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77 ● EDWARD GOREY. The Vinegar Works. Three Volumes of Moral Instruction:
The Gashlycrumb Tinies * The Insect God * TheWest Wing. Small 8vo, pictorial boards,
scattered light rubbing, a few spots to rear cover of Insect God; publisher’s board slipcase;
all titles with owner’s contemporary inked signature on front pastedown. First Editions,
First Printings.Toledano A13. NewYork, 1963 [300/500]
WITH— The Insect God. 2 copies of the First Beaufort Edition * 1 copy of the First Printing
of the 1993 reprint. 8vo, illustrated boards; dust jackets. ALL SIGNED BY GOREY. NewYork:
Beaufort, (1986); Peter Weed, (1993).
78 ● EDWARD GOREY. Group of 4 Signed Limited Editions. Illustrated by Gorey.
Small 8vo, original stapled illustrated wrappers.
NewYork:The Fantod Press, vd [400/600]
Figbash Acrobate. 45/526 copies. (1994) * The Retrieved Locket. 174/526 copies. (1994) *
The UnknownVegetable. 226/500 copies. (1995) *The Deadly Blotter. 604/750 copies. 1997.
79 ● EDWARD GOREY. Group of 7 Signed First Trade Editions. Illustrated by Gorey.
8vo, original bindings; dust jackets as issued. Condition generally very good.
NewYork, vd [600/900]
The Gilded Bat. (1966) * The Eleventh Episode by Raddery Gewe (and Signed as such).
1971 * The Abandoned Sock. (1972) * The Raging Tide: or,The Black Doll’s Imbroglio.
(1987) * The Universal Solvent. 1990 * La Balade Troublante. 1991 * The Willowdale
Handcar. First printing of the 1997 reissue. (1997).
80 ● EDWARD GOREY. Group of 12 pieces of ephemera and trade editions, many
signed. Illustrated by Gorey.Various sizes and bindings. Condition generally very good.
NewYork, vd [600/900]
Moore. Illegitimate Sonnets. Dust jacket illustration by Gorey. Later Edition. (1950) * Case
Record from a Sonnetorium. Poems by Merrill Moore illustrated by Gorey. Inscribed and Signed
by Moore. (1951) * Smith. Harry Vernon at Prep. Dust jacket cover design by Gorey. Second
Printing. (1959) *The Evil Garden. 1966 *The InanimateTragedy. 1966 *The Pious Infant.
Henry Clump. By Mrs Regera Dowdy. 1966 *The Dwindling Party. Pop-up Book. 2 copies:
one is Signed by Gorey. First Editions. 1982 * E.D.Ward.A Mercurial Bear. Signed as “Dogear
Wyrde” by Gorey. 1983 * Gorey Stories:A Musical Entertainment. Music by David Aldrich.
Samuel French, 1983 * The Tunnel Calamity. Peepshow. Slightly bowed; signed by Gorey on
rear cover. 1984 * Q. R.V.The Universal Solvent. FirstTrade Edition, Signed by Gorey. 1990.
SEE LOTS 169 AND 170 FOR ORIGINAL ART BY GOREY
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