Sale 21BP03 | Lot 168

GOREY, EDWARD A large miscellany with many signed items.

Catalogue: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
GOREY, EDWARD  A large miscellany with many signed items.

Lot Details

Lot 168
GOREY, EDWARD A large miscellany with many signed items.
Various dates and publishers, most in original bindings of issue, about 35 items signed. Some wear, particularly to the older items, sold as collection and not subject to return.

Comprising: The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millennium, 1999, six copies of the signed limited edition of 750 copies, in dust jackets and slipcases, with two signed copies of the uncorrected proof, and one example of the stuffed beanbag Bahhum Bug toy, fine; The Haunted Tea-Cosy, 1997, three signed copies from the edition of 500, in dust jackets and slipcases, fine; The Raging Tide, three copies, 1987, each one of 200 signed copies, boards in jacket; Dracula, 1996, the Definitive Edition signed on the title page, decorated cloth; The Broken Spoke, two copies, 1976, signed, cloth in jacket; The Object Lesson, 1958, signed, cloth in jacket; The Water Flowers, three signed copies of the first edition, 1982, cloth in jacket; an advance uncorrected galley of The Lollipop Trollops, signed by Gorey and Alexander Theroux (one of 9 copies per note at front), wrappers; The Doubtful Guest, London, 1958, signed, cloth in jacket; The Blue Aspic, three signed copies, 1968, boards in jacket; The Ghastlycrumb Tinies, 1962, signed, boards in jacket; three sets of the Dogear Wryde Postcards, Interpretive Series, each signed on the envelope; six sets of Q.R.V. Hikuptah: A Dozen Dogear Wryde Postcards, each signed on the envelope; and about 20 other books and ephemeral items, a few signed.


Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Sold for $1,638 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Sold for $1,638 (includes buyer's premium)

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