GOREY, Edward (1925-2000). Albondocani Press Christmas Cards. A group of 10 cards (plus duplicates of 3 cards). New York: Albondocani Press, 1975-1990. Comprising:

Gertrude Stein as a child decorates a dog for Christmas. 1975. -- A second copy. -- A Future Unremembered Poet of the Seventeenth century accepts a Christmas Cookie from the Great Veiled Bear. 1977. -- Hertha Strugg's fifth Christmas. 1979. -- Ettie Lou Stooper does a tinsel dance at a tree-trimming party in Gumsville, Nebraska, Christmas Eve, 1923. 1981. -- Un cadeau ennuyeux. 1983. -- Noël chez les volants des Alpes Dolomites. 1985. -- In Stubville, Nebraska on December 23, 1911 Christmas tree ornaments fell from a cloudless sky. 1986. -- A second copy. -- L'Étoile en Orient. 1987.
Christmas in the Eggplant Hills. 1989. -- Fruitcake. 1990. -- A second copy.

Together, 13 cards, each a LIMITED EDITION, one of 400 or 450. Each unsigned with original envelopes. Cards were issued to be used as a holiday greeting by the artist and the publisher, and not were not available for sale. Ampersand Books / Albondocani Press printed the first card in 1975, and issued a card "every other year or so until 1990" (Toledano p.158).

Property from the Collection of Thomas J. Barrett