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The Blue Aspic
by Gorey, Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0801507383
- ISBN 13
- 9780801507380
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Hawthorn Books. Very Good+. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 0801507383 . Pictorial hardcover, no dust jacket. Second edition. Illustrated boards, clean and sharp, with mild shelf wear to edges. Book is firm in binding, b&w plates throughout, crisp interior. A tight, clean copy. Free of any markings, not ex-library.; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; Unpaginated pages .
Synopsis
Edward Gorey's dark sense of humor brings us opera understudy, Ortenzia Caviglia, and her lucky break is the mysterious murder of the reigning diva. Now that she is in the spotlight, she earns an admirer, Mr. Jasper Ankle, who braves dangerous weather and suffers poverty in his quest to hear her perform. As Ortenzia's star rises, Jasper falls into despair, until the desperate collision of performer and fan in true Edward Gorey fashion.
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Details
- Bookseller
- KULTURAs books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16001
- Title
- The Blue Aspic
- Author
- Gorey, Edward
- Illustrator
- Edward Gorey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0801507383
- ISBN 13
- 9780801507380
- Publisher
- Hawthorn Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- 0801507383, Humor. The Opera - Fiction. The Gashlycrumb Tinies. The Fatal Lozenge.
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