THE TUNNEL CALAMITY By Edward Gorey - HC w/ Case. 2015
$150.00
The Tunnel Calamity is an adventuresome mirage, begging to be bent, twisted, squished and stretched, all to catch illusive detail. Thankfully, Pomegranate provides this new edition with a very nice box, to give it a safe resting space after a long and tortured examination. First published in 1984, the original Tunnel Calamity was an absolute delight when it graced Tower Books' shelves. They sold quickly, yet customers continued to inquire about TTC long after it went out of print. Thirty years later, The Tunnel Calamity returns, and its reappearance spurs an investigation into the history of the tunnel book. It turns out that the book that Gorey built was based on 'peepshow' books designed to showcase the Thames Tunnel, the world's first subaquatic tunnel, constructed in London between 1825 and 1843. British, French and German publishers quickly capitalized on its popularity by dramatizing this latest engineering marvel in 3D paper. The Thames Tunnel was the first of many such projects, and the resulting genre of playful yet informative peepshow books became known as 'tunnel books', with or without much calamity.
The Tunnel Calamity is an adventuresome mirage, begging to be bent, twisted, squished and stretched, all to catch illusive detail. Thankfully, Pomegranate provides this new edition with a very nice box, to give it a safe resting space after a long and tortured examination. First published in 1984, the original Tunnel Calamity was an absolute delight when it graced Tower Books' shelves. They sold quickly, yet customers continued to inquire about TTC long after it went out of print. Thirty years later, The Tunnel Calamity returns, and its reappearance spurs an investigation into the history of the tunnel book. It turns out that the book that Gorey built was based on 'peepshow' books designed to showcase the Thames Tunnel, the world's first subaquatic tunnel, constructed in London between 1825 and 1843. British, French and German publishers quickly capitalized on its popularity by dramatizing this latest engineering marvel in 3D paper. The Thames Tunnel was the first of many such projects, and the resulting genre of playful yet informative peepshow books became known as 'tunnel books', with or without much calamity.
The Tunnel Calamity is an adventuresome mirage, begging to be bent, twisted, squished and stretched, all to catch illusive detail. Thankfully, Pomegranate provides this new edition with a very nice box, to give it a safe resting space after a long and tortured examination. First published in 1984, the original Tunnel Calamity was an absolute delight when it graced Tower Books' shelves. They sold quickly, yet customers continued to inquire about TTC long after it went out of print. Thirty years later, The Tunnel Calamity returns, and its reappearance spurs an investigation into the history of the tunnel book. It turns out that the book that Gorey built was based on 'peepshow' books designed to showcase the Thames Tunnel, the world's first subaquatic tunnel, constructed in London between 1825 and 1843. British, French and German publishers quickly capitalized on its popularity by dramatizing this latest engineering marvel in 3D paper. The Thames Tunnel was the first of many such projects, and the resulting genre of playful yet informative peepshow books became known as 'tunnel books', with or without much calamity.