Gorey X3
by Edward Lear; Peter Neumeyer
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0201025493
- ISBN 13
- 9780201025491
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Reading, Massahusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1976. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Oblong trade paperback. Unpaginated. Three stories with drawings by Edward Gorey, two written by Edward Lear, one by Peter Neumeyer. First edition, first printing with full letter line. Lear's 'nonsense poems' "The Jumblies" and " The Dong with a Luminous Nose" , as well as Neumeyer's "Donald and the..." brilliantly illustrated with Gorey's signature bizarre Victorian themed drawings which pay homage to authors' comically absurd sensibilities. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, tight and unmarked copy. Spine straight and not creased. One minute blemish on upper cover, else near fine. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017997
- Title
- Gorey X3
- Author
- Edward Lear; Peter Neumeyer
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0201025493
- ISBN 13
- 9780201025491
- Publisher
- Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Reading, Massahusetts
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Edward Gorey, Illustration
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
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Staten Island, New York
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- First Edition
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