James Geraghty's Copy of Thurber Country

James Thurber inscribed a copy of his 1953 collection Thurber Country to James Geraghty, The New Yorker's art editor from 1939 to 1973. The handwriting appears very loose and poorly controlled. By this time Thurber had lost almost all of his vision, but evidently not his spirit. The book is now on the market via the estate of New Yorker cartoonist Claude Smith. The AbeBooks seller James Cummins mentions—but does not reproduce in the listing—a note from Smith describing how he acquired the book from Geraghty.

"For Jim from Jim Happy Times"

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