The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millennium
by GOREY, Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0151005141
- ISBN 13
- 9780151005147
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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Synopsis
As we wander off with Edward Gorey into the next millennium our reasons for being here are far from clear. Nevertheless, the master craftsmen is at his best . . Ere the last guest was fin'lly gone.Ça va, hélas, from bad to worse: Adieu to prose, alló to verse. The Bahhumbug with lack of tact. Now called attention to the fact, Which made it feel to Edmund Gravel. He was already to unravel
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41152
- Title
- The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millennium
- Author
- GOREY, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0151005141
- ISBN 13
- 9780151005147
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Poetry; Humor & Folklore;
Terms of Sale
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