THE MELANCHOLY DEATH OF OYSTER BOY & OTHER STORIES

First edition, first printing, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY TIM BURTON. Illustrated throughout with drawings in both colour and black and white by the author, Tim Burton. A great many are full page. Small 8vo, in the original black cloth lettered in silver on the spine and with printed pastedowns on both the front and back covers, no jacket was issued. [iv], 115, [1] pp. A very fine copy, mint and as pristine.

Edizione: a macabre little gem inscribed and signed by the author/illustator, famous film director tim burton. this copy has been boldly inscribed "to_ love. tim burton" in the author/director's distinctive hand. <br> tim burton has produced some of the most unique and memorable films of the last several decades. listing 'human abnormalities' as a genre, the melancholy death of oyster boy & other stories is a black humor poetry book full of wild characters who are stylistically similar to those in burton's the nightmare before christmas. some of the characters in these stories would later appear in the animated series stainboy, which was also created, directed, and written by burton.