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GOREY, EDWARD.
The Betrayed Confidence: Seven Series of Dogear
Wryde Postcards.
Illustrated by Gorey. 8vo, pictorial wrappers; plain black slipcase.
Orleans, Mass.: Parnassus, (1992)
[500/750]
NUMBER
157
OF
250
COPIES SIGNED BY GOREY WITH A SIGNED AND NUMBERED
PRINT
laid in rear. The print, which measures 6x7 inches, is previously unpublished as are
three illustrations in this work: the front and rear wrapper images, and a third in “Scenes de
Ballet.”Toledano A104a.
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(GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.) Gautier, Theophile.
Mademoiselle de
Maupin.
8 engraved plates by John BucklandWright. 4to, gilt-lettered vellum-backed blue
cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, boards a bit toned along outer edges, few areas of natural
discoloration.
NUMBER
96
OF
500
COPIES
.
(Waltham Saint Lawrence, 1938)
[150/250]
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(GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.)
Group of 9 specimen sheets from The
Four Gospels.
Each a folded folio sheet with wood-engraved illustrations by Eric Gill.
One sheet, while it contains the “Jesus” leaf from the Gospels, also prints prospectus infor-
mation for Milton’s Paradise Lost and Gantillon’s Maya, measures 326x240mm; all others
are unbound sheets from the 1931 printing and measure 340x240mm.
(Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931)
[300/400]
The 8 sheets from The Four Gospels are signed: B4 (NowWhen Jesus was Born), C2 (And
It Came to Pass), D3 (At That Time Herod the Tetrarch Heard), E2 (AndWhen They Drew
Nigh Unto Jerusalem), L3 (NowWhen He Came Nigh to the Gate of the City), N3 (And
He Said,A Certain Man HadTwo Sons), R2 (AndWhen He Thus Had Spoken), R4 (Jesus
KnowingThat the Father Had Given All Things).
EDWARD GOREY
Lots 103-116
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