James Cummins Bookseller

New York: Andrew Alpern, 1980.

Price: $750.00

About the item

First edition, no. 347 of 400 numbered copies (edition of 426), signed by Edward Gorey on the limitation leaf. Illustrated items in various small formats (some folding), including title leaf with self portrait. With printed limitation leaf and duplicated list of 25 items (no. 11, Density, with envelope and 7 drawings). Complete. 1 vols. 8vo. Loose in publisher’s ecru linen folding box, spine titled in gilt. Minor traces of rubbing to box, contents fine and fresh. Toledano A78b.

Item #353615

A choice and characteriscally bizarre selection of Gorey ephemera printed on different types and hues of paper, gathering Christmas greetings, drawings for magazines, unpublished sketches, book cover designs.
An attractive production.