The listing attic is a book of limericks that were obviously written and illustrated over a period of time.
The listing attic.
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.
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.
They are always too short.
Listing attic is a collection of sixty limericks a few in french.
Listing attic is a collection of sixty limericks a few in french.
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.
This is evident by the lack of a cohesive illustration style throughout the book.
Probably shakespeare regretted the taming of the shrew too or at least not taking the time to work on it a bit.
The authors second book.
It is consignment and thrift.
Listing attic is a collection of sixty limericks a few in french.
The listing attic poem by edward gorey.
So happy every time i stumble on one of his books.
Sixty original limericks each with an original illustration.
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.
Some drawings are no more than scratchy sketches others appear half finished while many are highly polished and densely crosshatched.
The funniest has to be.
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.
Illustrations are uniformly amazing.
The funniest has to be.
The funniest has to be.
Edward gorey the listing attic 1954 1950s happy new year.
Five stars for the unstrung harp.
There was a young curate whose brain was deranged from the use of cocaine he lured a small child.
