THE LOATHSOME COUPLE
by Edward Gorey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good +/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0396073794
- ISBN 13
- 9780396073796
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1977. first edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. 8 x 7 in. Pictoral paper boards. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers very clean, hint of toning to edges, minor wear to corners. Binding tight. Text very clean, unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; price-clipped, gift inscription on front flap, a bit toned, spine more so. Wear to corners with small closed tears at front upper corner and spine tail. Hum. RGR.
Synopsis
From inside the book's front flap: "This book may well prove to be its author's most unpleasant ever." This tells the tale of a psycopathic couple whose "life's work" is to murder children. Gorey's Victorian Gothic satires are generally humorous, yet this one is exceedingly creepy and malevolent.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52493
- Title
- THE LOATHSOME COUPLE
- Author
- Edward Gorey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- ISBN 10
- 0396073794
- ISBN 13
- 9780396073796
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
Terms of Sale
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Blue Hill, Maine
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- Tight
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- Tail
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- First Edition
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