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.

The listing attic.

The listing attic is a book of limericks that were obviously written and illustrated over a period of time. Edward gorey from the listing attic 1954 20th century man. 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. Illustrations are uniformly amazing.

This is evident by the lack of a cohesive illustration style throughout the book. Sixty original limericks each with an original illustration. Edward gorey the listing attic 1954 1950s happy new year. 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.

There was a young curate whose brain was deranged from the use of cocaine he lured a small child. So i m thinking of starting a new series where i compare different liw adaptations of the same source material and look at what works and what doesn t and why. Listing attic is a collection of sixty limericks a few in french. The authors second book.

Probably shakespeare regretted the taming of the shrew too or at least not taking the time to work on it a bit. Five stars for the unstrung harp. They are always too short. 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.

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. So happy every time i stumble on one of his books. It is consignment and thrift. The listing attic poem by edward gorey.

Some drawings are no more than scratchy sketches others appear half finished while many are highly polished and densely crosshatched. 1509 s ankeny blvd ankeny ia 50023 rated 4 7 based on 44 reviews this store is fantastic. Listing attic is a collection of sixty limericks a few in french. Listing attic is a collection of sixty limericks a few in french.

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.