ALARMS AND DIVERSIONS by Thurber, James - 1957

NY: Harper & Brothers. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Barely visable damp stain on the bottom of the spine and adjoining front cover, otherwise Binding is clean, sound and unworn. Contents are almost as new, with no writing or other entries on the text. Moderate wear, very minor soil, on the price-cut DJ. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION, 1957. Dark gray boards, Bright Yellow cloth spine with a couple of small Thurber drawings, black & red lettering. 32-page story-cartoon section, "The last Flower, A Parable in Pictures. " 18-page story-cartoon section, "The Race of Life, A Parable. " Plus four miscellaneous cartoon sections of 9 , 18, 11, and 9 pages and the occasional drawing in the text. HUMOR. Most of the material in this book originally appeared in THE NEW YORKER. "Many of these pieces, new and old, have been rewritten to some extent, mainly to bring them into accord with the changes wrought by time, the accumulation of new material, and certain shifts of viewpoint due to experience and the fruits of meditation. " ; 8-3/4" Tall; 367 pages .