first edition
1981 · New York
by Gorey, Edward; Heide, Florence Parry
New York: Holiday House, 1981. First printing. Fine in fine jacket.. First edition of this adorably macabre picture book for older readers featuring a boy whose imagination is stimulated by reading lots of comic books. 6'' x 7''. Original green pictorial cloth stamped in black. In original unclipped ($7.95) green pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated by Gorey with full-page black-and-white images facing each page of text. [64] pages. Light offsetting to gutters of endpapers. Else crisp and clean.
(Inventory #: 50511)