The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas * SIGNED BY EDWARD GOREY *
de Gorey, Edward
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Very Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151004153
- ISBN 13
- 9780151004157
- Librería
-
Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
New York, U.S.A.: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1997. Bound in the publishers pink hardboards with black title lettering to spine. The pages and distinctive colour illustrations by Edward Gorey are in excellent condition throughout and are squarely bound. Book sits solid and tight and is in as new condition. Housed in the matching dustwrapper which has been neatly priceclipped. Protected in a removable archival book sleeve to preserve its condition. The photograph provided is a picture of the book and the dustwrapper and we are happy to send more images on request. A lovely, fresh example of this much loved book from the strange and wonderful world of Edward Gorey. This is the first printing and has been SIGNED by Edward Gorey on a special Harcourt, Brace and Co. publishers bookplate which has been carefully affixed to the front free endpaper. A beautiful copy of a perennial Edward Gorey favourite !. Signed by Author. First Edition. Very Fine/Fine. Illus. by Edward Gorey. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. FIRST EDITION.
Sinopsis
Gorey has never been funnier or more “impossible to resist” ( Boston Herald ) than in this peculiar retelling of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol .
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Detalles
- Librería
- The Rare Book Shelf (GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 000420
- Título
- The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas * SIGNED BY EDWARD GOREY *
- Autor
- Gorey, Edward
- Ilustrador
- Edward Gorey
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0151004153
- ISBN 13
- 9780151004157
- Editorial
- Harcourt, Brace and Co.
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, U.S.A.
- Fecha de publicación
- 1997
- Palabras clave
- TEA HUMOR FORM CARTOONS COMICS
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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The Rare Book Shelf
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Herefordshire
Sobre The Rare Book Shelf
The Rare Book Shelf are suppliers of fine, rare and desirable books specializing in out of print and modern First Editions. We cover most areas of fiction and non fiction including childrens books and are constantly updating and improving our current stock. We take time to fully study each book individually before grading them with as detailed a description as possible. All relevant history and information regarding each title is relayed to the customer where possible.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...