The Unstrung Harp; or, Mr Earbrass Writes a Novel.
by GOREY, Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Contemporary ink inscription on front free endpaper; else a near fine copy in a price-clipped jacket with a small area of light
- Seller
-
Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Duell, Sloan and Pearce,, [1953].. First edition.. publisher's illustrated boards in dust jacket.. Contemporary ink inscription on front free endpaper; else a near fine copy in a price-clipped jacket with a small area of light chipping at the top of the front panel.. 12mo,.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26664
- Title
- The Unstrung Harp; or, Mr Earbrass Writes a Novel.
- Author
- GOREY, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's illustrated boards in dust jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary ink inscription on front free endpaper; else a near fine copy in a price-clipped jacket with a small area of light
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan and Pearce,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- [1953].
- Size
- 12mo,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Specializing in modern first editions since 1978. Fine and rare books in all fields.
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