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The Willowdale Handcar or the Return of the Black Doll

Author Written and illustrated by Edward Gorey American
Publisher Bobbs-Merrill Company American
1962
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Object Information
  • Title: The Willowdale Handcar or the Return of the Black Doll
  • Author: Written and illustrated by Edward Gorey (American, Chicago 1925–2000 Cape Cod)
  • Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill Company (American) Chicago, Illinois
  • Date: 1962
  • Medium: Illustrations: commercial reproductions of original drawings
  • Dimensions: 6 × 5 3/4 × 1/4 in. (15.2 × 14.6 × 0.6 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Museum Accession, gift of John McKendry, 1964
  • Object Number: 64.689
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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