THE HEADLESS BUST. A MELANCHOLY MEDITATION FOR THE FALSE MILLENNIUM. EDWARD GOREY. Libro en papel. 9780151005147 LIBRERIA 9 3/4
THE HEADLESS BUST

THE HEADLESS BUST

A MELANCHOLY MEDITATION FOR THE FALSE MILLENNIUM

EDWARD GOREY

$ 77,000.00
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HARCOURT BRACE JOVANOVICH
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978-0-15-100514-7

As we wander off with Edward Gorey into the next millennium our reasons for being here are far from clear. Nevertheless, the master craftsmen is at his best . . Ere the last guest was fin'lly gone.Ça va, hélas, from bad to worse: Adieu to prose, alló to verse. The Bahhumbug with lack of tact. Now called attention to the fact, Which made it feel to Edmund Gravel. He was already to unravel.

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