[Rarebooks] FS: 10 by Edward Gorey, just cataloged, including some scarce titles

[Charles Agvent]

1.  GOREY, Edward. 15 TWO (THE NURSERY FRIEZE). [New York]: (The Fantod 
Press), (1964). First Edition. Thin oblong sextodecimo (6-1/2" x 
2-1/2"), unpaginated, in printed orange wraps. One of 500 copies 
illustrated throughout by Gorey in black and white. About Fine. 
(#017329)        $400.00

2.  GOREY, Edward. CATEGORY. FIFTY DRAWINGS BY EDWARD GOREY. 
[Jerusalem]: Adama Books, (1973). First Edition. White glazed boards 
(5-3/4" x 5-3/4"); unpaginated. Illustrated in color by Gorey. About 
Fine. (#017336)        $50.00

3.  GOREY, Edward. THE DOUBTFUL GUEST. London: Putnam, (1958). First 
British Edition. Oblong pictorial boards (8-1/2" x 6") in dustwrapper; 
unpaginated. Illustrated in black-and-white by Gorey. Near Fine in a 
lightyl soiled, Near Fine dustwrapper. (#017337)     $150.00

4.  GOREY, Edward. THE FATAL LOZENGE. New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc, 
(1960). First Edition. Second Issue with $1.75 price on the front. Small 
(5" x 6-1/8") booklet in pictorial wraps; unpaginated. Illustrated 
throughout by Gorey in black and white. Near Fine. (#017333)        $50.00

5.  GOREY, Edward. THE HAPLESS CHILD. New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc, 
(1961). First Edition. Pictorial wraps (7" x 7-3/4"); unpaginated. 
Illustrated throughout by Gorey in black and white. Very faint dampstain 
to bottom corner. Very Good. (#017334)        $50.00

6.  GOREY, Edward. THE TUNNEL CALAMITY. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 
1984. First Edition. Flexible boards (6-3/4" x 6-1/2") bound accordion 
style with a peephole on the front cover; unpaginated. "A Series of 
Extraordinary Scenes in Three Dimensions" illustrated by Gorey. About 
Fine. (#017335)        $75.00

7.  GOREY, Edward. THE WATER FLOWERS. New York: Congdon & Weed, Inc., 
(1982). First Edition. Oblong pictorial boards (7-1/4" x 6-1/4") in 
dustwrapper; unpaginated. Illustrated in black-and-white by Gorey. Near 
Fine in a lightyl soiled, Near Fine dustwrapper. (#017338)        $50.00

8.  GOREY, Edward. THE WILLOWDALE HANDCAR OR THE RETURN OF THE BLACK 
DOLL. Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 
(1962). First Edition. Small (5-3/4" x 6") booklet in pictorial wraps; 
unpaginated. illustrated throughout by Gorey in black and white. Very 
Good in a Very Good dustwrapper. (#017331)        $40.00

9.  (GOREY, Edward) WEARY, Odgred. THE BEASTLY BABY. [New York]: The 
Fantod Press, (1962). First Edition. Small (4-1/2" x 5-1/8") booklet in 
pictorial wraps; unpaginated. One of 500 copies illustrated throughout 
by Gorey in black and white. Possibly his scarcest title. About Fine. 
(#017330)        $1,000.00

10.  (GOREY, Edward) WEARY, Odgred. THE CURIOUS SOFA. A Pornographic 
Work. New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc, (1961). First Edition. Small 
(4-7/8" x 6") booklet in pictorial wraps; unpaginated. Illustrated 
throughout by Gorey in black and white. Near Fine. (#017332) $60.00

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