The Listing Attic

Five stars for the unstrung harp.

The listing attic. Edward gorey from the listing attic 1954 20th century man. The listing attic edward gorey it s a relief to know that it isn t just contemporary mfa graduates whose second book is a smattering of random work thrown together to capitalize on whatever success the first published work enjoys. Edward gorey the listing attic 1954 1950s happy new year. The funniest has to be.

Listing attic is a collection of sixty limericks a few in french. The authors second book. The listing attic poem by edward gorey. Sixty original limericks each with an original illustration.

It is consignment and thrift. The funniest has to be. Illustrations are uniformly amazing. The funniest has to be.

Probably shakespeare regretted the taming of the shrew too or at least not taking the time to work on it a bit. They are always too short. To his clubfooted son said lord stipple as he poured his post prandial tipple your mother s behaviour gave pain to our saviour and that s why he made you a cripple very very funny. Listing attic is a collection of sixty limericks a few in french.

So happy every time i stumble on one of his books. This is evident by the lack of a cohesive illustration style throughout the book. Some drawings are no more than scratchy sketches others appear half finished while many are highly polished and densely crosshatched. Four and a half stars for the listing attic only because some of the rhymes are too contrived to generate the sheer delight i associate with a good limerick.

The listing attic is a book of limericks that were obviously written and illustrated over a period of time. To his clubfooted son said lord stipple as he poured his post prandial tipple your mother s behaviour gave pain to our saviour and that s why he made you a cripple very very funny. The listing attic duell sloan pearce little brown 1954 first edition near fine in vg color wraparound pictorial dust wrapper with a closed tear and crease to the upper margin of the rear dust wrapper panel. There was a young curate whose brain was deranged from the use of cocaine he lured a small child.

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