- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The Treetops Bookshop, Maidstone, Kent, United KingdomThe Treetops Bookshop
AbeBooks seller since May 9, 2025
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 15.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Hamish Hamilton, London, 1956. First British edition, presumed first impression. Hardcover with original yellow illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated throughout by the author. *Further Fables for Our Time* by James Thurber. A collection of 47 humorous and satirical fables by the celebrated American writer and cartoonist James Thurber, best known for his work in The New Yorker and his distinctive comic illustrations. Combining talking animals, absurd situations and sharp observations of human behaviour, Thurber's fables offer a witty and often wonderfully cynical perspective on modern life. The collection is accompanied by his unmistakable black-and-white line drawings. This 1956 British edition was published by Hamish Hamilton and retains its striking original yellow dust jacket, decorated with Thurber's illustrations of animals, birds and insects. **Condition: Good to Very Good book / Good dust jacket (provisional).** Photographed title and publication pages appear clean and readable, with light age-related toning. Original illustrated dust jacket remains bright and attractive on the front, with minor rubbing, edge wear and slight creasing. Rear jacket panel shows noticeable age-related spotting and foxing, particularly across the upper portion, together with light handling marks and edge wear. Cloth boards, binding firmness and completeness of contents have not yet been fully inspected. Please see photographs. An appealing vintage edition for collectors of James Thurber, American humour, literary satire, illustrated fiction and New Yorker cartoonists.…
Seller Inventory # ABE-1791563107706
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Further Fables for Our Time
- Author
- Thurber, James
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Publication year
- 1956
- Condition
- Very good
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- James Thurber
- Edition
- 1st Edition
The Treetops Bookshop
Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since May 9, 2025
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Based in Maidstone, Kent, The Treetops Bookshop has a fabulous collection of secondhand titles across the genres. We specialise in literature, fiction, travel, nature and biography. We sell and purchase books from notable writers, stories of intrigue and of specialist interest. All of our titles are clean, unmarked and well looked after. And we pride ourselves in making sure our titles reach you in a fast, efficient and safe way. The Treetops Bookshop is run by Tom Idle, a writer, journalist and book publisher. He writes about sustainability, climate change and social change. He publishes family travel guides with Little Legs Publishing (www.little-legs.com). His vast collection of books, accumulated over the past 30 years, reflects his interests and passion for nature, travel, ideas and the very best fiction.…
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The Treetops Bookshop
United Kingdom
The Treetops Bookshop
Thomas Idle
Treetops, 18 Wiles Road, Otham, Maidstone, Kent ME15 8YW, United Kingdom
tom@little-legs.com, +44 (0)7760 161401
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