The Headless Bust
by Gorey, Edward
As we wander off with Edward Gorey into the next millennium our reasons for being here are far from clear. Nevertheless, the master craftsmen is at his best . . Ere the last guest was fin'lly gone.Ça va, hélas, from bad to worse: Adieu to prose, alló to verse. The Bahhumbug with lack of tact. Now called attention to the fact, Which made it feel to Edmund Gravel. He was already to unravel
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The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millennium (Signed Limited Edition)
by GOREY, Edward
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New York: Harcourt Brace, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Number 361 of 750 copies. A later book from the prolific and amusing Gorey that includes his text and color illustrations. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket (price-clipped as seemingly all copies are) in a fine cloth slipcase. Signed by Gorey on the limitation page. Item Price
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Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millennium
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NY: Harcourt Brace & Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0151005141 . Illustrated by the author. First printing. SIGNED by the author on a special publisher's book-plate affixed to the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Item Price
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The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation for the False Millennium
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0151005141 . Stiff unmarked book in crisp dust jacket; about new. ; 7.50 X 7.40 X 0.50 inches; 64 pages . Item Price
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The Headless Bust
by Edward Gorey
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First printing in dust jacket. VG+/VG-. Light shelf wear and soiling to unclipped dust jacket. Minimal wear to book. Interior is pristine. No writing or markings of any kind. Photo is of the actual book you will receive. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed securely in a box.
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1999. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Signed by Edward Gorey on publisher's bookplate mounted on front free endpaper. Unpaginated. Illustrated boards. Tiny stain to bottom outer corner of dust jacket, else Fine in Fine unclipped dust jacket. Item Price
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The Headless Bust
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Harcourt, Brace, 1999. First printing, first edition. A Melancholy Meditation for the False Millennium. The inhabitants of the ever-so-popular Haunted Tea-Cosy return in a new holiday tale. As we wander off with Edward Gorey into the next millennium our reasons for being here are far from clear. Nevertheless, the master craftsmen is at his best . . .Ere the last… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation On The False Millenium. Copy Z Of 26 W/ Stuffed Bahhum Bug
by Gorey, Edward
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NY: Harcourt Brace,. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; eB. Cloth. First limited edition, copy "Z" of 26 lettered copies. Decorated boards in dust jacket in publisher's slipcase; with the stuffed Bahhum Bug. Fine all-, book, DJ. Bug And slipcase. Signed on limitation page. Illustrated in pen over wash backgrounds. An illustrated book by American… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1999. Fine in near fine jacket.. Signed limited first edition of this late Gorey book of quietly alarming verses, featuring images in color as opposed to Gorey's more typical black and white. 7.25'' x 7.25''. Original color pictorial paper boards. In original price-clipped pictorial dust jacket. In original green cloth slipcase. Grey… Read more about this item Item Price
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- 1999
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San Diego/New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1999. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Gorey, Edward. An ironic jab at the turn of the 21st century, with appearances by many of Gorey's favorite creatures. From a single-owner estate, this slim hardcover is a FIRST EDITION, First Printing, with statement & appropriate letter code. Condition is Fine: purchased… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millennium
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New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1999. Hardcover. Square 12mo. Light blue pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. (Ca. 50pp). Numerous illustrations. Near fine/fine. Lengthy nonauthorial gift inscription on front pastedown. A tight, handsome first edition of this little charmer by the noted American illustrator and versifier. Item Price
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Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millennium
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NY:: Harcourt Brace & Company,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0151005141 . Illustrated by the author. First printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Item Price
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The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millennium
by Gorey, Edward
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Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Harcourt, 1999. hardback in fine condition with near fine dust jacket.. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Item Price
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THE HEADLESS BUST
by Gorey, Edward
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New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1999. First printing. Fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of this late Gorey book of quietly alarming verses, featuring images in color as opposed to Gorey's more typical black and white. 7.25'' x 7.25''. Original color pictorial paper boards. In original unclipped ($15.00) pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated by Gorey in color.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation for the False Millennium
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0151005141 . Stiff unmarked book in crisp dust jacket; about new. ; 7.50 X 7.40 X 0.50 inches; 64 pages . Item Price
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Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millennium
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NY: Harcourt Brace & Company. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0151005141 . Illustrated by the author. First printing. Fine in a very near fine, price clipped dust jacket. . Item Price
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The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millennium
by Gorey, Edward
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Harcourt Brace, 1999. Book. As New. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In-8, relié, jaquette, Excellent Etat. Item Price
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The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millennium.
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NY: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1999).. First edition.. [64 pp]. Fine in very near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. SIGNED by Gorey on a publisher’s printed label affixed to the front free endpaper. Item Price
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The Headless Bust
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San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1999. 1st ed. Hardcover. Gorey, Edward. 1st (A) ptg., square 12mo pictorial boards, "A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millenium." The inhabitants of The Haunted Tea-Cozy return in a new holiday tale. Fine in fine, unclipped dj.
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The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millennium
by Gorey, Edward
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New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1999. First edition hard cover, with unclipped dust jacket, both in very good condition. Very light shelfwear to DJ. Printed boards in fine condition, pages tightly bound, content in 'as unread' condition. CN. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Gorey, Edward. Used. Item Price
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The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millennium
by Edward Gorey
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Orlando: Harcourt, 1999. First Edition, so stated. Hardcover. Book in Fine condition/Dust jacket near fine and protected in archival cover. Edward Gorey. A First Edition, so stated in Fine condition with a near Fine dust jacket that shows just a touch of wear. Protected by an archival cover. Jacket is intact with price.
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