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Lot 61

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 Miscellaneous Press Publications

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A Limerick
(Dennis, Mass[achusetts]: salt-works press, 1973). First edition. 24mo. Unpaginated. Signed on front wrapper by Gorey. Stiff brown printed wrappers. Toledano A54
“One of sixteen books, prints and photographs, included with Soma-Haoma #3 Trajectories.” (Toledano p. 46)

Jack the Giant-Killer
New York: Scholastic Magazines, Inc., 1973. First Gorey edition. 48mo. Accordion fold-out booklet. Signed by Gorey on title panel. Volume 4 in the Lucky-Mini book series. Toledano B55

The Catafalque Works
Zurich: Diogenes, 1979. In nine volumes. Swiss reprints. Oblong 12mo. Titles include: The Glorious Nosebleed, The Deranged Cousins, The Nursery Frieze (15), The Sopping Thursday, The Inanimate Tragedy, The Iron Tonic, The Pious Infant, The Loathsome Couple, and Die Katafalk-Werke. Text in English, except for last volume. Stiff illustrated light gray, yellow, orange, white, pale blue, light green, light purple, cream, and tan wrappers respectively, in publisher's illustrated paper-covered slip case. Toledano A72

Dancing Cats and Neglected Murderesses
New York: Workman Publishing, 1980. First and limited edition, #193/300 numbered copies (from a total edition of 326), signed by Gorey. 16mo. Unpaginated. Stiff illustrated pale blue wrappers. Toledano A77b

Les Urnes Utiles
Cambridge: Halty-Ferguson Publishing Company, 1980. First and limited edition, #65/400 numbered copies (from a total edition of 426), signed by Gorey. Oblong 24mo. Unpaginated. Stiff illustrated light gray wrappers; publisher's postcard for this title laid in. Toledano A80a

The Water Flowers
New York: Congdon & Weed, Inc., 1982. First Edition. Oblong 16mo. Unpaginated. Signed by Gorey on title-page. Illustrated paper-covered boards; in matching dust-jacket. Toledano A84a.

Les Echanges Malandreux
Worcester: Metacom Press, 1985. First and limited edition, #229/500 numbered copies (from a total edition of 526), signed by Gorey. Square 16mo. Unpaginated. Illustrated cut-apart-book. Stiff illustrated brown wrappers. Toledano A90b

The Helpless Dornob A Shuffled Story
No place, 1989. First and limited edition, #194/500 numbered sets, signed by Gorey. 48mo. 20 laminated cards, each 4 x 2 1/2 in. (101 x 63 mm); held in clear plastic box. Toledano A95a

The Floating Elephant/The Dancing Rock 
No place, 1993. First trade edition. Oblong 32mo. Unpaginated. Signed by Gorey as “Dogear Wryde” on verso of front wrapper, and as "Ogdred Weary” on verso of rear wrapper. Illustrated dos a dos flip-book. Stiff white printed wrappers. Toledano A108b

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