The Eclectic Abecedarium
by Gorey, Edward
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0915361310
- ISBN 13
- 9780915361311
- Seller
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Madison, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Adama Books, 1983. Glossy, printed pictorial boards. Signed by Edward Gorey.on title page below his printed name crossed out, as the author usually does when he adds his signature. Book is unmarked, unread. first miniature book, The Eclectic Abecedarium is an illustrated adventure through the English alphabet, accompanied by rhyming adventure through the English alphabet, accompanied by rhyming couplets penned by Gorey, who described his creations as "literary nonsense." Inspired by popular moral primers for children, Gorey created an updated version of Isaac Watt's alphabetic adhorisms. Part sweet songs of unseen birds and part cautionary tales, this abecedarium fully lives up to the epithet "eclectic.". First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illus. by Edward Gorey. Small Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029968
- Title
- The Eclectic Abecedarium
- Author
- Gorey, Edward
- Illustrator
- Edward Gorey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0915361310
- ISBN 13
- 9780915361311
- Publisher
- Adama Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- Small Octavo
- Keywords
- Bookfair23
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The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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