, 1972
Seller: Cornerstone Books, Santa Ana, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. The Clocks of Columbus is the fascinating literary portrait of James Thurber, the greatest American humorist of the twentieth century. The story begins with his boyhood in Columbus, Ohio and carries the reader to Paris and later New York. It tells about his art, humor, and his writings. The Clocks of Columbus is a nostalgic and graceful evocation of a time both gentler and wilder than our own. Included are illustrations, footnotes, a selected bibliography, and an index. This copy is clean, solid, and SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, inscribed on the front free endpaper. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Harper and Brothers, New York, 1945
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. James Thurber (illustrator). Second Printing. James Thurber was one of the finest humorists of the twentieth century (and a crack cartoonist to boot). The Thurber Carnival captures the depth of his talent and the breadth of his wit. The stories compiled here, almost all of which first appeared in The New Yorker, are from his uproarious and candid collection My World and Welcome to It including the American classic "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" as well as from The Owl in the Attic, The Seal in the Bathroom, and Men, Women and Dogs. Binding shows some rubbing.
Published by Simon & Schuster International, New York, 2003
ISBN 10: 0743223438ISBN 13: 9780743223430
Seller: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Second Impression. This copy is in fine, unmarked condition quarter bound in cream loth to green buckram covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dustwrapper is lightly sunned to the spine so best described as near fine condition International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. The books that Thurber wrote - with titles such as "My World and Welcome To It", "The Beast in Me and Other Animals", "My Life and Hard Times" and "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" - were not only works of humour, but also offered glimpses into the author's own life. As with most humorists though, Thurber employed exaggeration and good-natured self-deprecation, and so what glimpses of the writer's life we get are no more than distorted peeks into his mind and psyche. Rather it is in his letters that Thurber offered some candid glimpses into who he really was, and why the prisms through which he viewed the world were so distorting. Thurber's letters trace his progress from immature, lovesick college boy to his last days battling illness. His interesting and comic comments in his personal letters on all these events contribute to an entertaining, informal form of autobiography. This copy is from the library of actress, author and playwright Gwen Cherrell (1926 - 2019) Ref K7.
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Published by Grin Verlag 6/8/2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 366822255XISBN 13: 9783668222557
Seller: BargainBookStores, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. James Thurber's The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: A garden path short story 0.12. Book.
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Published by W. W. Norton & Co, New York, 2000
ISBN 10: 0393975096ISBN 13: 9780393975093
Seller: Nessa Books, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Cover: "Room in New York" by Edward Hopper; (illustrator). 6th Edition. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Large soft cover, 9" by 6", tight square & tight, flat unceased spine, 1030 pages, Near Fine. Contents include: I Want to Know Why - Sherwood Anderson; Death by Landscape - Margaret Atwood; Sonny's Blues - James Baldwin; Snow - Ann Beattie; An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - Ambrose Bierce; Cathedral - Raymond Carver; Paul's Case - Willa Cather; The Enormous Radio - Anton Chekhov; The Story of an Hour - Kate Chopin; Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad; A Continuity of Parks - Julio Cortazar; The Open Boat - Stephen Crane; The Intruder - Andre Budus; King of the Bingo Game - Ralph Ellison; Matchimanito - Louise Erdrich; Barn Burning & The Bear - Wiliam Faulkner; Babylon Revisited - R. Scott Fitzgerald; Great Falls - Richard Ford; Wounded Soldier - George Garrett; The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman; A Soldier's Embrace - Nadine Gordimer; Nativity, Caucasian - Allan Gurganus; Young Goodman Brown - Nathaniel Hawthorne; Hills Like White Elephants - Ernest Hemingway / The Lottery - Shirley Jackson; The Pugilist at Rest - Thom Jones; Araby & A Little Cloud & The Dead - James Joyce; The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka; Girl - Jamaica Kincaid; The Horse Dealer's Daughter - D. H. Lawrence; The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas - Ursula K. Le Guin; To Room Nineteen - Doris Lessing; Angel Levine - Bernard Malamud; Boule de Suif - Guy De Maupassant; The Thistles in Sweden - William Maxwell; Bartleby, The Scrivener - Herman Melville; Royal Beatings - Alice Munro; Signs & Symbols - Vladimor Nabokov; How I Contemplaed the World from the Detroit House of Correction & Began My Life Over Again - Joyce Carol Oates; The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien; A Good Man Is Hard to Find - Flannery O'Connor; Guest of the Nation - Frank O'Connor; Tell Me a Riddle - Tillie Olsen; The Fall of the House of Usher - Edgar Allan Pie; Flowering JUdas - Katherine Anne Porter; Intensive Care - Lee Smith; In the Zoo - Jean Stafford; The Chrysantheums - John Steinbeck; Rules of the Game - Amy Tan; The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - James Thurber; The death of Ivan Ilych - Leo Tolstoy; A & P - John Updike; The Moths - Helena Maria Viramontes; Everyday Use - Alice Walker; Why I Live at the P.O. - Eudora Welty; The Man Who Loved Levittown - W. D. Wetherell; The Use of Force - William Carlos Williams; In the Garden of the North American Martyrs - Tobias Wolff; Kew Gardens - Virginia Woolf; The Man Who Was Almost a Man - Richard Wright; Plus +++++ Check out the scans. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014
ISBN 10: 0374280479ISBN 13: 9780374280475
Seller: Remarks Used Books, Pittsfield, MA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, 1st printing. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in AS NEW condition. "In one of the intensely imaginative stories in Rivka's (sic) Galchen's AMERICAN INNOVATIONS, a young woman's furniture walks out on her. In another, the narrator feels compelled to promise to deliver a takeout order that has incorrectly been phoned in to her. In a third, the petty details of a property transaction illuminate the complicated pains and loves of a family. The tales in this groundbreaking collection are secretly in conversation with canonical stories, reimagined from the perspective of female characters. Just as Wallace Stevens's 'Anecdote of the Jar' responds to John Keats's 'Ode on a Grecian Urn,' Galchen's 'The Lost Order' covertly recapitulates James Thurber's 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,' while 'The Region of Unlikeness' is a smoky and playful mirror to Jorge Luis Borges's 'The Aleph.' The title story, 'American Innovations,' revisits Nikolai Gogol's 'The Nose.' By turns realistic, fantastical, witty, and lyrical, these marvelously uneasy stories are deeply emotional and written in exuberant, pitch-perfect prose. Whether exploring the tensions in a mother-daughter relationship or the finer points of time travel, Galchen is a writer like none other today." [jacket copy] "Rivka Galchen writes about the strangeness of being alive--not that anyone has any other state to compare being alive to, which doesn't make it any less strange. She writes with intelligence, wit, and great originality. These stories are amazing."--Roz Chast. "Rivka Galchen is like the pinball wizard of American letters, with a narrative voice that can ricochet from wonder to terror to hilarity in the breadth of a breath. These ten stories of profound loss and profound joy give the Kantian sublime a key lime twist, and reveal what happily haunted space cadets we all are in the echo chamber of our 'ordinary' American lives. You'll feel compelled to read Galchen's sentences to strangers on buses. The delicacy and brilliance of what she is doing doesn't yet have a name."--Karen Russell. Pristine hardcover w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding, wrapped in a near Fine (tiny nick) & intact jacket featuring an impossible photograph.
Published by Fourth Estate Harpercollins UK, 2015
ISBN 10: 000754877XISBN 13: 9780007548774
Seller: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -A short-story collection from one of America's brightest young talents.In one of these intensely imaginative stories a young woman's furniture walks out on her. In another, the narrator feels compelled to deliver a takeout order that has incorrectly been phoned in to her. In a third, the petty details of a property transaction illuminate the complicated dependences and loves of a family.Following spiralling paths towards utterly logical, entirely absurd conclusions, Galchen's creations occupy a dreamlike dimension, where time is fluid and identities are best defined by the qualities they lack. The tales in this groundbreaking collection are secretly in conversation with canonical stories, allowing the reader the pleasure of discovering familiar favourites in new guises. Here 'The Lost Order' covertly recapitulates James Thurber's 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty', while 'The Region of Unlikeness' playfully mirrors Jorge Luis Borges's 'The Aleph'.By turns realistic, fantastical and lyrical, all these marvellously uneasy stories share a deeply emotional core and are written in dryly witty, pitch-perfect prose. Whether exploring the tensions in a mother-daughter relationship or the finer points of time travel, Galchen is a writer of eye-opening ingenuity. 192 pp. Englisch.
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Published by Victor Gollancz, London, 1951
Seller: London League Publications Ltd, London, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 68 stories from the New Yorker from 1925 to 1940. Book is in good condition, but has no dust jacket. Includes The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James thurber.
Published by Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, Penguin Books Ltd., 1984
Seller: Andrea Ardelt, Großräschen, Germany
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18 cm, kartoniert. 404 Seiten , Schulstempel, die Seiten sind gebräunt, Thurber's art was easy to recognize but hard to define. He created a world in which mournfully sagacious hounds loom over frightened little men who are trying desperately to master life's problems. His drawings and prose alike were marked by economy, wry humour, and an inimitable blend of precision and fantasy. Perhaps his most justly famous character was Walter Mitty, whose Secret Life gloriously makes up for the shy young man's failures in competitive real life. Thurberites - and they are many - hardly need eminding that the classic Thurberisms are preserved in Thurber Dogs, The Thurber Album, Thurber Country, and many more like-minded collections. (aus dem Buch) 2k6 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 250.
Published by Reference Series Books LLC Nov 2011, 2011
ISBN 10: 1155552490ISBN 13: 9781155552491
Seller: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Chapters: List of Mad Magazine issues, Crime SuspenStories, Tales from the Crypt, The Haunt of Fear, The Vault of Horror, Shock SuspenStories, Two-Fisted Tales, Weird Fantasy, Weird Science, Frontline Combat, Weird Science-Fantasy, Impact, M.D., Incredible Science Fiction, Moon Girl, List of Entertaining Comics publications, Land of the Lost, Shock Illustrated, Terror Illustrated, Crime Illustrated, Extra!, Psychoanalysis, Valor, Confessions Illustrated, Panic, The Autumn People, Tomorrow Midnight, Aces High, Piracy. Excerpt: The humor magazine Mad has had a consecutive run for well over half a century, making a transition over the years from color comic book to black-and-white magazine to color magazine, presenting a constant parade of parodies. When Harvey Kurtzman began editing Mad in 1952, his intention was simply to satirize comic book genres. He had no idea that his comic book was destined to become a publishing phenomenon that would reach a circulation of 2,132,655 by 1974, be reprinted in slick, full-color hardcover slipcased editions and transform the culture of the 20th Century. The cultural significance of Kurtzman and his creation were noted by the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Art Spiegelman: Kurtzman's Mad held a mirror up to American society, exposing the hypocrisies and distortions of mass media with jazzy grace and elegance. He's our first post-modern humorist, laying the groundwork for such contemporary humor and satire as Saturday Night Live, Monty Python and Naked Gun.Only three years after it began, Mad was catalogued in Harvard's Houghton Library. Kurtzman's expansion to parodies of radio, films and television was a step-by-step evolution, and not all readers were familiar with all the satirical sources and references, including some drawn from contemporary and classical literature. Readers could have enjoyed the first issue of Mad without being aware that it featured a lampoon of an E. M. Forster short story, and a reference to the sound effects in James Thurber's short story, 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.' Mad did not restrict its attentions to the popular culture of the day. A baseball story in the second issue is a twist on Stephen Vincent Benét's 'The Devil and Daniel Webster.' In the fifth issue, the Renfrew of the Royal Mounted source was already more than a decade out of date for the readers of 1953, and is exponentially more obscure today. Some subtle distinctions may not be not readily apparent in reading the material. For instance, 'Dragged Net' i 28 pp. Englisch.