SCRAP IRONY. Drawings by Edward Gorey
by Lamport, Felicia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Bound in yellow decorated cloth, near fine, in a very good plus jacket with slight darkening at spine
- Seller
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Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Bound in yellow decorated cloth, near fine, in a very good plus jacket with slight darkening at spine. Edward Gorey. Review slip laid in with a publication date of October 26, 1961. Gorey teams up with humorist Felicia Lamport to give us this delightful potpourri of light verse, parodies, and drawings. And, in the best tradition of satire, at the expense of everything from fashion and pedants to thinking machines and Buddhism "Zen and Now." Literary styles and psychiatric jargon are ruthlessly parodied, cooks and cousins raked over the coals! 127pp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ed Smith Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14192
- Title
- SCRAP IRONY. Drawings by Edward Gorey
- Author
- Lamport, Felicia
- Illustrator
- Edward Gorey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Bound in yellow decorated cloth, near fine, in a very good plus jacket with slight darkening at spine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- satire, Edward Gorey, illustration, humor, light verse, parodies, drawings, literary styles, psychiatric jargon
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About the Seller
Ed Smith Books
Biblio member since 2009
Bainbridge Island, Washington
About Ed Smith Books
Ed Smith Books specializes in better condition modern literary first editions, signed books, photographic monographs, screen and theater related material and pop culture. We offer appraisals for books and photographs. We are located a short ferry ride from downtown Seattle, WA on Bainbridge Island. Since 1985 (ABAA since 1995). Two authors we specialize in are Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson. Open by appointment.
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