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The Unstrung Harp; or, Mr. Earbrass Writes a Novel
por Gorey, Edward
- Usado
- first
- Condição
- Pictorial boards. Lower corner bumped, erasure mark on flyleaf, otherwise very good, in a well-worn dust jacket
- Livreiro
-
New York, New York, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1953. First edition of the author's first book. Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. 12mo. Pictorial boards. Lower corner bumped, erasure mark on flyleaf, otherwise very good, in a well-worn dust jacket. First edition of the author's first book. Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. 12mo. Author's First Book.
Sinopse
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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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 7450
- Título
- The Unstrung Harp; or, Mr. Earbrass Writes a Novel
- Autor
- Gorey, Edward
- Formato/Encadernação
- Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. 12mo
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Pictorial boards. Lower corner bumped, erasure mark on flyleaf, otherwise very good, in a well-worn dust jacket
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First edition of the author's first book
- Editorial
- Duell, Sloan and Pearce
- Local de publicação
- New York
- Data de publicação
- 1953
- Palavras-chave
- Illustrated Books | Edward Gorey
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Illustrated Books;
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New York, New York
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