The Headless Bust


Bahhumbug
THE HEADLESS BUST: A MELANCHOLY MEDITATION ON THE FALSE MILLENIUM

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. This is a sequel to THE HAUNTED TEA-COZY.

First limited and signed edition: New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999 [issued 2000]. White boards with light blue, green tea, and brown with black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. Issued in a green cloth slipcase. Limited to 750 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey. A first edition statement appears as part of the colophon page, which is on a tipped-in leaf immediately before the title page. Each of these copies is accompanied by a Bahhumbug beanbag cloth doll. Approximately 15 inches in height, with copyright notice on right lower leg.



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