The Gilded Bat
by Edward Gorey
- Used
- Good
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
-
Berkeley, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Simon and Schuster, 1966. Hard cover. Good/Fair. First edition.
Jacket is worn and chipped along edges. Cover corners are worn. Bottom corner of front jacket flap is clipped. Spine is worn along edges and slightly shaken, but binding is secure. Some light foxing on to and bottom edges of text block, not visible on pages. Ink inscription from previous owner on front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned, but otherwise clean and unmarked.
Jacket is worn and chipped along edges. Cover corners are worn. Bottom corner of front jacket flap is clipped. Spine is worn along edges and slightly shaken, but binding is secure. Some light foxing on to and bottom edges of text block, not visible on pages. Ink inscription from previous owner on front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned, but otherwise clean and unmarked.
Synopsis
The Gilded Bat by Edward Gorey is a grim yet hilarious tale of a diva ballerina, illustrated with Gorey's detailed line and ink drawings.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Moe's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94421
- Title
- The Gilded Bat
- Author
- Edward Gorey
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Lyle
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About the Seller
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...