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The Willowdale handcar
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An edition of The Willowdale Handcar: or, The return of the black doll (1962)

The Willowdale handcar

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In this enigmatic, surreal, wonderfully entertaining tale, three mysterious figures set out from Willowdale, traveling by handcar. On the way to nowhere in particular they pass a number of odd characters and observe a series of baffling phenomena, from a house burning down in a field to a palatial mansion perched precariously on a bluff.At once deeply vexing and utterly hilarious, darkly mysterious and amusingly absurd, The Willowdale Handcar is vintage Edward Gorey.

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Bobbs-Merrill
Language
English
Pages
32

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Fiction, humorous Fiction, humorous, general American wit and humor Handcars Fiction Voyages and travels Humor, general Humorous stories Illustrated children's books

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Cover of: Willowdale Handcar
Willowdale Handcar: Or the Return of the Black Doll
2011, Literary Licensing, LLC
in English
Cover of: The Willowdale Handcar
The Willowdale Handcar
November 1, 2004, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Hardcover - New Ed edition
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The Willowdale Handcar: or the Return of the Black Doll
October 6, 2003, Harcourt
in English
Cover of: Willowdale Handcar
Willowdale Handcar
January 1986, Peter Weed Books
Hardcover in English
Cover of: The Willowdale Handcar
The Willowdale Handcar
September 1986, Peter Weed
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Willowdale Handcar or the Return of the Black Doll
Willowdale Handcar or the Return of the Black Doll
January 1980, Olympic Marketing Corp
in English
Cover of: The Willowdale handcar, or The return of the black doll
The Willowdale handcar, or The return of the black doll
1979, Dodd, Mead
Hardback in English - Reiss.
Cover of: The Willowdale handcar
The Willowdale handcar: or, The return of the black doll
1979, Dodd, Mead
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Cover of: Die Draisine von Untermattenwaag
Die Draisine von Untermattenwaag
1963, Diogenes
in German
Cover of: The Willowdale handcar
The Willowdale handcar: or the return of the black doll.
1962, Dodd,Mead & Co.
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Cover of: The Willowdale handcar
The Willowdale handcar: or, The return of the black doll ...
1962, Bobbs-Merrill
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Edition Notes

"A somewhat more explicit version ... appeared in Holiday under the title: The imprudent excursion."

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Other Titles
The return of the black doll.

Classifications

Library of Congress
PS3513.O614 W5, G67.39E, 1962, W54, 1.1

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Pagination
[32] leaves.
Number of pages
32

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL22473747M
LCCN
62017515
OCLC/WorldCat
1973478
LibraryThing
257832

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL23651W

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One summer afternoon in Willowdale Edna, Harry, and Sam wandered down to the railroad station to see if anything was doing.
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