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115
GOREY, EDWARD.
Group of 9 Signed First Trade Editions.
Illustrated by
Gorey.Various sizes, original bindings; dust jackets as issued. Condition varies, but generally
quite good. Includes first printings of reprint editions.
Vp, vd
[800/1,200]
Jack the Giant-Killer. [NewYork]: Scholastic, 1973 * The Doubtful Guest. First printing of
the first reissue. NewYork, (1978) * The Curious Sofa. First reissued trade edition. Signed as
Ogdred Weary. (1980) * The Dwindling Party. Pop-up book illustrated by Gorey. NewYork,
1982 * Amphigorey Also. New York, (1983) * The Insect God. First printing of the first
reprint. NewYork: Beaufort, (1986) * The Raging Tide: or,The Black Doll’s Imbroglio. New
York: Beaufort, (1987) * The Dancing Rock / The Floating Elephant. Signed by Gorey with
his authored anagrams OgdredWeary and Dogear Wyrde. Bound dos-a-dos. Np, 1993 * The
Twelve Terrors of Christmas. With John Updike (additionally Signed by him). New York,
(1994).
116
GOREY, EDWARD.
Group of over 50 pieces of ephemera,
reprints, paper-
backs with cover illustrations by Gorey, first trade editions, Gotham Book Mart
announcements and newsletters, postcards, and more. Does not include signed items.
Various sizes, original bindings.
Vp, vd
[400/600]
WITH AN ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING
117
GROSZ, GEORGE.
George Grosz: An Autobiography.
Translated by Nora
Hodges. 8vo, gilt-stamped
1
/
4
red morocco; separate folder with drawing; both laid into
1
/
4
morocco gilt folding box.
NewYork, 1983
[1,000/1,500]
NUMBER
8
OF
150
COPIES OF THE COLLECTOR
S EDITON ACCOMPANIED BY AN ORIGI
-
NAL DRAWING
from Grosz’s sketchbook. The leaf with this copy, which measures
185x108mm, is a study of three men in profile on the recto, a sketch of a mechanical apparatus
with light bulb on the verso. It is dated 18.5.12 by the artist and bears the stamps of the
Grosz Estate.
118
(HIRSCHFELD, AL.) Saroyan, William.
Harlem as Seen by Hirschfeld.
24
tipped-in color lithographs by Hirschfeld on handmade paper. Folio, original color pictor-
ial white cloth, very minor toning to edges, otherwise an unusually bright copy though
lacking slipcase.
FIRST LIMITED EDITION
.
NUMBER
946
OF
1000
COPIES
.
NewYork: Hyperion Press, (1941)
[2,000/3,000]
119
HOCKNEY, DAVID.
David Hockney by David Hockney.
Edited by Nikos
Stangos. Reprint * Friedman, Martin.
Hockney Paints the Stage.
Together, 2 volumes.
Color reproductions. 4to, cloth; dust jackets.
EACH SIGNED BY HOCKNEY IN RED AND GREEN
INK
at book signings in Toronto.
London, (1977); NewYork, (1983)
[250/350]
WITH
Hockney’s Photographs. Pamphlet for the Hayward Gallery exhibition, London,
1983-84.Thin folio, wrappers. Signed by Hockney on the front cover. London, 1983.