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Lot 350
Sale 800 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Lots 1-273
Nov 12, 2020
4:00AM CT
Lots 274-476
Nov 13, 2020
4:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,000 -
1,500
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$1,250
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Lot Description
GOREY, Edward (1925-2000). The Beastly Baby. N.p.: The Fantod Press, 1962.
12mo. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers (some very minor soiling to a few edges).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 500 unnumbered copies, SIGNED BY GOREY as "Ogdred Weary" on the title-page. The first book bearing Gorey's Fantod Press imprint. RARE: according to online records, no signed copies of this work have ever appeared on the market at auction. Toledano A9a.
Property from the Collection of Thomas J. Barrett