The Unstrung Harp: or,Mr Earbrass Writes A Novel
by Edward Gorey
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Upland, California, United States
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About This Item
This very unique book appears to be a proof copy. It is made up of loose sheets. The cover is heavier cardboard. It is almost as new and appears to be a later reprint or facsimile copy since it is in such great shape. It was sealed in plastic. I cannot find any listing of Duell, Sloan and Pearce doing a reprint or facsimile edition only a Harper's edition. Besides having D,S and P on title page someone has written the date 1953 on the title page. On the first blank page there is a 1991 former owner's inscription. Gorey's name does not appear on the cover as other editions do. A fine copy and extremely rare.
Synopsis
On November 18th of alternate years Mr Earbrass begins writing 'his new novel.' Weeks ago he chose its title at random from a list of them he keeps in a little green note-book. It being tea-time of the 17th, he is alarmed not to have thought of a plot to which The Unstrung Harp might apply, but his mind will keep reverting to the last biscuit on the plate." So begins what the Times Literary Supplement called "a small masterpiece." TUH is a look at the literary life and its "attendant woes: isolation, writer's block, professional jealousy, and plain boredom." But, as with all of Edward Gorey's books, TUH is also about life in general, with its anguish, turnips, conjunctions, illness, defeat, string, parties, no parties, urns, desuetude, disaffection, claws, loss, trebizond, napkins, shame, stones, distance, fever, antipodes, mush, glaciers, incoherence, labels, miasma, amputation, tides, deceit, mourning, elsewards. You get the point. Finally, TUH is about Edward Gorey the writer, about Edward Gorey writing The Unstrung Harp. It's a cracked mirror of a book, and it's dedicated to RDP or Real Dear Person.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Book Baron
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1147
- Title
- The Unstrung Harp
- Author
- Edward Gorey
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan and Pearce
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Book Baron
Biblio member since 2021
Upland, California
About Book Baron
I have been selling rare and out of print books for over 50 years.
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