Exciting news, particularly for those who love James Thurber’s original art: Christie’s has put up three lots of Thurber drawings (one lot includes books with drawings). Altogether there are 26 pieces up for grabs. Lot 423: 8 drawings, some of them were published in The New Yorker, including this classic drawing from the issue of November 28, 1936: Lot 424:
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Happening Upon Millmoss The most recent addition to the Spill library is this very heavy bound volume of New Yorkers, from June through October of 1934. Although the cover is showing its age, the magazines themselves are in great shape. One of the pleasures of sitting down with a new old bunch of now ancient New Yorkers is coming upon
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________________________________________________________________ This is a book I bought so long ago I’ve no memory of where or when I picked it up. I do know I paid two bucks for it thanks to the helpful pencil marking on the inside. I have a very vague memory of almost not buying it because Thurber wasn’t on the cover. Part of an extensive
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— This piece was originally posted in December of 2013. It has been updated and expanded. When I moved to Manhattan in the fall of 1976, just out of college, I was on a mission to be published by The New Yorker. Little did I know, when I rented an apartment at 113 West
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