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Sale 5708 - Books and Manuscripts
Nov 16, 2023 11:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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[Children's & Illustrated] Gorey, Edward: Group of 9 Early Titles, 1954-1968

Gorey, Edward
Group of 9 Early Titles, 1954-1968 
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The Listing Attic
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce/Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1954). First edition. 12mo. Unpaginated. Illustrated paper-covered boards, extremities rubbed; in matching dust jacket, worn, slightly worn, a few small closed tears. single tape repair on verso. Gorey's second book. Toledano A2a

The Doubtful Guest
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1957. First edition. Oblong 16mo. Unpaginated. Illustrated paper-covered boards, in matching price-clipped dust-jacket, slightly worn, uneven spotting. Gorey's third book. Toledano A3a

The Hapless Child
New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc., (1961). First edition. Square 12mo. Unpaginated. Stiff illustrated purple wrappers, worn and foxed. Prelims lightly foxed. Contemporary ownership signature on title-page. Toledano A8a

The Willowdale Handcar or The Return of the Black Doll
Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc, (1962). First edition. Square 16mo. Unpaginated. Stiff illustrated wrappers, lightly creased. Toledano A10a

The Wuggly Ump
Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, (1963). First edition. Oblong 16mo. Unpaginated. Signed by Gorey on title-page. Illustrated paper-covered boards, in matching dust-jacket, lightly worn. Toledano A15a

The Sinking Spell
New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc. (1964). First edition. 16mo. Unpaginated. Signed by Gorey on title-page. Stiff illustrated wrappers. Toledano A17a

The Gilded Bat
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1966). First Printing. Oblong 16mo. Unpaginated. Illustrated paper-covered boards, in matching dust-jacket. Publisher's rare prospectus (not in Toledano) and “Her life was rather monotonous” postcard laid in. Toledano A21a

The Gilded Bat
New York: Simon and Schuster, (ca. 1966). Second edition. Oblong 16mo. Unpaginated. Signed by Gorey on title-page. Illustrated paper-covered boards, top of spine pulling away; in matching dust-jacket, with top of spine panel pulling away. Toledano A21b

Chess, Victoria, and Edward Gorey
Fletcher and Zenobia
New York: Meredith Press, (1967). Square16mo. Unpaginated. Illustrated by Chess. Illustrated paper-covered boards, in matching price-clipped dust-jacket. Toledano A25

The Other Statue
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1968). First edition. Oblong 16mo. Unpaginated. Illustrated paper-covered boards, in matching dust-jacket, lightly worn. Toledano A29a

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