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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Uncorrected proof of The Headless Bust by Edward Gorey. Illustration and text spread

Edward Gorey

The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millennium, 1999
NY: Harcourt Brace
Proof copy.
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$ 175.00
Edward Gorey, The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millennium, 1999
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An adventure in verse of a man and his companion, the Bahhumbug. The end of their journey marks the start of the new millennium. Fine in printed wrappers.
An adventure in verse of a man and his companion, the Bahhumbug. The end of their journey marks the start of the new millennium. Fine in printed wrappers.
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