The Dripping Faucet

Gorey, Edward

Published by Metacom Press, Worcester, MA, 1989

Condition: Near Fine

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First edition, signed limited deluxe issue. One of 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey and with illustrations hand-colored by him as well. Near Fine with shallow, faint creases to wraps. Tall, thin quarto (2 1/4" x 11"), in publisher's string-bound illustrated mustard wraps printed in black. A "cut-apart" book with four sheets sliced in nine sections, allowing 1,458* combinations of tiny, tedious and terrible tales to be told. (*Toleando claims a combination of 2,903 different ways it can be read, while the cover states 1,458.) Toledano A94a. Seller Inventory # 140942386

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Title: The Dripping Faucet

Publisher: Metacom Press, Worcester, MA

Publication Date: 1989

Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition.

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