New Books – Book Patrol: A Haven for Book Culture http://blog.seattlepi.com/bookpatrol Book Patrol is a place where you can share in Michael Lieberman's passion for the printed word, the history of the book as an object and as a cultural artifact. Thu, 12 Nov 2015 20:16:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.3 Of Interest: The Scribe, Etiquette for Freedom, Cocktails for Book Lovers, and some worthy bookseller catalogs http://blog.seattlepi.com/bookpatrol/2014/07/30/of-interest-the-scribe-etiquette-for-freedom-cocktails-for-book-lovers-and-some-worthy-bookseller-catalogs/ Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:51:44 +0000 http://bookpatrol.net/?p=5767 Of Interest: Bambi, Book of the Dead, Chicago Crime, The Brooklyn Bridge and more http://blog.seattlepi.com/bookpatrol/2014/03/13/of-interest-bambi-book-of-the-dead-chicago-crime-the-brooklyn-bridge-and-more/ Thu, 13 Mar 2014 18:01:14 +0000 http://www.bookpatrol.net/?p=3685   Welcome to the second installment of Of Interest, a look at some of the books, new and old, that have caught our attention in the last week or so.  From a first edition of the children’s classic Bambi to … Continue reading

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Gorey Letters http://blog.seattlepi.com/bookpatrol/2011/09/21/gorey-letters/ Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:34:00 +0000
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“Your letters . . . your existence has made something of this world that [it] hadn’t the possibility of before.” - Peter F. Neumeyer

It was 1968. Edward Gorey was contracted by the publisher Addison-Wesley to illustrate a children's book written by Peter F. Neumeyer. At their first meeting Gorey slipped and  Neumeyer grabbed him by the arm. The grab dislocated Gorey's shoulder and it was during his stay at the hospital waiting for treatment that they began what would become a deep life-long friendship.

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The book, an illustrated memoir, features 75 typewriter-transcribed letters, 38 illustrated envelopes, and more than 60 postcards and illustrations exchanged between them.

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"The letters also paint an intimate portrait of Edward Gorey, a man often mischaracterized as macabre or even ghoulish. His gentleness, humility, and brilliance—interwoven with his distinctive humor—shine in each letter"

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 Gorey and Neumeyer would end up collaborating on three children's books: Donald and The.; Why We Have Day and Night and Donald Has a Difficulty.

The details:

Neumeyer, Peter F., edited by. Floating Worlds. The Letters of Edward Gorey & Peter F. Neumeyer. San Francisco: Pomegranate, 2011. First Printing. Large octavo. 256pp. Index. Numerous illustrations in color throughout. Pictorial paper covered boards in a matching dust jacket. $35

Available Here

Press release (PDF)



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The Ghost of Greenwich Village: A Debut Novel by Lorna Graham http://blog.seattlepi.com/bookpatrol/2011/06/22/the-ghost-of-greenwich-village-a-debut-novel-by-lorna-graham/ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:34:00 +0000
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