New York: Harcourt Brace & Co, 1998 Pictorial boards, a light foxing to endappers and top edge of text block; matching dust jacket with dust soil along top edge and tiny hole in rear spine fold, original price intact $15.00. A darkly humorous Christmas tale, written and illustrated by Edward Gorey, which originally appeared in the New York Times Magazine.. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Edward Gorey. Square 8vo.
The ghost of Christmas to come, not as Dickens imagined but as Gorey imagine---inimitable and irreverent. Gorey's illustrations, on each recto page, are accompanied by brief text on the verso facing page. This first appeared in the December 21, 1997 issue of The New York Times Magazine. Very good to fine: Spine is square, boards front and back are near new, no discoloration, all pages clean and crisp. DJ is near fine with handling marks and a slight roll of the edge top back. Not clipped.
Harcourt Brace, 1998. First Edition. Decorative Boards. Fine/Fine in Archival Plastic Cover. A lovely First Edition of one of Edward Gorey's later books. Subtitled: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas." This story first appeared in The New York Times Magaine on December 21, 1997. Measures 7 1/2" wide x 7 1/2" high. In fine pink boards, the book is bright and clean. The dustjacket is complete with the original price and is very clean and bright.
Dust Jacket is price-intact, clean with very mild shelfwear. Full letter line. Binding tight and straight, inner pages clean and unmarked.; 0.5 X 7.5 X 7.75 inches; 64 pages.
New York, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997, hardcover, 64 pp, First Edition, First Printing by letter code, As New in Like dustjacket, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in new, unclipped dustjacket bearing original price, housed in a protective, archival sleeve. A clever and decidedly peculiar re-telling of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol in Gorey's inimitable style, profusely illustrated throughout with his own equally unique drawings. Fun for young and old alike. ISBN 9780151004157.
New York, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997, hardcover, 64 pp, First Edition, First Printing by letter code, As New in Like dustjacket, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in new, unclipped dustjacket bearing original price, housed in a protective, archival sleeve. A clever and decidedly peculiar re-telling of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol in Gorey's inimitable style, profusely illustrated throughout with his own equally unique drawings. Fun for young and old alike. ISBN 9780151004157
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