Dodd, Mead. Used - Good. NY: Dodd Mead 1977. 2nd printing. Hardcover 16mo unpaginated. B/w illustrations. Good in a good dust jacket. Light wear to corners and spine ends. Foxing/toning to covers, top edge of textblock and endpapers. Owner's name in ink at top of front endpaper. Contents clean and binding sound. Jacket foxed, toned and edgeworn. (Murderers, Humor) Inquire if you need further information.

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From inside the book's front flap: "This book may well prove to be its author's most unpleasant ever." This tells the tale of a psycopathic couple whose "life's work" is to murder children. Gorey's Victorian Gothic satires are generally humorous, yet this one is exceedingly creepy and malevolent.

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Bookseller: Wonder Book (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: B36016-HU
Title: The loathsome couple
Author: Gorey, Edward
Book Condition: Used - Good
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0396073794
ISBN 13: 9780396073796
Publisher: Dodd, Mead
Place of Publication: New York
This edition first published: 1977

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Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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