About this title: 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 the eternal cycles of war, peace, love, and the resilience of one little flower remains as relevant today as it was then. "The New York Times" called it "at once one of the most serious and one of the most hilarious contributions on war." E. B. White wrote, "In it you will find his faith in the renewal of life, his feeling for the beauty and fragility of life on earth." Civilization has collapsed after World War XII, dogs have ...
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
Date Published: 1971
Description: James Thurber. Good. No Jacket. 24mo-over 5"-5¾" tall. Orange paperback, sunning to spine. Some soiling to cover. Color rubbed off in area on back. Gift inscription inside. First couple of pages are dog eared. Unpaginated. read more
Description: Good. 2007-Hardcover----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York and London: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1939.
Description: -Small oblong quarto [8 inches high by 10-3/4 inches wide], pictorial paper covered boards. The paper is chipped, the boards are lightly soiled & the spine is faded. Profuse full-page illustrations in black & white from drawings by the author with text on the facing pages. There are small areas of staining to the front pastedown & endpaper & an owner's ink name on a preliminary leaf. Good. Second or third printing. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Brothers Publishers., New York
Description: Recent facsimile edition in hardcover with dust jacket. Small name on front endpaper, tiny bump to bottom of front board otherwise Fine/Fine. read more
Description: Harper Bros., NY c.1939, stated 1st., 8” x11” oblong, hardcover, unpag. ca.1” thick. owner's incription on ep, 3 line ink scribble on cover, not too bad, G in badly torn, chipped & tattered dj. $ read more
Binding: HC
Publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1939
Description: Fine in Very Good jacket. Oblong, B&W illos throughout; copyright page says 11-39 (i.e. the 2nd printing) but given condition, posssible facsimile. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: NY: H & R (1939). 1st ed.
Date Published: 1939
Description: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Rectangular octavo. A very near fine copy in illustrated boards in a complete DJ with tears and a few chips along the edge which is reinforced with tape on the verso. Scarce. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York and London: Harper & Brothers,
Date Published: 1939
Description: Oblong octavo, pictorial boards. First edition. Touch of rubbing to boards along bottom edges, else a fine copy in very good, but quite attractive dust jacket with some dust soiling, most noticeably to the spine panel, touch of wear at head of spine panel and corner tips, several small scratches to front panel, and 15mm closed tear at upper front spine fold. Formerly Donald A. Wollheim's copy with his name stamped in ink on rear free endpaper. (#73997) read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper and Brothers, New York
Date Published: 1939
Description: Poor. No Dustjacket. Small ink name and date on front free endpaper. Heavy wear to boards. Paper covering over spine is split and pulling at top and two inches up the side. Fading to boards. Good reading copy only. read more
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