EDWARD GOREY
Updated 6/15/2011
Edward Gorey : 29 Books (listed by title)
[2401] Gorey, Edward (Drawings by) written by Frank Jacobs. Alvin Steadfast on Vernacular Island. Taplinger, 1979. First Trade. Soft Cover. Very Good + A nice copy, light corner bump. $20.00
[2406] Gorey, Edward and Peter F. Newmeyer. Donald Has a Difficulty. Capra Press, First Thus. Soft Cover. Nr Fine Nice copy. $40.00
[3158] Gorey, Edward. Jack the Giant Killer. Scholastic Magazine, 1973. First Edition. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. Nr Fine A wonderful foldout story illustrated by Gorey in orange and black. A very scarce Gorey item and signed by him on the front. Single long sheet, folded nine times to make an accordion booklet. 2.5 x 3.5 inches when closed. SIGNED by Gorey. Lucky Mini Book Vol 4. Toledano B55. $145.00
[504] Gorey, Edward (Drawings by) written by Ennis Rees. Lions and Lobsters and Foxes and Frogs. Young Scott Books (1971), First Edition. Signed by Illustrator. First Edition, Signed by Gorey, unread, nr fine/nr fine $145.00
[503] Gorey, Edward (Drawings by) written by Ennis Rees. More of Brer Rabbit's Tricks. Young Scott Books (1968), First Edition. Signed by Illustrator. First Edition, Signed by Gorey, unread, nr fine/ DJ vg+/nr fine $145.00
[2395] Gorey, Edward. Q R V, The Universal Solvent. The Fantod Press (1990), First Trade. Signed by Author. First Trade Edition, Wrappers, (first edition was a signed/limited miniature book), Signed by Gorey, unread, nr fine $175.00
[2431] Gorey, Edward. Summer Crime Fun. Bantam, 1997. First Thus. Postcard. As New This is a small promo card for Bantam paperback mysteries. This is a folded brochure, about 2x7 inches on heavy laminated paper, with only the front panel having a Gorey illustration of a house with a zepplin flying over it. Uncommon ephemera. $7.00
[2402] Gorey, Edward. The Awdrey-Gore Legacy. Beaufort , 1987. First Thus. Pictorial Cover. Nr Fine / vg+/nr Fine. A nice copy, this is the first Beaufort edition. $45.00
[2404] Gorey, Edward. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead, 1976. First Edition. Very Good+/Near Fine / vg+/nr Fine. The book is nice, but there is some slight foxing (like a paper was laid in) on the front endpaper, and remnants of a price sticker that was removed over the original price on the dustjacket, and some light staining on the top page edge which does not go into the pages. Includes some colorized illustrations, not just his normal black and white. $50.00
[2412] Gorey, Edward (illustrated by), Written By Edward Lear. The Dong with a Luminous Nose. Young Scott Books, 1969. First Edition. Signed by Illustrator. Nr Fine / vg+/nr Fine. A few rubs on the DJ. Signed by Gorey. $195.00
[3157] Gorey, Edward. The Dripping Faucet. ill. Gorey. Metacom Limited, 1989. First Edition, Signed/Limited. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. As New One of 526 copies, signed by Gorey. Featuring B/W illustrations on small flaps, which can be viewed in various combinations to create a plethora of different disturbing tales (Fourteen hundred and fifty eight tiny, tedious, & terrible tales). 2 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches, with nine individually-sewn signatures. As new. This is signed and numbered. $745.00
[2408] Gorey, Edward. The Fatal Lozenge. Switzerland: Diogenes, 1975. First Thus. Original Wraps. Nr Fine Nice copy. #46. Text in English. $45.00
[3177] Gorey, Edward. The Headless Bust. Harcourt, Brace, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New / As New. First printing, first edition. A Melancholy Meditation for the False Millennium. The inhabitants of the ever-so-popular Haunted Tea-Cosy return in a new holiday tale. As we wander off with Edward Gorey into the next millennium our reasons for being here are far from clear. Nevertheless, the master craftsmen is at his best . . .Ere the last guest was fin'lly gone. Ga va, hilas, from bad to worse: Adieu to prose, alls to verse. Full color. $20.00
[3176] Gorey, Edward. The Headless Bust. Harcourt, Brace, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New / As New. First printing, first edition. A Melancholy Meditation for the False Millennium. The inhabitants of the ever-so-popular Haunted Tea-Cosy return in a new holiday tale. As we wander off with Edward Gorey into the next millennium our reasons for being here are far from clear. Nevertheless, the master craftsmen is at his best . . .Ere the last guest was fin'lly gone. Ga va, hilas, from bad to worse: Adieu to prose, alls to verse. Full color. $15.00
[3156] Gorey, Edward. The Helpless Doorknob. 1989. First Edition, Signed/Limited. Signed. As New This first edition of The Helpless Doorknob made up of twenty card which can be read in 2,432,902,069,736,640,000 ways. This are laminated cards, about the size of a playing card, all placed in a small clear plastic box. One of 500 signed/limited. This is as new with no sunning, and the box is not cracked (not yet anyway). $595.00
[2413] Gorey, Edward (illustrated by), Written By Edward Lear. The Jumblies. Young Scott Books, 1968. First Edition. Signed by Illustrator. Nr Fine / vg+/nr Fine. Signed by Gorey. Unread. $195.00
[2410] Gorey, Edward. The Sinking Spell. Switzerland: Diogenes, 1975. First Thus. Original Wraps. Nr Fine Nice copy. #46. Text in English. $60.00
[2005] Gorey, Edward. The Tunnel Calamity. ill. Gorey. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1984. First Edition. Very Good+/Near Fine This is the fold out book, and you look through a window (like looking through a tunnel at a calamity), nice condition. This has not been abused by any child or adult. $145.00
[2399] Gorey, Edward. The Unknown Vegetable. The Fantod Press (1995), 1995. First Edition. Soft Cover. Signed by Author. As New First Edition, Wrappers, Signed/numbered, limited to 500, Signed by Gorey, unread, nr fine, as new. $350.00
[3174] Gorey, Edward. The Unstrung Harp; or Mr Earbrass Writes a Novel. Harcourt, Brace, 1999. First Thus. Hard Cover. As New / As New. First printing of this reprint edition, of the author's first book. Called "a small masterpiece" by the "Times Literary Supplement, " this book, originally published in 1953, takes a look at the literary life and its attendant woes: isolation, writer's block, professional jealousy, and plain boredom. Illustrations. $15.00
[3175] Gorey, Edward. The Unstrung Harp; or Mr Earbrass Writes a Novel. Harcourt, Brace, 1999. First Thus. Hard Cover. As New / As New. First printing of this reprint edition, of the author's first book. Called "a small masterpiece" by the "Times Literary Supplement, " this book, originally published in 1953, takes a look at the literary life and its attendant woes: isolation, writer's block, professional jealousy, and plain boredom. Illustrations. $20.00
[2409] Gorey, Edward. The Utter Zoo. Switzerland: Diogenes, 1975. First Thus. Original Wraps. Nr Fine Nice copy. #46. Text in English. $60.00
[2430] Gorey, Edward. The Water Flowers. Congdon & Weed (1982), First Edition. First Edition, Children's books for adults, unread, nr fine/nr fine, PC. $50.00
[2003] Gorey, Edward. The Water Flowers. Congdon & Weed (1982), First Edition. First Edition, Children's books for adults, unread, nr fine/nr fine $75.00
[501] Gorey, Edward. The Water Flowers. Congdon & Weed (1982), First Edition. Signed by Author. First Edition, SIGNED, Children's books for adults, unread, price clipped, nr fine/nr fine $175.00
[2396] Gorey, Edward (as by Dogear Wryde). Tragedies Topiares. Dogear Wryde Postcards (1989), First Edition, Signed/Limited. Signed by Author. First Edition, Postcards in envelope, signed/numbered, limited to 250, signed by Gorey, unread, nr fine $495.00
[2405] Gorey, Edward (illustrated by), Written By Florence Parry Heide. Treehorn's Wish. Holiday House, 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover. Nr Fine / Nr Fine. Nice copy. $40.00
[2398] Gorey, Edward (as by Dogear Wryde). Whatever Next ?. Dogear Wryde Postcards , 1990. First Edition, Signed/Limited. Signed by Author. First Edition, Postcards in envelope, signed/numbered, limited to 250, signed by Gorey, unread, nr fine $450.00
[2407] Gorey, Edward and Peter F. Newmeyer. Why We Have Day And Night. Capra Press, First Thus. Soft Cover. Nr Fine Nice copy. $40.00