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THE LOATHSOME COUPLE. [SIGNED BY EDWARD GOREY].

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THE LOATHSOME COUPLE. [SIGNED BY EDWARD GOREY].

Name: THE LOATHSOME COUPLE. [SIGNED BY EDWARD GOREY].
Price: 373.52 NZD
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Author: Gorey, Edward

by Gorey, Edward

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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, (1977)., (1977).. Fine. - Oblong octavo, 6-1/2 inches high by 7 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in black and white pictorial boards by Gorey, titled in black on the front cover and on the spine. The book is laid into a matching pictorial dust wrapper. Unpaginated, illustrated in black & white by Edward Gorey on the recto of each page. Fine.

First trade edition, with the 4.95 price on the dust wrapper. [Toledano A67c].

SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE BY EDWARD GOREY. "This book may well prove to be the author's moat unpleasant ever." - Quoted from the dust wrapper copy.

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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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Bookseller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 97953
Title: THE LOATHSOME COUPLE. [SIGNED BY EDWARD GOREY].
Author: Gorey, Edward
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, (1977).
Date Published: (1977).
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: ILLUSTRATED; HUMOR; EDWARD GOREY; THE LOATHSOME COUPLE; SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE BY EDWARD GOREY; ILLUSTRATIONS; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE; 1ST EDITION; FIRST EDITION; FIRST TRADE EDITION; UNPLEASANT BOOK; TOLEDANO A67C; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY
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About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.

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