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Amphigorey Also
by Edward Gorey (Inscribed)
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ONE OF 26 LETTERED COPIES, INSCRIBED
Illustrated. 4to. Original pictorial cloth, in pictorial dust wrapper; enclosed in publisher's slipcase, pictorial label. Congdon and Weed, New York (1983). First Edition. One of 26 lettered copies, signed by Gorey.
This copy inscribed "For Isobel" on the colophon page. Isobel was a very good friend of Gorey's who became the dedicatee of his book The Water Flowers. A compilation of 17 books including The Utter Zoo, The Blue Aspic, The Epiplectic Bicycle, The Sopping Thursday, The Grand Passion, Les Passementeries Horribles, The Eclectic Abecedarium, L'Heure Bleue, The Broken Spoke, The Awdrey-Gore Legacy, The Glorious Nosebleed, The Loathsome Couple, The Green Beads, Les Urnes Utiles, The Stupid Joke, The Prune People, and The Tuning Fork.
Dust wrapper price clipped, some white staining on front of slipcase, o/w a fine copy. Scarce.
Illustrated. 4to. Original pictorial cloth, in pictorial dust wrapper; enclosed in publisher's slipcase, pictorial label. Congdon and Weed, New York (1983). First Edition. One of 26 lettered copies, signed by Gorey.
This copy inscribed "For Isobel" on the colophon page. Isobel was a very good friend of Gorey's who became the dedicatee of his book The Water Flowers. A compilation of 17 books including The Utter Zoo, The Blue Aspic, The Epiplectic Bicycle, The Sopping Thursday, The Grand Passion, Les Passementeries Horribles, The Eclectic Abecedarium, L'Heure Bleue, The Broken Spoke, The Awdrey-Gore Legacy, The Glorious Nosebleed, The Loathsome Couple, The Green Beads, Les Urnes Utiles, The Stupid Joke, The Prune People, and The Tuning Fork.
Dust wrapper price clipped, some white staining on front of slipcase, o/w a fine copy. Scarce.
Synopsis
Amphigorey Also is another stellar collection of Edward Gorey's twisted art and stories. This compliation includes 17 stories: The Utter Zoo The Blue Aspic The Epileptic Bicycle The Sopping Thursday The Grand Passion Les Passementeries Horribles The Eclectic Abecedarium L'Heure bleue The Broken Spoke The Awdrey-Gore Legacy The Glorious Nosebleed The Loathsome Couple The Green Beads Les Urnes Utiles The Stupid Joke The Prune People The Tuning Fork
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- Bookseller
- George Robert Minkoff, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7300
- Title
- Amphigorey Also
- Author
- Edward Gorey (Inscribed)
- Illustrator
- Edward Gorey
- Format/Binding
- Original pictorial cloth, in pictorial dust wrapper; enclosed in publisher’s slipcase, pictorial label.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Congdon and Weed
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 4to.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Inscribed; Signed; Fall Sale;
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George Robert Minkoff, Inc.,
26 Rowe Rd., Great Barrington, MA 01230.
Tel: 413-528-4575.
E-mail: grm@minkoffbooks.com.
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George Robert Minkoff, Inc.,
26 Rowe Rd., Great Barrington, MA 01230.
Tel: 413-528-4575.
E-mail: grm@minkoffbooks.com.
Authorized representative: George Robert Minkoff.
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