Description: Here is a most unusual item for the EDWARD GOREY collector - a book review that appears in a 1983 Playboy magazine for AMPHIGOREY ALSO by Edward Gorey The review includes a small picture of the front cover of Amphigorey. The issue is chock-full of other interesting items, including: A Volkswagon VW Rabbit GTI adA Malcom McLaren articleStills from David Bowie "China Girl" videoNina Hagan articlea Campari ad with Jill St. John The magazine is in good condition overall, just minor wear to the covers. Please review all photos and feel free to ask questions. All items are sold As Is. A must-have item for the Edward Gorey afficianado / completist! We have other vintage Playboys that feature Edward Gorey art - always happy to combine shipping! about Edward Gorey: A truly prodigious and original artist, Edward St. John Gorey (1925-2000), gave to the world over one hundred works, including The Gashlycrumb Tinies, The Doubtful Guest and The Wuggly Ump; prize-winning set and costume designs for innumerable theater productions from Cape Cod to Broadway; in 1978 he won a Tony Award for Costume design on the Broadway production of "Dracula." A remarkable number of illustrations in publications such as The New Yorker and The New York Times, and in books by a wide array of authors including Samuel Beckett, T.S. Eliot, John Updike, Charles Dickens, Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll, Hilaire Belloc, John Ciardi, Muriel Spark, Edmund Wilson, Peter Neumeyer, Virginia Woolf, H.G. Wells, Florence Parry Heide, Bram Stoker, Raymond Chandler, Gilbert & Sullivan, and many others. His well known animated credits for the PBS "Mystery" series have introduced him to millions of television viewers. Gorey's masterful pen and ink illustrations and his ironic, offbeat humor have brought him critical acclaim and an avid following throughout the world. _________________ Check out our other eBay listings - we have a huge inventory of Vintage, Records and Antiques What Cheer Records + Vintage whatcheerprovidence.com
Price: 15 USD
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
End Time: 2025-01-18T19:13:49.000Z
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Width (Inches): 7
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Subject: Mystery
Size: Small (up to 12in.)
Height (Inches): 2
Print Surface: Paper
Date of Creation: 1970-1989
Artist: Edward Gorey
Year of Production: 1983
Original/Licensed Reprint: Reproduction
Style: Edward GOREY
Color: Multi-Color
Unit of Sale: Single-Piece Work
Type: Print
