[Signed] [First Edition] Further Fables For Our Time [Signed] James Thurber [Used - Very Good] [Hardcover]

Octavo. [xii], 174 pp. First British edition. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine, front board decorated in gilt with a vertical arrangement of Thurber's animal drawings. Inscribed and signed by James Thurber on the front free endpaper: "For [recipient illegible], affectionately, James Thurber, April, 1959." Scattered pale spotting and marks on boards. Spine sunned, gilt dulled. Light rubbing and wear to spine ends and extremities. Page edges toned. Signed endpaper moderately foxed, with lighter toning. Lacking the dust jacket. A signed first British edition of Thurber's second collection of modern fables, pairing his unmistakable line drawings with the sharp, absurdist wit that made him one of the defining American humorists of the twentieth century and a central figure at The New Yorker. Particularly desirable for Thurber's large dated presentation inscription from April 1959, executed during the later period of his life when his severely impaired eyesight resulted in the bold, expansive handwriting seen here. An appealing association copy of one of Thurber's characteristic combinations of literary satire and illustration.