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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: The Twelve Terrors of Christmas. Front cover
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: The Twelve Terrors of Christmas. Signed title page
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John Updike; Edward Gorey (illus.)

The Twelve Terrors of Christmas, (2006)
San Francisco: Pomegranate
First Pomegranate reissue. Signed by Updike on title page.
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John Updike; Edward Gorey (illus.), The Twelve Terrors of Christmas, (2006)
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Gorey perfectly illustrates each of Updike's darkly humorous holiday fears, ranging from the unsettling character of 'Santa: The Man' to the threat of a Christmas tree toppling over 'under its...
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Gorey perfectly illustrates each of Updike's darkly humorous holiday fears, ranging from the unsettling character of "Santa: The Man" to the threat of a Christmas tree toppling over "under its weight of explosive baubles." Very fine in cheerful black cloth with blind stamped bat to upper cover, and with original printed dust wrapper.
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