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The Chinese Obelisks: 1999 Deluxe Engagement Book
by Gorey, Edward
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0764904248
- ISBN 13
- 9780764904240
- Seller
-
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Rohnert Park, California: Pomegranate, 1998. -----The scan you see is the engagement book you get. Quarter bound red cloth with black and white design and lettering, headband, red silk attached book marker, unpaginated (90 pages), Near Fine condition. "This Deluxe Engement Book features the wickedly witty & delightfully detailed drawings of Edward Gorey. With 26 full page b & w illustrations plus many more smaller drawings through-out." . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Front Cover: V Was Its Victim who cried out 'But why" by Edward Gorey. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Nessa Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010106
- Title
- The Chinese Obelisks: 1999 Deluxe Engagement Book
- Author
- Gorey, Edward
- Illustrator
- Front Cover: V Was Its Victim who cried out 'But why" by Edward Gorey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0764904248
- ISBN 13
- 9780764904240
- Publisher
- Pomegranate
- Place of Publication
- Rohnert Park, California
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Gorey, Edward The Chinese Obelisks: 1999 Deluxe Engagement Book Front Cover: V Was Its Victim who cried out 'But why" by Edward Gorey Pomegranate 0764904248 -----The scan you see is the engagement book you get. Quarter bound red cloth with
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- Cloth
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