DRACULA: A TOY THEATRE; The Sets and Costumes of the Broadway Production of the Play Designed by Edward Gorey
by Gorey, Edward
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- Signed
- first
- Condition
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Middletown, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribner's Sons, 1979. First edition. SIGNED BY GOREY on title page beneath his lined-through printed name. Folio spiral bound stiff card covers; 20 pages printed on rectos only. A paper-doll book of sorts with instructions for stage assembly and characters; cast and scene lists, and brief synopsis of the action including helpful explanations such as, ". . . Lucy is the victim of a vampire (a ghost or reanimated body that sucks the blood of the living) . . .." Light edge rubbing, rear corners nicked at ends of spiral wire, otherwise near fine.
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- Bookseller
- Quill & Brush (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56165
- Title
- DRACULA: A TOY THEATRE; The Sets and Costumes of the Broadway Production of the Play Designed by Edward Gorey
- Author
- Gorey, Edward
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
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