Object Lesson by Gorey Edward (30 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. Inspired by Samuel Foote's poem, "The Grand Panjandrum," The Object-Lesson presents a stunning series of seemingly random and unrelated events. A missing artificial limb, ghostly spectres, and the statue of Corrupted Endeavour all have a place in this enigmatic tale, which combines elements of French surrealism, Japanese haiku, and lots of good fun. With its humorous obscurity and puzzling intrigues, The Object-Lesson delights and provokes.…

Condition: good. Book is in good condition and may include underlining highlighting and minimal wear. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: acceptable. Used - Acceptable: All pages and the cover are intact, but shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may include limited notes, highlighting, or minor water damage but the text is readable. Item may be missing bundled media.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Reprint, undated, presumed 2002. Boards rubbed and scuffed with one mysterious small blob to rear cover. Contents remain clean and sound. No jacket, as issued. Happy to provide photos on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Slight rubbing to boards, light fading to spine, one small bump to bottom edge. Bright and clean internally with very little wear, illustrated, no inscriptions.

First edition second binding, Toledano A4b; oblong 16mo.; black cloth covered boards, hardcover; black and white illustrations; boards are lightly rubbed and a ring mark on front board else a very good clean, tight copy but lacking the dust jacket.

Condition: Good. 1958, stated first edition. Binding is unblemished, text block is clean, boards straight, without highlights or markings. Mild rubbing/chipping to dust wrapper edges, mild foxing. Supporting Bay Area Friends of the Library since 2010. Well packaged and promptly shipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. New Edition. New edition, 2002. In fine condition with no marks or inscriptions. Edward Gorey (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / Second Print (number line on copyright page 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2). Hardback copy in pictorial boards, no dustjacket as issued. Full page b/w illustrations. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (51/3).

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Large library bookplate; library pocket on rear pastedown.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. The Object-Lesson; by Edward Gorey; Harcourt, Inc., New York, 2002. First published by Doubleday in 1958. This edition published in agreement with the Estate of Edward Gorey. The Object-Lesson (1958) is a picture book by Edward Gorey. A work of surrealist art and literature, it is typical of Gorey's avant-garde style of storytelling, with Victorian and Edwardian-esque line drawings and settings, each described with a sentence fragment which adds to a larger continuous narrative. The pictures and text combine to tell a strange and obscure story. Although internally consistent, coherent, and structured, the story has a disjointed and disorienting quality, with melancholic and morbidly humorous effects. Edward St. John Gorey (1925 - 2000) was an American writer, Tony Award-winning costume designer, and artist, noted for his own illustrated books as well as cover art and illustration for books by other writers. His characteristic pen-and-ink drawings often depict vaguely unsettling narrative scenes in Victorian and Edwardian settings. From 1953 to 1960, he lived in Manhattan and worked for the Art Department of Doubleday Anchor, where he illustrated book covers, added illustrations to text, and provided typographic design. He illustrated works as diverse as Bram Stoker's Dracula, H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds, and T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. Throughout his career, he illustrated over 200 book covers for Doubleday Anchor, Random House's Looking Glass Library, Bobbs-Merrill, and as a freelance artist. This small format book is in near-fine condition. The only fault is the remains of the original bar code label on the back cover.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1958 Doubleday first edition in neatly price clipped jacket. Gift note dated 1958 to flyleaf, otherwise tight and unmarked. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition in U. K. Spine creased. Dust jacket with tears at spine ends, price-clipped. Edward Gorey (illustrator).

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First UK edition. No clear publication date given - no date other than the copyright date of 1958. Originally published in the US by Doubleday in 1958. Boards have a little fading to the edges but are otherwise unmarked. Page edges and endpapers are lightly browned with gift message to the original owner to the front free endpaper. Tearing along the hinge at the front endpapers but the binding is secure. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Jacket has some browning and discolouration especially to the spine. There is some chipping to the spine and to the bottom edge of the front panel, where there are five small closed tears. There is also a quarter inch closed tear to the top edge of the front panel. Written and illustrated by Gorey. First printing. Gorey, Edward (illustrator). …

Condition: gut. The Object-Lesson In englischer Sprache. pages.

Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Condition: Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1958. First edition, stated. Oblong 8vo hardcover. Unpaginated. B/W illustrations. Good book, good dust jacket. Jacket and book lightly shelfworn and silverfished. Light silverfishing to jacket and to inside surface of boards. Page edges very lightly toned. Inside clean. (literary nonsense, humor) Inquire if you need further information.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First English Edition. Olivegreen cloth binding stamped in gold with Dustjacet. Price clipped. NearFine/NearFine. Initials of owner, small, inside front cover. DJ has slight edge wear at spine. Book clean and bright, all corners sharp.

Hardcover. First edition, first printing. "A missing artificial limb, ghostly spectres, and the statue of Corrupted Endeavour all have a place in this enigmatic tale, which combines elements of French surrealism, Japanese haiku, and lots of good fun." Written and illustrated by Edward Gorey. Unpaginated [32 pages]; b&w illustrations throughout; 8.5 x 6 inches. Ref: Toledano A4a. Condition: Good+ hardcover with lightly soiled boards and light rubbing to the bottom edges, a light bump to one tip and blunting the others, crimped spine ends, and a moderately severe bump to the top edge; aside from a previous owner's blind stamp, the interior is mostly clean with an occasional and a few lone foxing spots; the dust jacket is Good with price-intact and overall soiling, a couple of closed tears, and rubbing to the extremities. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. Ships the next business day, wrapped in padding, in a box. …

hardcover. Condition: fine. very good(-). First. Illustrated by the Author. Oblong 8vo., printed boards.New York: Doubleday, (1958). First Edition. Nezr fine copy, lacking dust wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Oblong 8vo. Bound in light green paper covered boards lettered in black,with a small design of a hare holding a letter, spine lettering in black. No dust wrapper. Not paginated 44 pages. Each page illustrated in black and white with text in lower margin. Contemporary inscription 'Michael Zimmer Christmas 1958' written in ink. Possibly the author? Lacks dust wrapper, there are minor chips in the paper covering the boards, corners are rubbed and lower boards; the boards are dusty. Inside is clean. However, still a nice copy. Clean inside and out and binding sturdy.A work of surrealist art and literature, it is typical of Gorey's avant-garde style of storytelling, with Victorian and Edwardian-esque line drawings and settings, each described with a sentence fragment which adds to a larger continuous narrative. The pictures and text combine to tell a strange and obscure story. Although internally consistent, coherent, and structured, the story has a disjointed and disorienting quality, with melancholic and morbidly humorous effects. Size 15 x22 cm [6 x 8.75 inches]. Edward Gorey (illustrator).…

First edition, first printing. Original green cloth with gilt titles to the upper board, in dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout with Gorey's atmospheric pen and ink drawings. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the gilt titles a touch rubbed. The faintly toned contents are clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Compete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that is a touch faded to the spine and with a few tiny spots to the front panel. There are short closed tears to the top edge of the front and rear panels which have been repaired to the underside with two small pieces of tape, and another short closed tear to the bottom edge of the front panel (without repair). Not price clipped (13s 6d to the bottom of the front flap). A classic example of Gorey's quasi-Victorian, morbidly humorous illustrated books. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First edition. Gorey's fourth book, "A Moral Tale about Nothing-at-All." Bound in pictorial boards, lightly bumped but otherwise near fine. With matching dust wrapper, soiled and with small tear to rear panel, else very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. GOREY, Edward [30] pp. Doubleday & Company, Inc 1958 First Edition 6 1/4" x 8 3/4" The Object-Lesson (1958) is a picture book by Edward Gorey.[1] A work of surrealist art and literature, it is typical of Gorey's avant-garde style of storytelling, with Victorian and Edwardian-esque line drawings and settings, each described with a sentence fragment which adds to a larger continuous narrative. The pictures and text combine to tell a strange and obscure story. Although internally consistent, coherent, and structured, the story has a disjointed and disorienting quality, with melancholic and morbidly humorous effects.…

dj. First edition. First edition. Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. Oblong 12mo. Black cloth. Signed Rita Doniger on ffep. Fine in a slightly soiled price-clipped dust jacket Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. Oblong 12mo.

First Edition. Oblong 8vo, unpag.; boards. Edges slightly bumped; near fine in a lightly dusted jacket with a small tear to the lower edge of the front panel, minor wrinkling to the rear, and a touch of wear to the spine ends.