- Octavo, dark blue paper covered boards backed with green cloth with vignettes stamped in gilt on front board, in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The spine is slightly faded & the boards are lightly rubbed. The rear panel of the dust jacket is somewhat darkened, the head of the spine is torn & there is a small piece out of the tail. xi & 174 pages. Black-and-white head- & tail-pieces & textual illustrations by the author. The page edges are slightly darkened. Good.

First edition.

LITERATURE; FABLES; HUMOR; ILLUSTRATED; AUTHOR; ILLUSTRATOR; AMERICAN; JAMES THURBER; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.