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THE HEADLESS BUST
by Gorey, Edward
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Fine in near fine jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0151005141
- ISBN 13
- 9780151005147
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1999. First printing. Fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of this late Gorey book of quietly alarming verses, featuring images in color as opposed to Gorey's more typical black and white. 7.25'' x 7.25''. Original color pictorial paper boards. In original unclipped ($15.00) pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated by Gorey in color. [64] pages. Light marginal toning, touch of soil to jacket. Book clean and bright.
Synopsis
As we wander off with Edward Gorey into the next millennium our reasons for being here are far from clear. Nevertheless, the master craftsmen is at his best . . Ere the last guest was fin'lly gone.Ça va, hélas, from bad to worse: Adieu to prose, alló to verse. The Bahhumbug with lack of tact. Now called attention to the fact, Which made it feel to Edmund Gravel. He was already to unravel
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50518
- Title
- THE HEADLESS BUST
- Author
- Gorey, Edward
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in near fine jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Binding
- Trade Cloth
- ISBN 10
- 0151005141
- ISBN 13
- 9780151005147
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- 20th century,Post-WWII,US History,Limited Edition
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
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