THE HEADLESS BUST. A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millennium.
by Gorey, Edward
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York / San Diego / London: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1999)., (1999).. Fine. - Quarto, 7-1/4 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in pictorial boards illustrated by Edward Gorey, titled in a yellow banner on the front cover and in black on the spine. The book is laid into the original matching dust wrapper. Unpaginated, with full-page color and black & white illustrations by Edward Gorey. Near fine.
First edition, with the full letter line.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 97885
- Title
- THE HEADLESS BUST. A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millennium.
- Author
- Gorey, Edward
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York / San Diego / London: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1999).
- Date Published
- (1999).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ILLUSTRATED; EDWARD GOREY; THE HEADLESS BUST; THE HEADLESS BUST A MELANCHOLY MEDITATION ON THE FALSE MILLENNIUM; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; FIRST PRINTING; FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS; 1ST EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; POETRY; POEM; VERSES.
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- Illustrated;
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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