Here’s a rainy (snowy in some parts) day audio piece. Taped in 1944 for CBS radio: Robert Benchley reads James Thurber’s classic, “The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty” (the story originally appeared in The New Yorker, March 18, 1939). ___________________________________________________________________________ James Thurber Born, Columbus, Ohio, December 8, 1894. Died 1961, New York City. New Yorker work: 1927 -1961, with several pieces
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Latest Addition To The Spill Library…A UK Edition Of “The Seal In The Bedroom” Was pleased a few weeks ago to finally find an affordable copy of the UK 1951 edition of James Thurber’s first collection of drawings, originally published here by Harper & Brothers in 1932 (Hamish Hamilton published this 1951 edition). As far as I can tell —
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Cover Group When SPX’s Warren Bernard visited Spill headquarters recently, one of the topics of conversation was illustrated books. I mentioned that, at one time, long ago, I began collecting books
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A Group For me, a fun exercise in pulling materials off of shelves and sometimes off of walls to share with readers. [apologies for the poor photo: too much sunlight + old digital camera = blurry photo. I’ll try for a better photo soon, and replace this] Starting from the left, a truly wonderful New Yorker original by John
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