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Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey
by Gorey, Edward; Edited by Karen Wilkin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine Condition/Fine Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0151005044
- ISBN 13
- 9780151005048
- Seller
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Houston, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Harcourt Brace, Inc., New York, 2001. Book. Fine Condition. Cloth. 292 pp., B&W illustrations throughout. Stated first edition. Includes essays, interviews, acknowledgments, and index. Dustjacket is protected with a mylar cover..
Synopsis
A vivid self-portrait in words of one of the great American artists of the twentieth century. Designed to appeal to Gorey lovers as well as those seeking an introduction to his work, Ascending Peculiarity includes reproductions of previously unpublished drawings and photographs. Edited by Karen Wilkin. Edward Gorey's extraordinary and disconcerting books are avidly sought and treasured throughout the world, but until now little has been known about the man himself. While he was notoriously protective of his privacy, Gorey did grant dozens of interviews over the course of his life. And as the conversations collected in this book demonstrate, he proved to be unfailingly charming, gracious, and fascinating. Here is Gorey in his own words, ruminating on everything from French symbolist poetry to soap operas, from George Balanchine and the unique beauty of ballet to Victorian photographs of dead children. We meet the artist in his ramshackle book-lined studio in Manhattan and his equally bizarre house on Cape Cod. We listen as he describes his legendary upbringing and vast range of influences, as well as how he managed to work amid all his cats.
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- Bookseller
- Exquisite Corpse, Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008621
- Title
- Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey
- Author
- Gorey, Edward; Edited by Karen Wilkin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fine Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0151005044
- ISBN 13
- 9780151005048
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace, Inc., New York
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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