The Headless Bust

The Headless Bust

"The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millennium" is an illustrated book by American author/illustrator Edward Gorey, and is a sequel to his "The Haunted Tea Cozy". The story features the Bahhumbug throughout its 30 illustrated panels colored in black, white, brown, yellow and light blue; it features rhyming verse and is dedicated to the memory of Lancelot Brown.

Pressing details:"The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millennium" by Edward Gorey. First edition: New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999. White boards with light blue, green tea, and brown with black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. First edition statement on copyright page.


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