James Thurber

THURBER, James (1894-1961). A collection of eight pen and ink drawings, [New York, 1934-1943). A series of James Thurber drawings . A good selection of Thurber's famous "wobbly" drawings, many of which appeared in The New Yorker . Many examples bear captions and include "She's out of fix because they've cleaned up the movies" (29 Sept. 1934); "Her maid told ours that she has a red heart tattooed above her knee" (25 April, 1936 with a slightly different caption); "I don't want any part of it!" (28 Nov. 1936). Uncaptioned drawings include two of a pair of men fencing, and an angry woman talking to a doctor. Also of interest are several drawings that were first collected for his 1943 book, Men Women, and Dogs including "I'm not going home – and you can't make me!" Thurber's work first came to the attention of The New Yorker when his friend and co-worker, E.B. White retrieved several examples from the trash and submitted from for publication. His friend