Amphigorey Also

New York; (1983): Congdon & Weed. Frst Edition. Quarto. Approximately 300 unnumbered pages. The publisher pulped virtually all issues since it was to be issued in cloth instead of paper covered boards. A handful of copies got out before the printed copies were withdrawn and pulped. Gorey's brilliant drawings on PBS's Mystery illustrated his unique style. The stories include: The Utter Zoo -- The Blue Aspic -- The Epiplectic Bicycle -- The Sopping Thursday -- The Grand Passion -- Les Passementeries Horribles -- The Eclectic Abecedarium -- L'heure Bleue -- The Broken Spoke -- The Awdrey-Gore Legacy -- The Glorious Nosebleed -- The Loathsome Couple -- (truncated) The Green Beads -- Les Urnes Utiles -- The Stupid Joke -- The Prune People -- The Tuning Fork. A near fine copy bound in pictorial paper covered boards in tan, black and white, pictorial spine, light rubbing spine ends and corners, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket showing some chipping along the edges. (Inventory #: 031620)