The Unstrung Harp
by Gorey, Edward
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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The Unstrung Harp; or, Mr. Earbrass Writes a Novel
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New York / Boston: Duell, Sloan and Pearce / Little, Brown and Company, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Gorey, Edward. First printing of Gorey's first book, duodecimo size, 64 pp., signed by Edward Gorey. "The Unstrung Harp has the distinction of being virtually the only Gorey book where the written word is as lengthy as the… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE UNSTRUNG HARP; OR, MR. EARBRASS WRITES A NOVEL
by Edward Gorey
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New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce/Little Brown, 1953. first edition as stated. Hardcover. Very good +/good +. 5 x 8 in. Matching pictoral paper boards. Stated first edition, 1953. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers extremely clean and fresh with a touch of wear to corners, light wear to spine ends. Binding tight. Gift message dated 1955 on… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York / Boston: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce / Little, Brown, 1953. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Edward Gorey on the title page. Bound in publisher's illustrated boards. Near Fine with light rubbing at tips, former owner name to front pastedown and erased area to front free endpaper, pages toned. A lovely copy… Read more about this item Item Price
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NY: Harcourt Brace & Co (1981). First edition with an A in the number line of this reprint edition of Edward Gorey's first book; small 8vo.; pictorial boards, hardcover; black and white illustrations; a fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
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THE UNSTRUNG HARP : Or, Mr Earbrass Writes a Novel
by Edward Gorey (Author-Illustrator)
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New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1981. 1981 Re-issue, 1st Printing . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEW/New. Edward Gorey (Author-Illustrator). BRAND NEW & Collectible. 1981 re-issue, First Printing. First published 1953. The tale of the upspeakable woes of literary life (or, life in general?) through the agonies a labors of Mr C(lavius) F(rederick) Earbrass as he writes yet another… Read more about this item Item Price
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Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1953. Hard cover. Very good/Very good. Bin 4 (Long Case). First edition. Signed by Edward Gorey on the title page.
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Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Signed by Author. Signed by Edward Gorey on title page. First edition, first printing, published by Duell, Sloan, and Pearce in 1953. Hardcover in jacket, price of $2.00 intact on jacket flap, over pictorial boards. Some rubbing and a few small chips to jacket edge. Text… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover in DJ. Very Good+/Very Good. 12mo. Unpaginated [64 pp]. Pictorial boards in clipped dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Gorey on title page. Light edgewear to dj, w/ two small [< 1cm] closed tears to rear panel. Rubbing to board edges. Bookseller's label to rpd from "The Holliday… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1953. Pictorial boards. Very Good +/Very Good +. Edward Gorey. SIGNED BY EDWARD GOREY on a decorative bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. A very solid copy to boot of the 1953 stated 1st edition of the maestro's 1st published book. Tight and VG+ (handsome former owner bookplate at the front… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York - Boston: Duell, Sloan and Pearce - Little, Brown and Company, 1953. Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 5 x 7.5in. Unpaginated, complete. Publisher's printed paper-covered boards. VERY GOOD in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows the extremities shelf rubbed with marginal loss, the last 4 pages with a… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Unstrung Harp
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Duell, Sloan and Pierce - Little, Brown, 1953, 1953-01-01. Hardcover. Good-. . GOOD-. Dark red and light brown illustrated jacket, dust jacket in archival plastic protector, approx. 7.5'' x 5.25'', small chips to spine edges, edges and corners of jacket, slightly larger chip to bottom front corner of jacket, creases and small chips to spine hinges of jacket,… Read more about this item Item Price
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BARBARA JORDAN Speaking the Truth WIth Eloquent Thunder
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NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce and Boston: Little Brown (1953). Stated First edition Toledano A1a; 12mo.; pictorial boards, hardcover; black and white illustrations; Author's first book; edge-rubbed boards with spine ends lightly bumped and a small hole on endpaper else very good in a edgeworn dust jacket with closed tears on spine ends that is taped on the under… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York/boston: Duell, Sloan & Pearce/Little, Brown and Company.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1953. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine in very good+ dust jacket. (2"-inch closed tear at upper right hand edge of front cover. Couple small edge chips in dust jacket. Front flap neatly clipped, but printed price of $2.00 present. Small… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Unstrung Harp: Or, Mr Earbrass Writes a Novel
by Gorey, Edward
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- 1999
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Harcourt Brace & Company, New York, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover (illustrated Board). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Edward Gorey. The text is illustrated with black and white drawings, one every second page, by Edward Gorey; who, also did the illustration for the boards. Black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. … Read more about this item Item Price
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THE UNSTRUNG HARP; OR, MR. EARBRASS WRITES A NOVEL
by Gorey, Edward
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New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1999. First Printing of this re-issue. Octavo (19.5cm); pictorial boards; dustjacket; [64]pp; illus. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $15). New edition of Gorey's first book, initially published in 1953 by Duell, Sloan and Pearce.
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