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1. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. THE ADVENTURES OF GREMLIN by DuPre Jones. Philadelphia: Lippincott (1966). 12mo (5 1/4 x 7 1/2”), cloth backed boards, 7. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. CASE RECORD Fine in dust wrapper. Stated First Edition. The story is a modern fairy tale FROM A SONNETORIUM by Merrill illustrated with marvelous full page and smaller black and whites by Gorey. Toledano B28. $75.00 Moore. NY: Twayne Publishers (1951). 8vo (6 1/4 x 9 1/4”), grey pictorial cloth stamped in red, near Fine in dust wrapper frayed at spine ends and corners but still VG. 1st edition. Illustrated by Gorey with more than 40 humorous half-page cartoons to accompany the sonnets. There is also a “Discharge Note” by William Carlos William M.D. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY GOREY. A nice early Gorey item. Toledano B3 $350.00

SIGNED BY GOREY & INSCRIBED BY MOORE 8. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. CASE-RECORD FROM A SONNETORIUM by . NY:Twayne (1951). 8vo (6 1/4 x 9 1/4”), grey pictorial cloth stamped in red, Fine in worn dust wrapper with some pieces missing off the edge. 1st edition. Illustrated by Gorey with more than 40 humorous half-page SCARCE TITLE SIGNED cartoons to accompany the sonnets. There is also a “Discharge Note” by William 2. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. ALVIN STEADFAST ON VERNACULAR ISLAND Carlos William M.D. and contributions by Louis Untermeyer and John Crowe by . NY: Dial Press (1965). 8vo (5 5/8 x 8 1/4”), cloth, fine in dust Ransome. This copy is SIGNED BY GOREY AND INSCRIBED BY MOORE. A wrapper with small closed tear. 1st edition, SIGNED BY GOREY on the title very early Gorey item. Toledano B3. $350.00 page. B23a. $300.00

3. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. AT THE TOP OF MY VOICE and other poems by Felice Holman. NY: W.W.Norton (1970). 8vo (6 1/4 x 8 1/4”), pictorial cloth, Fine in fine dust wrapper. Stated first edition and number code 0-9. 28 poems for children feature Gorey’s wonderful illustrations in b&w thruout. Toledano B44c $75.00

EACH BOOK SIGNED BY GOREY 9. GOREY,EDWARD. THE CATAFALQUE WORKS. Zurich: Diogenes (1979). 7” square, 9 books, each pictorial wraps, housed in pictorial board slip case that is illustrated by Gorey. Case hhas some rubbing else fine. Includes: The Glorious Nosebleed, Fifth Alphabet; The Deranged Cousins; 15, the Nursery Frieze; The Sopping Thursday; The Inanimate Tragedy; ; The Pious Infant; the Loathsome Couple. The ninth book is in German entitled the Katafalk-Werke. EACH BOOK IS SIGNED BY GOREY! Taledone A72. $500.00

4. GOREY,EDWARD. THE BLACK DOLL. NY: 1973. 8vo (5 1/8 x 7”), wraps, pictorial label, near fine. 1st edition. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY GOREY on the title page. The text is by Gorey but contains no illustrations other than the picture of the black doll on the cover. Toledano A49c. $250.00

SIGNED 5. GOREY,EDWARD. THE BLUE ASPIC. NY: Meredith Press (1968). Oblong 8vo (7 1/4 x 6 1/4”), pictorial boards, Fine in fine price clipped dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. SIGNED BY GOREY on the title page. Great copy. A27a. $400.00

SIGNED 6. GOREY,EDWARD. THE BROKEN SPOKE. NY: Dodd Mead (1976). Oblong 8vo (7 5/8 x 5 1/4”), pictorial boards, fine in fine dust wrapper. 1st edition This copy is SIGNED BY GOREY on the title page. Full page illustrations on every other page. Toledao A63c. $250.00 914.764.7410 Pg  Aleph-Bet Books - Catalogue SIGNED SIGNED 10. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. DOGEAR WRYED POSTCARDS: HIKUPTAH SERIES. 12. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. DOGEAR WRYED POSTCARDS: Q.R.V. 1996. There are 12 postcards in the original pictorial envelope in Fine condition. UNWMKD IMPERF. SERIES. 1996. There are 12 postcards in the original SIGNED BY GOREY AS DOGEAR WRYDE ON THE ENVELOPE. $175.00 pictorial envelope in Fine condition. SIGNED BY GOREY AS DOGEAR WRYDE ON THE ENVELOPE. $175.00

1 OF 26 LETTERED COPIES 13. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. DOGEAR 11. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. DOGEAR WRYED WRYED POSTCARDS: WHATEVER POSTCARDS: NEGLECTED NEXT? 1990. There are 12 postcards MURDERESSES SERIES. 1980. There are 12 and a colophon card in the original pictorial postcards and a colophon card in the original pictorial envelope in Fine condition. LIMITED TO envelope. LIMITED 250 NUMBERED SETS NUMBERED AND TO 250 NUMBERED SETS NUMBERED SIGNED BY GOREY AND 26 LETTERED AND SIGNED BY GOREY. $800.00 SETS - THIS IS LETTER “Y” OF THE LETTERED SETS. Toledano A10a. Rare. $1000.00

SIGNED 14. GOREY,EDWARD. . NY: Dodd Mead (Reissued 1978). Oblong 8vo (9 1/4 x 6 1/4”), pictorial boards Fine in slightly frayed dust wrapper. First edition of the reissue of Gorey’s 3rd book that first came out in 1957. Calligraphic text pages face full page black and whites in Gorey’s unique style. This copy is SIGNED BY GOREY on the title page. Toledano A3d. $100.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg  [email protected] ABC SIGNED BY GOREY BEAR PAPER DOLLS 19. GOREY,EDWARD. THE GLORIOUS NOSEBLEED / FIFTH ALPHABET. BY GOREY NY: Dodd Mead (1974). 4to (7 1/4 x 6 3/4”), pictorial boards, indent on top edge SIGNED else near fine in dust wrapper with narrow strip off bottom of rear panel. 1st edition. SIGNED BY GOREY. An ABC with each page of text facing a full page 15. [GOREY,EDWARD]. E.D. WARD: A illustration by Gorey. Toledano A59c. $225.00 MERCURIAL BEAR. (NY: Gotham Book Mart 1983). 12mo (5 x 6 7/8”), stiff pictorial wraps, Fine. A Dogear Wryde Paper Pastime book of bear paper dolls illustrated in black and white. The rear cover has the words “Dogear Wryde” crossed out and written in hand by Gorey. $125.00

SIGNED 16. GOREY,EDWARD. EPIPLECTIC BICYCLE. NY: Dodd Mead (1969). Oblong SET OF 4 SIGNED BOOKS 4to (9 1/2 x 6 1/4”), pictorial boards, Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. 1st 20. GOREY,EDWARD. A GOREY FESTIVAL. NY: Ivan Obolensky (and Astor- edition, 1st issue with $3.00 dw price. Illustrated by Gorey with color dust Honor) (1968). 12mo (4 7/8 x 6”), 4 books bound in stiff pictorial wraps in wrapper and in black and white on every page, printed on one side of the page a slip case with color pictorial label by Gorey. Case slightly rubbed else fine. only. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY GOREY. Toledano A30a. $250.00 Includes: The Sinking Spell, The Fatal Lozenge, The Hapless Child and , each published earier. This set is SIGNED ON EACH TITLE PAGE BY GOREY. Rarely found with all books signed. Toledano A28. $450.00

SCARCE 1ST OF THIS GOREY ABC / SIGNED 17. GOREY,EDWARD. THE FATAL LOZENGE. NY: Ivan Obolensky (1960). 12mo (5 x 6 1/8”), stiff blue pictorial wraps, some cover rubbing else VG-+. 1st edition. This copy is SIGNED BY GOREY ON THE TITLE PAGE. A bizarre alphabet. Toledano A6a. $450.00

21. GOREY,EDWARD. THE GREEN BEADS. NY: Albondocani Press 1978. Oblong 12mo (6 x 5”), picorial wraps, Fine. 1st edition. LIMITED TO 400 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY GOREY. Printed on fine paper on one side of the page and handsewn. Each page has a full page illustration with no text. Toledano A71b. $500.00

FANTASTIC LIMITED EDITION ABC 18. GOREY,EDWARD. THE GLORIOUS NOSEBLEED / FIFTH ALPHABET. NY: Dodd Mead (1974). 4to (7 1/4 x 6 3/4”), pictorial boards, fine in fine dust wrapper and slip case (case slightly rubbed). LIMITED TO 250 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY GOREY. An ABC with each page of text facing a full page illustration by Gorey. Toledano A59b. $750.00 914.764.7410 Pg  Aleph-Bet Books - Edward Gorey Catalogue SIGNED ILLUSTRATED CARD SET IN BOX - SIGNED 22. GOREY,EDWARD. THE HAPLESS CHILD. NY: Ivan Obolensky (1961). Small 26. GOREY,EDWARD. THE HELPLESS DOORKNOB. no publishing information 4to (7 x 7 3/4”). pictorial wraps, some rubbing, VG. 1st edition. (inscribed 1960, (1989). There are 20 illustrated cards with captions plus a folded pictorial title $1.75 price). SIGNED BY GOREY on the title page. Toledano A8a. $250.00 page and colophon, all housed in a clear plastic box. Cards are fine, box has small side chip else near fine. The owner can make a myriad of different stories by combining the cards in different orders. LIMITED TO 500 COPIES SIGNED BY GOREY. Toledano A95a. $500.00

23. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. HAUNTED LOOKING GLASS by Ghost stories chosen by Gorey. NY: Looking Glass #9 (1959). 8vo, pict. bds, no dw, sl. edge rubbing else near fine. 1st ed., (10 titles listed at back). B91. $75.00

GOREY’S FIRST COMMERCIAL BOOK SIGNED BY HIM & MOORE 27. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. ILLEGITIMATE SONNETS by Merrill Moore. NY: Twayne (1950). 8vo (5 3/4 x 8 1/4”), rust cloth stamped in gold, Fine in lightly rubbed dust wrapper. FIrst edition (correct price). This is Gorey’s first commercial book, illustrated with 6 panels on front and rear endpapers. This copy is SIGNED BY GOREY AND INSCRIBED BY MOORE on the endpaper. Toledano MERRY GOREY CHRISTMAS B1. $400.00 24. GOREY,EDWARD. THE HAUNTED TEA COSY: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas. NY: Harcourt Brace & Company (1997). 7 1/2” square, pictorial boards, Fine in fine dust wrapper. First Edition (abcde code). Christmas SCARCE TITLE SIGNED Eve in Gorey-land. Each page of text faces a full page color illustration. THIS 28. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. IRENE GOOD COPY IS SIGNED BY GOREY. $200.00 NIGHT by D.R. Bensen. NY: Targ 1982. 12mo (5 x 6 1/4”), silk covers, fine in dust wrapper. SCARCE SIGNED LIMITED EDITION LIMITED TO 250 COPIES SIGNED BY 25. GOREY,EDWARD. THE HEADLESS BUST A Melancholy Meditation on the GOREY ON THE FRONTIS and by Benson Flase Millenium. NY: Harcourt Brace & Co. (1999). 7 1/2” square, pictorial boards, on the colophon. Printed on handmade As New in dust wrapper and cloth slip case. Stated First edition, LIMITED TO paper and illustrated by Gorey with tipped- 750 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY GOREY. Every page of text faces a full in frontis and color printed glassine dust page color illustration by Gorey. Despite its relatively late date, this limited wrapper. The story centers on Irene Adler edition is rare. $450.00 a Conan Doyle character who managed to outwit Sherlock Holmes. Toledano B68. $450.00

29. GOREY,EDWARD. IRON TONIC: or, A Winter Afternoon In Lonely Valley. NY: Albondocani Press 1969. Oblong 9 1/2 x 5 1/2”, pictorial wraps, Fine. 1st edition. LIMITED TO 200 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY GOREY. Handswen, printed on fine paper on one side of the page with a full page illustration on every page. Toledano A31b. $1275.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg  [email protected] PANORAMA LIMITED EDITION SIGNED 30. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. JACK THE GIANT KILLER. NY: Schoastic 1973. 34. GOREY,EDWARD. L’HEURE BLEUE. Fantod Press (1975). Oblong 12mo (6 This is a near miniature panorama measuring 2 1/2 x 3 1/2”, folded accordian 1/4 x 5 1/2”), pictorial wraps, Fine. First edition. LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED style, Fine. Illustrated in orange and black by Gorey. SIGNED BY GOREY on the COPIES SIGNED BY GOREY, THIS OUT OF SERIES LETTERED “H.C.”. Each cover. B55. $150.00 page of tect faces a full page illustration by Gorey done blue, black and white. Toledano A60b. $500.00

31. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. THE KING WHO SAVED HIMSELF FROM BEING SAVED by . Philadelphia & NY: Lippincott (1965). Oblong 12mo (6 1/4 x 5 1/4”), cloth, fine in slightly soiled dust wrapper. 1st edition ($2.95 price). A children’s book, SIGNED BY GOREY on the title page. Toledano B24. $200.00 ‘‘

ARTIST’S PROOF 35. GOREY,EDWARD. L’HEURE BLEUE. Fantod Press (1975). Oblong 12mo (6 1/4 x 5 1/2”), pictorial wraps, Fine. First edition. LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY GOREY, THIS IS AN ARTIST’S PROOF COPY LETTERED “AP 18/38”. Illustrated only in black and white, omitting the blue of the final version. Toledano A60 (this not included). $650.00

32. GOREY,EDWARD. LES PASSEMENTERIES HORRIBLES. NY: Albondocani Press 1976. Oblong 12mo (6 x 5”), pictorial wraps, Fine. 1st edition. LIMITED TO 300 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY GOREY. Printed on fine paper and handsewn. Printed on one side of the paper every page has a full page illustration, with no text. Toledano A64b. $575.00

36. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. LIGHT METRES by . NY: Everest House (1982). 8vo (5 7/8 x 8 1/2”), cloth, Fine in slip case. LIMITED TO 350 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY GOREY AND LAMPORT WITH AN EXTRA ILLUSTRATION NOT FOUND IN THE TRADE EDITION. Illustrated in black and white by Gorey. Toledano B69b. $275.00

33. GOREY,EDWARD. LES URNES UTILES. Cambridge, MA: Halty Ferguson 1980. Oblong 12mo (6 x 5”), pictorial wraps, Fine. First edition, LIMITED TO 400 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY GOREY. Printed on one side of the paper, every page has a full page illustration with no text. Toledano A80b. $400.00 914.764.7410 Pg  Aleph-Bet Books - Edward Gorey Catalogue SIGNED SIGNED BY GOREY 37. GOREY,EDWARD. A LIMERICK. (Dennis, MA: Salt-Works Press 1973). 40. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. MISS CLAFOOTY AND THE DEMON by J. 16mo (4 x 5 1/8”), brown wraps, Fine. One of 16 books and other items included David Townsend. NY: Lothrop Lee & Shepard (1971). 7” square, lavender in Soma-Haoma #3, this is the book only. Printed on one side of the paper. The cloth stamped in black, Fine in dust wrapper. First edition (correct price). A text consists of one limerick, illustrated on every page. This copy is SIGNED BY children’s book about a miserly woman, illustrated by Gorey in black and white GOREY ON THE COVER. Toledano A54. $225.00 and with color wrapper. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY GOREY. Signed firsts of this title are rare. Toledano B48a. $225.00

41. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. MORE CLINICAL SONNETS by Merrill Moore. NY: Twayne 1953 (1953). 8vo (5 3/4 x 8 5/8”), blue cloth, VG+ in chipped dw ($3.00 price). SIGNED 1st edition. Illustrated by Gorey in black and white on every page. This copy is SIGNED 38. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. LIONS BY GOREY on the title page. A very early Gorey item. Toledano B6. $300.00 AND LOBSTERS AND FOXES AND FROGS fables from AESOP by Ennis Rees. Reading,MA: Young Scott (1971). 4to (8 7/8 x 8 1/4”), pictorial reinforced cloth, Fine in fine dust wrapper. 1st edition. 17 of Aesop’s fables are illustrated in color by Gorey. SIGNED BY GOREY on the title page. Toledano B47a. $200.00

SIGNED AND SCARCE 39. GOREY,EDWARD. MENACED OBJECTS - DOGEAR WRYDE POSTCARDS. 1989. Consisting of 16 postcards in the original pictorial envelope in fine condition. LIMITED TO 250 SETS NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY GOREY. Scarce. $800.00

42. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. THE MUMMY, THE WILL, AND THE CRYPT by . NY: Dial (1983). 8vo (5 3/4 x 8 1/2”), cloth backed boards, Fine in fine price clipped dust wrapper. Stated 1st ed. and coded 1-10. A young adult story, illustrated by Gorey with color dust wrapper and full page black and white frontis. Surprisingly scarce. Toledano D-Bellairs. $125.00

SIGNED - 2 COPIES 43. GOREY,EDWARD. OBJECT-LESSON. Garden City: & Cp. 1958 (1958). Oblong 4to (8 3/4 x 6”), black cloth, fine in dust wrapper with mends on verso, small pieces off backstrip. Stated 1st edition of Gorey’s 4th book in second binding. SIGNED BY GOREY on the title page. A4b. Sold with a first British edition. gold cloth stamped in gold published the same year by Anthony Blond. Small tear on inner corner of some pages else Fine in fine dust wrapper. Both copies $300.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg  [email protected] T.S. ELIOT & GOREY - SIGNED FANTASTIC GOREY WATERCOLOR 44. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. OLD POSSUM’S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS by T.S. 46. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. ORIGINAL ART: [FLYING SAUCER IN THE Eliot. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1982). 8vo (5 3/4 x 8 1/4”), 1/4 cloth and FIELD]. This is a fabulous watercolor by Gorey. Untitled, it measures 7 x 7 1/2”, pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. and code A-J. Poems for unsigned. Depicted is a nightime scene in a field. In the foreground are 2 men young and old, made more famous by the Broadway production. Perfectly illustrated (one in a suit and one in a turleneck sweater) pointing to an object on the ground by Gorey and SIGNED BY GOREY on the title page. Toledano B70a. $475.00 next to a tree stump. They appear to be oblivious to the flying saucer that is sitting in the field behind them! Done with Gorey’s characteristic minute detail and quite wonderful. $8500.00

EACH BOOK SIGNED BY GOREY 45. GOREY,EDWARD. OMINOUS GATHERING. Zurich: Diogenes (1975). 7” square, 8 books in pictorial case by Gorey, all in Fine condition. Containing Fatal Lozenge, Utter Zoo, Blue Aspic, Other Statue, Sinking Spell, Remembered Visit, Eleventh Episode, Eine Seltsame Sammlung (this last is a German translation of the first 7 titles). Printed on quality paper, #46 Club der Bibliomanen. EACH OF THE EIGHT BOOKS IS SIGNED BY GOREY on the title page. Toledano A61. $500.00

SIGNED 47. GOREY, EDWARD. THE OTHER STATUE. NY: Simon & Schuster (1968). Oblong 8 1/4 x 6”, pictorial boards, Fine in fine dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. This copy is SIGNED BY GOREY on the title page. Toledano A29a. $350.00

48. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. PHANTASMAGOREY: THE WORK OF EDWARD GOREY by Clifford Ross. Catalogue for exhibit at Yale April-Sept. 1974. 4to (6 3/4 x 10”), pictorial wraps, fine. Illustrated with cover by Gorey plus 19 plates. Forward by Dale Roylance. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY GOREY AND ROSS. Toledano p. 176. $200.00 914.764.7410 Pg  Aleph-Bet Books - Edward Gorey Catalogue 49. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. POSTCARDS. Following postcards are priced SCARCE GOREY individually. All are fine and unused unless noted. SEVERAL ARE SIGNED. MINIATURE BICYCLE WORSHIP - FROM BROKEN SPOKE FOR DODD MEAD 1976 (3 COPIES) 52. GOREY,EDWARD. EACH $15.00 Q.R.V. Boston: Bromer 1989. A miniature book measuring CYCLING COURTSHIP - FROM BROKEN SPOKE FOR DODD MEAD 1976 1 1/8 x 1 3/8”, decorative (2 COPIES ONE SL. SOILED) EACH.$15.00 boards, Fine. LIMITED TO 400 NUMBERED COPIES INNOCENCE ON BICYCLE OF PORPRIETY-FROM BROKEN SPOKE GOTHAM BOOK MART 1976 - (7 COPIES) EACH.$10.00 SIGNED BY GOREY. This copy is not numbered and NATIONAL POSTCARD WEEK: MAY 1-7, 1988 NUMBERED AND SIGNED is out of series marked o/ (3 COPIES ALL SIGNED) EACH.$65.00 s. Written as an homage to Isaac Watts, each text NATIONAL POSTCARD WEEK: MAY 7-13, 1989 $10.00 page faces a full page illustration in black and white. Toledano A97b. Scarce. $775.00

LIMITED EDITION WITH PICTORIAL ORDER CARD 50. GOREY,EDWARD. PRUNE PEOPLE II. NY: Albondocani Press 1985. Oblong 12mo (6 x 5”), pictorial wraps, Fine. 1st edition. LIMITED TO 300 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY GOREY. Printed on fine paper and handsewn. Printed on one SIGNED side of the paper, every page has a full page illustration with no text. Laid in is 53. GOREY,EDWARD. THE REMEMBERED VISIT. NY: Simon & Schuster the publisher’s order card that is illustrated by Gorey reproducing the cover of (1965). Oblong 8vo (7 1/4 x 6 1/4”), pictorial boards, Fine in sl. dusty near fine dust the book. Toledano A91b. $500.00 wrapper. Stated 1st edition. SIGNED BY GOREY on the title page. $250.00

TRUE FIRST - SIGNED 51. GOREY,EDWARD. PRUNE PEOPLE. NY: Albondocani Press 1983. Oblong 12mo 54. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. RUMPELSTILTSKIN retold by Edith Tarcov. NY: (6 x 5”), pictorial wraps, Fine. 1st edition. LIMITED TO 400 NUMBERED COPIES Scholastic (1973). 8vo (6 x 8 1/8”), pictorial wraps, slight bit of soil, VG+. True SIGNED BY GOREY. Printed on fine paper and handsewn. Printed on one side of the 1st edition, preceding the hardcover edition. Illustrated in color by Gorey. paper with a full page illustration on every page and without text. Toledano A88b. SIGNED BY GOREY on the title page. Scarce. Toledano B57a. $300.00 $475.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg  [email protected] 55. (GOREY,EDWARD). SALT HERRING by Charles Cros, translated from the SIGNED WITH PROSPRECTUS French. NY: Gotham Book Mart 1971. Oblong 12mo (6 1/4 x 5 1/4”), pictorial 58. GOREY,EDWARD. STORY FOR SARA. NY: Albondocani Press 1971. Oblong wraps, very slightly sunned on spine else near fine. 1st edition. LIMITED TO 300 6 1/8 x 5 1/4”, pictorial wraps, Fine. 1st edition. LIMITED TO 26 LETTERED NUMBERED COPIES, this copy is not numbered or signed on the limitation page COPIES FOR USE OF THE AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER SIGNED BY GOREY. but it is SIGNED BY GOREY ON THE TITLE PAGE. Toledano B49b. $400.00 Printed on fine paper and handsewn. Laid in is the publisher’s order card that is illustrated by Gorey reproducing the cover of the book. THIS CARD IS ALSO SIGNED BY GOREY. Toledano A41a. $1500.00

59. [GOREY,EDWARD]. THE STUPID JOKE by Eduard Blutig. Fantod Press 1990. Oblong 12mo (6 x 5”), pictorial wraps, fine. 1st separate edition, first published in . LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY GOREY. Written using one of his pseudonyms. Toledano A100. $400.00

56. GOREY,EDWARD. THE SINKING SPELL. NY: Ivan Obolensky (1964). 12mo (5 x 6 1/8”), pictorial wraps, fine. 1st ed. This copy is SIGNED BY GOREY. Toledano A17a. Every page of text faces a full page illustration by Gorey. $300.00

3 SIGNED BOOKS 60. GOREY,EDWARD. THREE BOOKS FROM THE FANTOD PRESS: THE DERANGED COUSINS, THE ELEVENTH EPISODE, [THE UNTITLED BOOK]. Fantod Press (1971). 3 books, pictorial wraps, faint crease on one cover else Fine in publisher’s VG+ tan printed envelope. Fine. Limited to 500 sets printed 57. GOREY,EDWARD. SOPPING THURSDAY. NY: Gotham Book Mart 1970. by Gorey’s press, each of these books is SIGNED BY GOREY on the title page. Oblong 8vo (7 5/8 x 6”), pictorial wraps, Fine. LIMITED TO 300 NUMBERED Toledano A42b. $1200.00 COPIES SIGNED BY GOREY. Toledano A35b. $400.00 914.764.7410 Pg 10 Aleph-Bet Books - Edward Gorey Catalogue 3 BOOKS SIGNED GOREY’S FIRST BOOK SIGNED 61. GOREY,EDWARD. THREE BOOKS FROM THE FANTOD PRESS: THE 65. GOREY,EDWARD. UNSTRUNG HARP. NY & Bost: Duell,Sloan and Pearce & EVIL GARDEN, THE INANIMATE TRAGEDY, THE PIOUS INFANT. Fantod Little Brown (1953). 8vo (5 1/4 x 7 5/8”), pictorial boards, slight rubbing on bottom Press (1966). 3 books, housed in publisher’s yellow printed envelope. Books fine, edge, owner name on ep, VG+ (no dw). 1st edition, second printing the same month as envelope neatly mended. Limited to 500 sets printed by Gorey’s press, each of the first. GOREY’S FIRST BOOK with wonderful full page illustrations facing each these books is SIGNED BY GOREY on the title page. Toledano A24. $1200.00 page of text. SIGNED BY GORY on the title page. Toledano A1b. $150.00

SIGNED 62. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. TREEHORN’S TREASURE by Florence Parry Heide. NY: Holiday House (1981). Oblong 8vo (7 1/4 x 6 1/4”), pictorial cloth, Fine GOREY’S FIRST BOOK SIGNED in dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. This is a charming children’s story with 66. GOREY,EDWARD. UNSTRUNG HARP. NY & Boston: Duell,Sloan and Pearce & tongue-in-cheek full page illustrations by Gorey. SIGNED BY GOREY on the title Little Brown. (1953). 8vo (5 1/8 x 7 5/8”), pictorial boards, light egde rubbing else page. Toledano B66a. $250.00 near fine in dust wrapper frayed at spine ends but VG. Stated 1st edition of GOREY’S FIRST BOOK, with wonderful full page illustrations facing each page of text. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY GOREY on the title page. Toledano A1a. $750.00

63. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. TREEHORN’S WISH by Florence Parry Heide. NY: Holiday House (1984). Oblong 8vo (7 1/4 x 6 1/4”), pictorial cloth, Fine in dust wrapper. Stated 1st edition. A wonderful children’s story with tongue-in-cheek full page illustrations by Gorey. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY GOREY on the title page. Toledano B72a. $250.00

ALISON LURIE’S FIRST BOOK 67. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. V.R. LANG A MEMOIR by . Munich, Privately Printed for the Author, 1959. 4to (6 1/2 x 9 1/2”), 79 [1]p., stiff pictorial wraps, Fine in original glassine. First edition of LURIE’S FIRST BOOK LIMITED TO 300 COPIES. Illustrated by Gorey with a full page cover illustration. The text is the memoir of “Bunny” Lang, a poet, actress and author who died young at 32 years of age. $450.00

64. [GOREY,EDWARD]. THE TUNING FORK by Eduard Blutig. Fantod Press 1990. Oblong 12mo (6 x 5”), pictorial wraps, Fine. 1st separate edition, first published in Amphigorey Also. LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY GOREY. Each page of text faces a full page illustration. Written using one of Gorey’s pseudonyms. Scarce. Toledano A101. $600.00

68. (GOREY,EDWARD)illus. WAR OF THE WORLDS by H.G. Wells. NY: Looking Glass Library (1960). 8vo (5 x 7 3/8”), pictorial cloth, slight bit of rubbing else fine. Illustrated by Gorey with color cover and with b&w’s in-text. Toledano B11b. $85.00 Helen & Marc Younger Pg 11 [email protected] 69. GOREY,EDWARD. WILLOWDALE HANDCAR OR THE RETURN OF THE BLACK DOLL. Indianpolis: Bobbs Merrill (1962). 8vo (5 3/4 x 5 7/8”), stiff pictorial wraps, verly light rubbing, VG-Fine. 1st edition. SIGNED BY GOREY on the title page. Toledano A10a. $375.00

SIGNED 70. GOREY,EDWARD. WUGGULY UMP. Philadelphia: Lippincott (1963). Oblong 12mo (6 1/8 x 5 1/4”), pictorial boards, fine in slightly soiled dust wrapper. 1st edition. A children’s book illustrated in color and SIGNED BY GOREY on the title page. Toledano A15a. $250.00

SIGNED BY VAN ALLSBURG * MOSER * * DE PAOLA 71. (VAN ALLSBURG,CHRIS)illus and others. FOR OUR CHILDREN edited by Elizabeth Glaser. (Walt Disney 1991). 4to, cl. backed boards, new in dw. 1st ed. 20 song lyrics from a record album performed by the world’s leading recoriding artists, illustrated by the leading children’s book illustrators, the proceeds of the record and this book benefit the Pediatric Aids Foundation. Illustrated by , BARRY MOSER, TOMIE DE PAOLA, EDWARD GOREY, JERRY PINKNEY, MICHAEL HAGUE, DAVID MACAULAY, RICHARD EGIELSKI, MARC SIMONT, and others. This copy is SIGNED BY VAN ALLSBURG, BARRY MOSER, JERRY PINKNEY AND TOMIE DE PAOLA. $125.00