Pippin’s Journal~Rohan O’Grady~Edward Gorey~Illustrated~Very Rare~1962~First Edition~First Printing~Very Good Condition~Free Shipping

Pippin’s Journal~Rohan O’Grady~Edward Gorey~Illustrated~Very Rare~1962~First Edition~First Printing~Very Good Condition~Free Shipping.

This extremely rare first edition copy of Pippin’s Journal is prized by collectors for the illustrations by Edward Gorey. This book is in very good condition. Minor edge wear on the cover. No markings or inscriptions. Clean pages. Tight binding. A very collectible and unique book. Thanks for visiting!

Rohan O’Grady (July 23, 1922 – March 17, 2014) is the pen name of Vancouver-born Canadian novelist June Margaret O’Grady (Skinner). After graduating from Lord Byng Secondary School in 1940 Skinner worked for the Capilano Golf and Country Club as assistant resident manager, and then in the library at the Vancouver Sun. There she met husband Frederick Snowden Skinner with whom she raised three children in West Vancouver.

Between 1961 and 1970, Skinner published four novels as Rohan O’Grady. Her fifth and final work, The May Spoon, was released in 1981 and credited to A. Carleon (Ann Carleon is the name of Skinner’s great-grandmother). Her third book, Let’s Kill Uncle, was her most successful and was made into a movie Let’s Kill Uncle by the legendary horror-film producer William Castle in 1966, starring Nigel Green, Mary Badham, Pat Cardi and Robert Pickering. First editions of Skinner’s second book, Pippin’s Journal, are prized by collectors for their illustrations by Edward Gorey.

Edward St. John Gorey (February 22, 1925 – April 15, 2000) was an American writer, Tony Award-winning costume designer, and artist noted for his illustrated books. His characteristic pen-and-ink drawings often depict vaguely unsettling narrative scenes in Victorian and Edwardian settings.

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