Here is Gorey in his own words, ruminating on everything from French symbolist poetry to soap operas, from George Balanchine and the beauty of ballet to Victorian photographs of dead children. A rare and wonderful entree into the inner workings of an artistic genius. Includes previously unpublished drawings and photos.
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Here is Gorey in his own words, ruminating on everything from French symbolist poetry to soap operas, from George Balanchine and the beauty of ballet to Victorian photographs of dead children. A rare and wonderful entree into the inner workings of an artistic genius. Includes previously unpublished drawings and photos.
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Good. Item has stickers or notes attached to cover and/or pages that have not been removed to prevent further damage Stains on outside cover/inside the book. Cover/Case has some rubbing and edgewear. Access codes, CD's, slipcovers and other accessories may not be included.
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Fair. Condition: Used book in acceptable condition. Cover may include stickers/heavy wear. Heavy wear on pages, heavy highlighting/writing on pages, staining, and moisture damage (rippling/warping). All orders ship via UPS Mail Innovations-can take up to 14 business days from first scan to be delivered. The dust jacket has stains/marks. The pages have some writing/marking in ink/marker. Stamping/embossing on the cover pages.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Crisp jacket, shelf wear to jacket no marks in book, pages bright white. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 292 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Cultish popularity has yielded to international fascination with this fecund author-artist's carefully crosshatched drawings, quaint enchiridions and fey fiction. Curator/art critic Wilkin expands on The World of Edward Gorey (1996), which she coauthored, with this illustrated collection of 21 interviews that reveal Gorey's interests, foibles and habits. Gorey (1925-2001) studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, was drafted in 1943 (training in Utah, he began his writing career with "unpresentable...closet dramas") and majored in French at Harvard. He initially published his books through his own Fantod Press. More than 100 titles followed The Unstrung Harp (1953), and his readership expanded in 1972 with the first of the Amphigorey anthologies. Interviews culled from magazines (Cats, Dance, Vanity Fair), newspapers, NPR and TV (Dick Cavett) reveal Gorey's cultural influences and inspirations (cats, crime narratives, Louis Feuillade, Buster Keaton, the New York City Ballet, Ivy Compton-Burnett) along with minutiae and insights into his erudite, eccentric humor. Best of all, readers glimpse Gorey's creative processes: the texts almost always preceded the drawings, for instance. On his work he was characteristically irreverent: "I get a certain enjoyment out of doing it; but after it's done, I have no feeling for it at all." Stephen Schiff's 1992 "Edward Gorey and the Tao of Nonsense" (from the New Yorker) provides an outstanding overview. This is an exhilarating excursion into an extraordinary imagination (with numerous artistic tips and resources). 8 photos, 150 drawings. (Oct. )Forecast: National publicity and advertising, especially around the holidays, and counter displays will grab fans and gift givers.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0151005044. Hardcover with dust jacket. First edition, 1st printing. Light bumping to the bottom corners and the spine extremeties. Else clean. DJ looks like new except for atrace of bumping to the spine extremeties.; 23C; 9-1/4 x 7-1/4"; 292 pages.