The Broken Spoke, Edward Gorey, 1976, 1st Ed., Fine w/DJ

Gorey, Edward. The Broken Spoke (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976).

English, First Edition, a Fine book in a Fine dust jacket, HC, 8vo, 5 1/4" x 7 1/2," unpaginated, c. 50 pp., including illustrations.

ISBN: 0396073751

First Edition. Fine multicolored pictorial paper-covered boards. Covers have light age toning and slight wear to extremities, else pristine and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Fine multicolored pictorial paper dust jacket with black lettering on spine. Dust jacket has light age toning and slight wear to extremities, else pristine and intact, not price-clipped, protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. Pages pristine and intact. Replete with illustrations by Edward Gorey (1925-2000), an American author, illustrator, and costume designer. From front flap: "This book combines, with breath-taking cleverness, two objects of consuming interest: postcards and bicycles." A charming and whimsical book filled with humorous scenes involving bicycles.