Quake, Quake, Quake : A Leaden Treasury of English Verse by Dehn, Paul - 1961

Hamish Hamilton, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. First Published in Great Britain. 109 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over yellow cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Light tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Hinges are lightly cracked exposing netting but boards remain firmly attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild scuffing overall. Spine has light sunning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. 1st Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8vo. 109 pp., illustrated throughout. Spine slightly cocked, page edges tanned and lightly dusty. Jacket Fair only (heavily edgeworn including small chips, tears, and some insect damage).

Hamish Hamilton, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. First Published in GB. 109 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over yellow cloth and gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Binding remains firm.Pages remain bright with minimal tanning. Illustrations are clear, with slight tanning. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable with minimal crushing and tanning. Unclipped jacket. Jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears, and creasing.

Simon & Schuster, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. First edition first printing. The dust jacket is housed in protective mylar for preservation. The binding suffers minor loosening due to age and wear, but remains secure and in-tact; the pages are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. Stated first printing. Small 8vo hardcover. 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Yellow textured paper covered boards. Illustrated endpapers. Previous owner's name at top of free front endpaper, otherwise book is in fine condition./Dust jacket with a few very tiny nicks and tears, overall very good to fine.. Ghoulishly witty illustrations by Edward Gorey: one (and sometimes two) to each poem.. Paul Dehn's hair-raising parodies of familiar verses are a stinging effort to confront mankind with the idiocy of its course toward self-destruction. He has taken the songs of our former innocence and readjusted each one to show how far we have departed from the spirit of the original. The result would be terrifying if it were not so funny - and funny if it were not so terrifying.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. Stated First Printing. Yellow cloth binding stamped in green. 109 pp. 12 mo, 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Former owner's name neatly written in ink in upper corner of recto of free front endpaper. Otherwise unmarked and in fine condition./Jacket has a little wear at top and bottom edge including one 1/2" tear. Otherwise crisp very good condition. Ghoulishly witty illustration by Edward Gorey: One (and sometimes two) to each poem.. A treasury of poems about nuclear war. In a stinging effort to confront mankind with the idiocy of its course toward self-destruction, Paul Dehn has taken the songs of our former innocence and readjusted each one to show how far we have departed from the spirit of the original. The result would be terrifying if it were not so funny - and funny if it were not so terrifying.

hamish hamilton london 1961. first edition 109pp VG (sl cocked, sl foxed ep's, upper edges of boards sl.disc.) in VG+ d/w (price clipped, sl.foxing, corners rounded, some wear to edges, sl.sunned spine with wear to extrem.)

A leaden treasure of English Verse. Drawings by Edward Gorey. Hamish Hamilton London 1961. First edition. Very good. Jacket - some silverfishing, worn & torn along edges.

NY: Simon and Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket rubbed, gift inscription on . half-title.. 1961. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrations by Edward Gorey. Yellow illustrated cloth. Illustrated endpapers. Dolorous Atomic Age parodies of familiar verses with Gorey’s mordant illustrations. Toledano B13a. Fantastic front jacket illustration of two picnicking Beatniks with mushroom cloud in the distance. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 109 pages .

NEW YORK NY: SIMON AND SCHUSTER. NF/VG+. PUB 1961. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. ISBN: DRAWINGS BY EDWARD GOREY. BOOK IS FINE BUT FOR A EASY BUMP TO THE TOP FRONT FORE-EDGE CORNER. D.J. HAS SLIGHT RUB TO THE CORNERS, AND SOME SCATTERED WEAR TO THE EDGESOF THE LIGHTLY SUNNED SPINE PANEL. A VERY NICE COPY.. Keywords: POETRY, EDWARD GOREY, INVISIBLE, ABCDEF.