Amphigorey, Signed (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 7TH PRINTING. Cloth & boards binding in dust wrapper with shallow chipping at spine ends, price clipped. SIGNED by Gorey on title page above his printed signature with typical slash thru the printed signature. Entirely clean and free of any former owner marking. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VERY GOOD condition ? DUST JACKET: Minor chipping to top of spine and all outside corners w/voids present at top edge and top outside corner of front panel. Minor chipping to top edges, both panels. Open tears to upper fold, rear flap. Minor dampstaining to top center of reverse. BOARDS: Very good condition. A couple of small bumps to lower spine. BOOK: Very good condition. Faint foxing spots to textblock head. Please inspect photos and read description closely for condition details.************************** Here on offer is a very nice copy of Edward Gorey's omnibus, Amphigorey Too, his second compilation of early books, 20 in all, from The Beastly Baby (1962) to A Limerick (1973). This copy is a 1st trade edition, 1st printing of the work published by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1975, and discreetly SIGNED by the author on the title page. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve. ***************************************************** "This follow-up to the darkly humorous Amphigorey is wittier, more macabre, and more wondrous than ever. Master illustrator and iconic gothic storyteller Edward Gorey gives his fans 20 more nonsensically and mind-bending tales that draw fans and unsuspecting newcomers into a world only he can create. Gorey's pen-and-ink drawings spur the imagination and satisfy fans of art and the good storytelling. ***** Some of the 20 stories in this collection include: ***** 'The Beastly Baby' 'The Pious Infant' 'The Evil Garden' 'The Inanimate Tragedy' 'The Osbick Bird' 'The Deranged Cousins' 'The Abandoned Sock' 'Story for Sara' 'A Limerick' " ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Edward St. John Gorey (February 22, 1925 April 15, 2000) was an American writer, Tony Award-winning costume designer, and artist, noted for his own illustrated books as well as cover art and illustration for books by other writers. His characteristic pen-and-ink drawings often depict vaguely unsettling narrative scenes in Victorian and Edwardian settings. ||||| . . . His first independent work, The Unstrung Harp, was published in 1953. He also published under various pen names, some of which were anagrams of his first and last names, such as Ogdred Weary, Dogear Wryde, Ms. Regera Dowdy, and dozens more. His books also feature the names Eduard Blutig ("Edward Gory"), a German-language pun on his own name, and O. Müde (German for O. Weary). ||||| . . . Gorey classified his own work as literary nonsense, the genre made most famous by Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. ||||| In response to being called gothic, he stated, "If you're doing nonsense it has to be rather awful, because there'd be no point. I'm trying to think if there's sunny nonsense. Sunny, funny nonsense for childrenoh, how boring, boring, boring. As Schubert said, there is no happy music. And that's true, there really isn't. And there's probably no happy nonsense, either." ********** The above text was taken from, respectively, Penguin Publishing (via Google Books) and Wikipedia.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Scarce signed first trade edition. Signed in his usual way, with Gorey's signature next to his scratched out printed name on the title page. Very Good in a Very Good Minus dust jacket. Touch of foxing to top page edges and a hint of bowing to front board. Unmarked but for author's signature. Jacket has moderate edge-wear, including a tiny tear on rear flap and a one-inch tear near upper corner of front panel. Jacket spine is mildly toned. Publisher's original $20 price intact on front flap. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Pictorial hardcover. Stated first edition. Limited edition #55 of 250 signed/numbered copies signed by Gorey to the colophon. Fine condition in price clipped DJ (as issued? ) The slipcase has hint shelf sunning, trace shelf soil. ; quarto; 300 pages; Signed by Author.

Edward Gorey (illustrator). A really lovely signed first edition of Edward Gory's 'Amphigory Also' from 1983. The near fine dust jacket is in a protective sleeve and is unclipped. The book itself is in almost new condition except for a crease in the front left endpaper (pictured). This is only the endpaper and does not affect the cover of the book. For this reason it is listed as near fine.

Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: Very Good/Good. Black & White/Color Illus. (illustrator). First Edition. New York, NY: Congdon & Weed. Very Good/Good. (1983). First Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. Inscribed and signed by the author . 4to., unpaginated, DJ price-clipped, rubbed, small tearsin DJ folds .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Dustjacket has blotches and edgewear and a closed tear to lower edge of front panel. It isn't particularly attractive - see image, but it also is covered with a clear, vinyl sleeve. Slight musty smell from storage. ; Signed by the author on the title page to Condor Rogers, noted journalist and editor at the New York Times. "These fifteen titles, published between 1953 and 1965, feature stories told in cross-hatched pictures and (mostly) rhyming couplets, generously spaced in this hardcover book. In this collection the panels of these books are rearranged to fill both sides of a much larger spread, which gives the stories a slightly different feel." [woodrow phoenix] ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. First Printing. Text block only very slightly pulled from spine backing, near fine in price-clipped dust jacket with light wear and shallow chipping top spine. Signed by Gorey on the title page; Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. Originally published by Congdon & Weed in 1983, this is properly the Second Edition, identified as "First Edition" on copyright page by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Toledano A85g. A Fine copy in illustrated paper covered boards in dustwrapper of same design, not price-clipped, decorated endpapers. Same contents as the first edition. Unpaginated. Collects 17 previously published volumes. Though uncalled for, this copy is SIGNED by Gorey above his name on the title page. Q19468.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. Limited Issue. #164/250 copies, Numbered and SIGNED by Gorey on a preliminary limitation page. Unpaginated. A compendium of 17 short narratives previously published, a follow-on to the Author's previous omnibuses Amphigorey and Amphigorey Too. A Very Fine copy in grey decorated paper covered boards, in Very Fine dustwrapper of same design, in a Near Fine black paper slipcase with side label, just a little faded at edges. Toledano A85a. Q19139.

First Edition. AMPHIGOREY ALSO, Congdon & Weed, 1983, first edition, fine in like color pictorial boards and matching dust-wrapper with slipcase. Profusely illustrated in both color and black & white. #4/250 copies SIGNED by the author.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Third printings. Small quartos. Glossy wrappers. Both volumes are very near fine, one with a slightly toned spine and light rubbing at the shoulders and the other with a bit of faint soil at the spine. The interiors are fine. Housed in a moderately worn, pictorial slipcase with a cool image of Gorey in a box (and a cat), with Gotham Book Mart printed at the bottom of the foredge. Both volumes briefly Inscribed by Gorey on the title page and Signed by him beneath his crossed-out printed name. The slipcased set, which was only sold at the Gotham Book Mart, is very uncommon.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. The 1972 signed/limited edition, #32 OF 50 COPIES SIGNED BY EDWARD GOREY at the limitation. This edition calls for "an original ink and water colour drawing by the author", which this copy lacks. Still though, very scarce as such and a lovely copy to boot. Tight and Near Fine in its laminate boards. And in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with a tiny chip at the rear panel's top-edge and a miniscule closed tear to the front panel's lower-edge. Quarto, internally immaculate, with no writing or markings of any kind. Also includes a sturdy, VG example (light soiling to the title label and along the rear panel) of the publisher's printed slipcase, which has clearly protected the book and dustjacket very well. Signed.

First Edition. AMPHIGOREY, Putnams, 1972, first edition, bottom fore edge corner tips slightly bumped, else near fine in color pictorial cloth boards in like dust-wrapper save for several small chips. Profusely illustrated of course. Signed by the author / illustrator. Collects 15 previous titles of which several appear here between cloth covers for the first time.

PICTORIAL HARD COVER. Condition: VERY GOOD+. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD. *FIRST EDITION*. THIS IS A CLEAN STRONG TIGHT COPY THAT IS GENTLY BUMPED. SEVERAL DUST JACKET TEARS HAVE BEEN REINFORCED WITH TAPE ON THE INSIDE. WHILE NOT WHAT YOU OR I WOULD HAVE DONE, THE FLAWS ARE EASY TO MISS. THE DUST JACKET IS SURPRISINGLY WELL PRESERVED IN A PROTECTIVE PLASTIC COVER. NO LOSS, NO TATTERING. CLEAN AND COLORFUL. Size: QUARTO. SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. Very near fine in near fine dustwrapper with two short tears and slight toning at the spine. Signed by Gorey. A nice copy.

Condition: Very Good. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons / Gotham Book Mart, 1977-78. Volume I a third printing; Volume II first thus. Both volumes signed by Edward Gorey without inscriptions at title pages. Two quarto volumes. Unpaginated. Illustrations throughout, some color. Housed in a Gotham Book Mart slipcase picturing Gorey in a box with a cat on top. Mild edgewear and spotting to both volumes; creasing to spines; long diagonal crease to Volume I front cover; slight curling at corners. Bindings sound and pages unmarked. Slipcase worn along edges with splits near open edge; rather scuffed, but remains structurally sound; overall a Very Good copy of a scarce Gorey item.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. First edition, first printing. A signed copy in the exceedingly rare first state. One of only six advance copies incorrectly bound by the publisher in decorated paper over boards rather than decorated cloth; production was immediately stopped and publication was delayed. The publisher recalled two of the six copies, but the other four apparently circulated before they were recalled. The paper covered boards appear to use the same or very similar paper that was eventually used in the dustwrapper. Additionally this is an association copy, signed by Edward Gorey on the title page and inscribed to Andreas [Brown], longtime owner of the Gotham Book Mart. The Gotham Book Mart was a famous Manhattan bookstore and cultural landmark which was credited for promoting and building the success and career of the Gorey. The store became the commercial flagship of Gorey's works, selling his books, calendars, greeting cards, T-shirts, and other products. It published 15 of Gorey's books and the store gallery hosted exhibitions of his illustrations, as well as public signings by the author. Brown was named as one of the coexecutors of Gorey's estate, after he died in 2000. Near Fine with light toning to spine, light wear to corners, several small cup rings to bottom of front cover, light soiling to bottom textblock edge. In a Near Fine likely supplied (no cup rings) dust jacket. Housed in a custom cloth chemise case. A scarce item and a stopper for collectors of Gorey's oeuvre, not mentioned in the bibliography of his works by Henry Toleando.