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Do you love Edward Gorey? On The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century, there are scans of his 1965 parody of etiquette books, The Recently-Deflowered Girl.

This goes out to my dear friend Big Bird, who carries on like one. Oh the drama.

Which reminds me that in the 90s, while prowling around a second-hand bookshop on Katipunan Avenue (it didn’t live very long), I found this book.

It contains the transcripts of the tape-recorded dreams of a man who talks in his sleep. More importantly, it is illustrated by Mr. Gorey.

It’s a first edition, meaning it may fetch as much as my vintage Nancy Drew books (about US$1 apiece).