Many many years ago, before I began holding onto every New Yorker-centric thing that came my way, I gave my first edition copy of Thurber’s 1939 classic, The Last Flower to a friend (the friend who showed me the very first Thurber drawing I’d ever seen). Over the years I stayed away from re-acquiring a first edition (I did acquire
Read moreIf you have an interest in James Thurber’s work you’re probably familiar with the Thurber Carnival cover shown to the left. Most used book stores with a “Humor” section have a copy, or have had a copy, or will have a copy at some point or another, Less familiar on this side of The Atlantic is the paperback UK version
Read moreWhen I first began collecting just about anything with Thurber’s name and/or drawings, coming across the above vinyl album was a big big deal. Not just because it’s a very fun “objet d’Thurber,” but the design delivers more than your typical soundtrack album: when you open the gatefold sleeve you find Thurber’s The Last Flower in its entirety. The inner
Read moreA weekly time-out with something Thurber. In this first installment of Thurber Thursday I thought I’d show my copy of Burton Bernstein’s Thurber: A Biography. It’s in rough shape now, as you can see; I bought it new in 1975, the year it was published. I was in college, in the beginning years of being totally gaga about everything Thurber,
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