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The Thurber carnival
- Title
- The Thurber carnival / written and illustrated by James Thurber.
- Author
- Thurber, James, 1894-1961.
- Publication
- Franklin Center, Pa. : Franklin Library, 1980, c1945.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 13-2519 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xix, 416 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Presents a collection of American humorist James Thurber's classic articles and sketches which first appeared in The New Yorker where he was employed for over thirty five years.
- Series Statement
- The Collector's library of the world's best-loved books
- Uniform Title
- Collector's library of the world's best-loved books.
- Subjects
- Note
- "Notes from the editors" (22 p.) inserted in pocket.
- Contents
- Thee lady on 142 and other stories; The lady on 142 - The catbird seat - Memoirs of a Drudge - The cane in the corridor - The secret life of James Thurber - Recollections of the gas buggy - Fables for our time an famous poems illustrated; The birds and the foxes - The little girl and the wolf - The scotty who know too much - The bery proper gander - The bear who let it alone - The shrike and the chipmunks - The seal who became famous - The crow and the oriole - The moth and the star - The glass in the field - The rabbits who caused all the trouble - THe owl who was God - The unicorn int he garden - Excelsior - "Oh when i was..." Bargara Frietchie - The sands o'Dee - Curfew must not ring to-night - My world and welcome to it; - What do you mean it was brillig? - The secret life of Walter Mitty - Here lies Miss Groby - The man who hated moonbaum - The macbeth murder mystery - A ride with olympy - The owl in the attic; - The pet department - Let your mind alone!; Destructive forces in life - Sex ex machina -- The breaking up of the minships - The admiral on the wheel - A couple of hamburgers - Bateman comes home - Doc Marlowe - The wood duck - The seal in the bedroom; Cartoons - The bloodhound and the bug - The middle-aged man on the flying trapeze; The departure of Emma Inch - There's an owl in my room - The topaz cufflinks mystery - Snapshot of a dog - Something to say - The curb in the sky - The black magic of Barney Haller - If Grant had been drinking appomattox - The remarkable case of Mr. Bruhl - THe luck of Jad Peters - The greatest man in the world - The evening's at seven - One is a wanderer - Men, women and dogs; Cartoons - The war between men and women - My life and hard times; Preface to life - The night the bed fell - THe car we had to push - The day the dam broke - The night the ghost got in - More alarms at night - A sequence of servants - The dog that bit people - University days - Draft board nights - A note at the end.
- Call Number
- JFE 13-2519
- LCCN
- 80117226
- OCLC
- 6488504
- Author
- Thurber, James, 1894-1961.
- Title
- The Thurber carnival / written and illustrated by James Thurber.
- Imprint
- Franklin Center, Pa. : Franklin Library, 1980, c1945.
- Edition
- A limited ed.
- Series
- The Collector's library of the world's best-loved booksCollector's library of the world's best-loved books.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 13-2519