J. Thorne Smith (1892-1934) was the author of "Topper / The Jovial Ghosts," "Topper Takes a Trip," "The Night Life of the Gods," "The Stray Lamb," "Turnabout," "The Glorious Pool," etc. "Turnabout" was published 1931. Public Domain in countries where copyright is Life]70. Thorne Smith pits two thoroughly modern married people in a classic battle of the sexes. After listening to the nearly endless bickering and childish jealousy of a young man and wife (Tim and Sally Willows), an ancient Egyptian idol decides to play a trick ...
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J. Thorne Smith (1892-1934) was the author of "Topper / The Jovial Ghosts," "Topper Takes a Trip," "The Night Life of the Gods," "The Stray Lamb," "Turnabout," "The Glorious Pool," etc. "Turnabout" was published 1931. Public Domain in countries where copyright is Life]70. Thorne Smith pits two thoroughly modern married people in a classic battle of the sexes. After listening to the nearly endless bickering and childish jealousy of a young man and wife (Tim and Sally Willows), an ancient Egyptian idol decides to play a trick on the two by causing them to switch bodies. Like Thorne Smith, Tim works in an advertising agency, and several scenes are set there, drawing on the author's experience. After the wife forcefully impregnates her husband, things take a decided turn for the worse as they separately try to deal with the object of the former wife's affections - a deplorably predictable square-jawed philanderer by the name of Carl Bently. The scene in which Tim, trapped in his wife's body, exacts an icy revenge on the unfortunate interloper is one of the unforgettable moments of Thorne Smith's peculiar humor. Both a film (1940) and a short lived 1979 television sitcom starring Sharon Gless and John Schuck (cancelled after six episodes) were based on "Turnabout." So was the last broadcast episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, 'Turnabout Intruder'. This novel is included with "The Stray Lamb" and "Rain in the Doorway" in "The Thorne Smith 3-Decker."
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Add this copy of Turnabout to cart. $6.50, fair condition, Sold by SmarterRat Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chagrin Falls, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1941 by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
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Fair; No jacket. 1941 Doubleday, Doran & Company. Red cloth-bound hardcover has a few cover stains and worn and bumped corners. Spine ends are bumped and frayed. Top of spine is missing a bit of cloth just above title. Front cover has small impressed design of cherub strewing flowers. Endpapers tanned. Some pages have handling stains and other soil marks on pages, almost all in margins. Simulated deckle fore edge. 312 pages. No dust jacket.
Add this copy of Turnabout to cart. $7.00, very good condition, Sold by Archer's Used & Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Kent, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1947 by Pocket Books.
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Very Good Condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Humor; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 25106.
Add this copy of Turnabout to cart. $7.00, very good condition, Sold by Fabulous Fiction Book Store rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Oxford, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1947 by Pocket Books.
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Very good. (P2) Mass Market paperback is in VG+ condition with wear/small tears art spine corners, light creases upper frocov edge, light overall wear. 192p., 17 cm. Originally published, Barker, 1933. Pocket Books #337
Add this copy of Turnabout to cart. $9.90, very good condition, Sold by Books From California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Simi Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2014 by Munshi Press.
Add this copy of Turnabout to cart. $9.95, very good condition, Sold by JC's Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Athol, ID, UNITED STATES, published 1931 by Sun Dial Press.
Add this copy of Turnabout to cart. $9.95, good condition, Sold by Archives Books, inc. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Edmond, OK, UNITED STATES, published 1931 by Sun Dial Press.
Add this copy of Turnabout to cart. $10.00, very good condition, Sold by Zephyr Used & Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Vancouver, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1949 by Pocket Books.
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12mo. 277, [1] pp., plus 4 pp. publ. ads. Colour-illustrated softcovers, NF copy. Early Pocket Books printing, No. 447, of perhaps Thorne Smith's most curious work in which a man and his wife are switched into each other's bodies.
Add this copy of Turnabout to cart. $10.00, very good condition, Sold by Voyageur Book Shop rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milwaukee, WI, UNITED STATES, published 1947 by Pocket Books, Inc..
Add this copy of Turnabout to cart. $10.00, good condition, Sold by Conover Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Martinsville, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1931 by The Sun Dial Press.
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Good. No Jacket. Hardcover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; scuffed and scratched; corners are bumped and rubbed; some shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Brown boards with a black illustration on the front board and black and brown lettering on the spine. Deckle page edges. 312 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and magical pages! "Thorne Smith pits two thoroughly modern married people in a classic battle of the sexes. After listening to the nearly endless bickering and childish jealousy of a young man and wife (Tim and Sally Willows), an ancient Egyptian idol decides to play a trick on the two by causing them to switch bodies. Like Thorne Smith, Tim works in an advertising agency, and several scenes are set there, drawing on the author's experience. After the wife forcefully impregnates her husband, things take a decided turn for the worse as they separately try to deal with the object of the former wife's affections a deplorably predictable square-jawed philanderer by the name of Carl Bently........"
Add this copy of Turnabout to cart. $10.00, good condition, Sold by Ruffolo Enterprises Inc. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Atlantic City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1935 by DOUBLE, DORAN & COMPANY.
