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Gorey, Edward.:. An Ominous Gathering. 8 Hefte.. (Zürich), Diogenes, (1975)., 1975.
Price: US$98.66 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quer-8vo. (= "Club der Bibliomanen", Nr. 46). Bedruckte fadengeheftete OBrosch. im illustrierten OSchuber. Erste Ausgabe. - The Utter Zoo, The Remembered Visit, The Sinking Spell, The Blue Aspic (Deckeltitel "Der traurige Zwölfpfünder"), The Eleventh Episode, The Other Statue, The Fatal Lozenge. Beiheft "Eine seltsame Sammlung" Deutsche Annäherungen an "An Ominous Gathering" in Vers und Prosa v. Hans Wollschläger, Jörg Drews, Dieter E. Zimmer, Gerd Haffmans. Gut erhaltenes Set Sprache: Deutsch
Seller: Antiquariat Udo Schwörer, Pforzheim, Germany
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Grey printed card covers with small black illustration with author and title on front. Content clean bright and sound. No faults.
Seller: Old Favorites Bookshop LTD (since 1954), Stouffville, ON, Canada
Price: US$137.03 + shipping
Description: Brosch. im illustr. Schuber. Schuber geringf. berieben, sehr gutes Exemplar ** 30 % Rabatt. Rabattaktion wegen Lagerbereiningung **
Seller: Antiquariat am St. Vith, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Price: US$192.13 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: An Ominous Gathering::The Blue Aspic/The Other Statue/The Sinking Spell/ The Remembered Visit/The Eleventh Episode/The Fatal Lozenge/The Utter Zoo. Seven very clean, tight copies in an edge-worn box, which has a little fading, a split at the bottom of the "spine",and the odd foxing spot. No insc. Size: 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall
Seller: Florence books, Salisbury, WILTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$219.25 + shipping
Description: ca 180 Bl. mit zahlreichen s/w Illustrationen. Orig.-Karton im Orig.-Schuber. Erste Ausgabe.- (= Werk im Club der Bibliomanen 46).- Bände minimal lichtrandig, Schuber minimal fleckig. Gutes Exemplar.
Seller: Dieter Eckert, Bremen, Germany
Gorey, Edward. The Fatal Lozenge: An Alphabet. Diogenes Verlag, Zurich, Switzerland, 1975.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A humorous romp through the alphabet, with all sorts of savory & unsavory persons meeting ghastly ends, with illustrations from the brilliant mind & pen of Edward Gorey representing each letter. Unpaginated. Orig. published in the US in 1960 (see our listing #017924 for that true first edition), this is the first printing of the Swiss reprint (First, Thus) from 1975 from Diogenes, part of an 8-volume set called "An Ominous Gathering," #46 Club der Bibliomanen on CR page.Text in English. With light tan wrappers sewn together & decorated with Gorey illustrations on both front & back, SIGNED by the author/illustrator on title page. Condition is Near Fine: nearly as perfect as when issued save for a barely discernible shallow crease to top outer edge of front cover, echoed on next few pages. Otherwise, completely clean & bright, flawless! Our 5 photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. An ominous gathering. 8 Hefte.. Zürich, Diogenes, 1975.
Price: US$338.65 + shipping
Description: 17 x 17,8 cm, je Heft zwischen 32 und 64 S., alle (ausser dem Beiheft : Eine seltsame Sammlung. Deutsche Annäherungen an ' An ominous gathering) durchgeh. in s / w ill., in ill. Schuber : The blue aspic / The other statue / The sinking spell / The remembered visit / The eleventh episode / The fatal lozenge / The utter zoo sowie das Beiheft, dieses etwas gebracuht, die übrigen sind in gutem Zustand
Seller: Antiquariat A. Wempe, Sarnen, Switzerland
GOREY, Edward as Raddory Gewe. The Eleventh Episode. Diogenes, Zürich, 1975.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition thus. Illustrated by Gorey as "Om." Oblong slim 12mo. Text in English. Fine in sewn wrappers. Signed on the title page as "Raddory Gewe" (an anagram for Edward Gorey). Issued unsigned with seven other titles as "an ominous gathering," Number 46 in the series "Club der Bibliomanen."
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.