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The Curious Sofa (A pornographic work by Ogdred Weary)
by Ogdred Weary (pseud. Edward Gorey)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1989. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine. First edition thus, firts printing, letter line beginning with "A". 5 1/2" x 6" in three-color illustrated boards. A fine, fresh, apparently unused example ; issued without dust jacket. Unpaginated (60 pp.). Collection of drawings by Edward Gorey who published this work under an anagram of his name. It first appeared in 1961(an almost unobtainable edition) where it was subtitled a "pornographic illustrated history about furniture." ; despite the title there is nothing overtly sexual in the darwings. Gorey instead used innuendo and strategically placed objects like urns, tree branches, robes, etc.
Synopsis
Gorey’s naughty, hilarious travesty of lust, now reissued in a special gift edition. “A master of the genre of graphic storytelling and a brilliant draftsman” ( New York Times Book Review ).
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E27442
- Title
- The Curious Sofa (A pornographic work by Ogdred Weary)
- Author
- Ogdred Weary (pseud. Edward Gorey)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- art, illustrators, illustration, macabre, humor
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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