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Glasgow: Bryce, David, & Son, (c. 1900-1905). Five miniature volumes. (127); (127); (240); (384); (127)pp. The volumes included are: Golden Thoughts from Great Authors; Witty, Humorous, and Merry Thoughts; Robert Burns' Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect; The Smallest English Dictionary in the World; and Old English, Scotch, and Irish...

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(Carrollton, OH: Press on Scroll Road, 2007). Quarto. xv, (21)pp. One of 60 copies. A book of thirteen poems by Irish poet Peter Fallon, with three color illustrations by Carol Blinn, title-page calligraphy by Jerry Kelly, and a foreword by Wendell Berry. Bound by Priscilla Spitler in marbled paper-covered boards...

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NY: Esquire Magazine, c. 1966. 16mo. First edition. Accordionfold booklet with three illustrations by Gorey. Esquire's pitch to prospective advertisers is framed around a Sherlock Holmes vignette in which Watson uses Holmes's deductive reasoning to conclude that if one wants access to the heaviest periodical readers, one should advertise with...

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NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982. First Gorey edition. Signed by Gorey on the title page. Illustrations offering a fresh interpretation of such characters as "The Rum Tug Tugger" and "Macavity: the Mystery Cat", who have elsewhere been brought to life on stage in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats. Spine...

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(Zurich: Diogenes, 1975). Original etching. One of 120 copies. Signed by Gorey. The etching depicts a young girl dressed for exercise, grasping dumbbells and standing over a mattress. To her left, her "friend," a large lizard-like creature with short arms, leans against gymnastic rings. Image measures approximately 4 by 5...

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NY: Albondocani Press, 1971. Oblong 12mo. (18)ff. One of 300 copies, signed by Gorey. A cautionary tale, illustrated with Gorey's characteristic drawings. What happened to the little girl was not very nice; but then again, neither was she. Two small spots to front cover, else fine in yellow illustrated wrappers...

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(Middle Falls, NY: Toy Works), 1980. This bean bag bat with outstretched wings measures approximately fifteen inches from wingtip to wingtip. The fabric is printed with a black and white crosshatched pattern that is shaded on the wings and body to give the figure more dimensionality, evoking Gorey’s characteristic drawing.....

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Dublin: Cuala Press, 1941. Octavo. (xvi), (88)pp., unopened. First edition, limited to 500 copies. Title-page device of a hawk attacking a small bird by T. Sturge Moore, and colophon printed in red. A collection of letters, edited by Clifford Bax, between actress Florence Farr, playwright Bernard Shaw, and author W....

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NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1971. One of 300 copies, signed by Edward Gorey. A suspenseful, nonsensical tale told in verse and intended “to make all serious men mad, mad, mad, and to amuse children little, little, little.” Faint toning to spine, else fine in illustrated wrappers. (Toledano B49b).

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NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1988. First edition. One of 300 copies, signed by Beckett and Gorey. This title is the second and final collaboration between the author and the artist. Design and typography by Ronald Gordon and Dean Bornstein, and illustrated throughout with vignettes by Gorey. A fine copy in...

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NY: Albondocani Press, 1971. First edition. One of twenty-six lettered copies, signed by Gorey. An ironic tale, illustrated Gorey's characteristic drawings. What happened to the little girl was not very nice, but then again, neither was she. Some slight fading to spine and the faintest trace of soil to front...

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NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1988. First edition. One of twenty-six lettered copies, signed by Beckett and Gorey. The second and final collaboration between the author and the artist. Design and typography by Ronald Gordon and Dean Bornstein, and illustrated throughout with vignettes by Gorey. A fine copy in black boards...

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