The Green Beads

New York: Albondocani Press, 1978.

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Softcover. First edition. Stapled wrappers. A fine, as new copy. Prospectus for the edition laid in. Copy letter E of 26 lettered copies Signed by Gorey, and reserved for the use of the author and publisher.

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Item #100381 The Green Beads. Edward GOREY.
The Green Beads

Edward Gorey
birth name: Edward St. John Gorey
born: 2/22/1925
died: 4/15/2000

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Writer, illustrator, and designer, noted for his arch humor and gothic sensibility. Gorey drew a pen-and-ink world of beady-eyed, blank-faced individuals whose dignified Edwardian demeanor is undercut by silly and often macabre events. His nonsense rhymes recalled those of Edward Lear, and his mock-Victorian prose delighted readers with its ludicrous fustiness. Gorey's work evoked the cozy sensibilities of childhood reading while subverting that feeling with its often grisly humor. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore

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