Born to Be Posthumous : The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey de Dery, Mark

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Little, Brown and Company, 2018. Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. A Very Good copy in a Near Fine dustjacket. Book has shelfwear, soiling to covers and edges of text block, and a former owner's name on the front endpaper; DJ has a touch of shelfwear. Interior is otherwise clean, unmarked, and tight. 8vo. - over 7¾' in - 9¾' in.

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Little, Brown and Company. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 2018. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Tears (smaller than ½ inch) to DJ. Fold on page 179. Otherwise in great condition. No writing or noteworthy blemishes. ; - We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. .

New York: Little Brown, 2018. 503 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w photographs, reproductions. "From 'The Gashlycrumb Tinies' to 'The Doubtful Guest', Edward Gorey's wickedly funny, deliciously sinister little books have influenced our culture in countless ways, from Tim Burton's movies to Ann Sui's fashion to Neil Gaiman's 'Coraline' to Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. Some call him the Grandfather of Goth (which would've given him the fantods). Just who was this man who lived with six cats, owned more than 20,000 books, roomed with the poet Frank O'Hara at Harvard, and liked to traipse around in floor-length fur coats, clanking bracelets, and an Edwardian beard? An eccentric, a solitary, an enigmatic auteur of whimsically morbid masterpieces, yes - but who was the real Edward Gorey behind the Oscan Wildean pose? He published more than a hundred books and illustrated works by Samuel Beckett, T.S. Eliot, Edward Lear, John Updike,… Leer más

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2018. 2nd pr.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 503 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. From The Gashlycrumb Tinies to The Doubtful Guest, Edward Gorey's wickedly funny and deliciously sinister little books have influenced our culture in innumerable ways, from the works of Tim Burton and Neil Gaiman to Lemony Snicket. Some even call him the Grandfather of Goth. But who was this man, who lived with over twenty thousand books and six cats, who roomed with Frank O'Hara at Harvard, and was known -- in the late 1940s, no less -- to traipse around in full-length fur coats, clanking bracelets, and an Edwardian beard? An eccentric, a gregarious recluse, an enigmatic auteur of whimsically morbid masterpieces, yes -- but who was the real Edward Gorey behind the Oscar Wildean pose? He published over a hundred books and illustrated works by Samuel Beckett, T.S. Eliot, Edward Lear, John Updike, Charles Dickens, Hilaire Belloc, Muriel Spark, Bram Stoker,… Leer más

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