NY, Harper & Brothers, 1933. Autobiographical sketches by Thurber. This copy has, on the front flyleaf, three drawings by Thurber and the instruction: "'Rummie' [?] - try a few pictures! I've left space of 3 sheets in back." Rummie did not take him up on the offer, as the rear pages are blank. Pure speculation, but in the early 1930s, Thurber's "roomie" at The New Yorker was his office-mate, E.B. White. White and Thurber had collaborated on the 1929 book Is Sex Necessary?, and it was White, after going through Thurber's office trash, who had first submitted Thurber's drawings to the magazine. White himself had a New Yorker cover illustration credit in 1932. Spine label missing; handling apparent to boards; a good copy in a good, supplied dust jacket with minor edge wear and some staining, mostly evident on verso. [#036602] $4,500