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THE TWELVE TERRORS OF CHRISTMAS: THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE ISSUE - Rare Fine Copy of The New Yorker Magazine Issue - ONLY COPY ONLINE
Published by New York City, NY: The New Yorker Magazine, 1992
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 136 pages. Published in 1992. Rare Edward Gorey and John Updike collectible item. A near-pristine copy of the December 21, 1992 New Yorker Magazine Issue. Which marks the very first appearance of the poems in published form. Preceded by Edward Gorey's irresistibly beautiful Cover Art, one of the greatest New Yorker Magazine Covers ever. The latter is in Gorey-esque black-and-white punctuated with "holiday" colors. Published in a regular print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Magazine Issue is now rare. Pictorial softcovers with original glassine over-flaps intact, as issued. Cover Art by Edward Gorey. Poems by John Updike, presented as the "Shouts & Murmurs" last page. It is a full-fledged, 136-page Issue that comes with journalism pieces, literary essays, and critical reviews as usual. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in New York to the highest standards. American magazines, when they were still being printed regularly, almost always surpassed books in terms of production values. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in its very first appearance, John Updike's "The Twelve Terrors of Christmas". Twelve poems, introduced by Edward Gorey's magazine cover art. The two great artists subsequently completed their collaboration with a full-fledged book of the poems, interspersed with many more of Gorey's original drawings. Published in a now-very-rare Limited Edition the following year, in 1993, and in a now-rare First Edition in 1994. This Issue is, arguably, the true first. The characteristically eerie and irresistibly magical Gorey style brilliantly matches the darkly comic look at the holidays by Updike. An absolute "must-have" title for John Updike and Edward Gorey collectors. This is a copy of the New Yorker Magazine December 21, 1992 Holiday Issue. This title is a great Issue. As far as we know, this is the only copy available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare copy thus. Two of the greatest artists of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER EDWARD GOREY AND JOHN UPDIKE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). no.
