The Doubtful Guest: A Tale of Deceptive Simplicity
by Edward Gorey
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good/Price Clipped
- ISBN 10
- 0312921454
- ISBN 13
- 9780312921453
- Seller
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Synopsis
A vaguely sinister comedy of manners by beloved artist Edward Gorey Told in a set of fourteen rhyming couplets, The Doubtful Guest is the story of a solemn, mysterious, outdoor creature, dressed rather ordinarily in sneakers and a scarf, who appears on a winter night at a family's Victorian home and never leaves again. Gorey's eerie and charming illustrations accompany the verses, making this an enjoyably strange (and strangely enjoyable) read for all ages.
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- Bookseller
- Fireside Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 722801
- Title
- The Doubtful Guest: A Tale of Deceptive Simplicity
- Author
- Edward Gorey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good/Price Clipped
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reissue
- ISBN 10
- 0312921454
- ISBN 13
- 9780312921453
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Company
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 5x9x0
- Bookseller catalogs
- illustrators;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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