Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Gorey, Edward. Dracula: A Toy Theatre. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A toy theater based on the sets and costumes of the Broadway production as designed by Edward Gorey. Complete. Illustrated covers, very good with light shelf-wear and edgewear, heavy bump to spine foot. Spiralbound; binding sound. Pages lightly toned, with faint staining to bottom margin of last few pages, without effect on text or illustrations. Interior else clean and unmarked.
Seller: The Book Bin, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward; Stoker, Bram. Dracula: A Toy Theatre. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1979.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good condition lightly read spiral-bound softcover with the sets and costumes of the Broadway production of the play Dracula designed by Gorey. Contains full numberline. Pages toned. Interior pages intact. Pea-sized stain base text block. Base front cover degraded probably due to insect exposure. This book has been through a mitigation process out of an abundance of caution. Due to size, this book is not eligible for international or expedited service.
Seller: Shade of the Cottonwood, Lawrence, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: (44) Pp. This book is based on the sets and costumes created by Edward Gorey for his award -winning Broadway production of Dracula Illustrated card covers with ring binding
Seller: Schooner Books Ltd.(ABAC/ALAC), Halifax, NS, Canada
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing. Original spiral-bound wrappers, 4to. Tiniest bit of horizontal creasing near left edge of wrapper just beneath word 'Dracula', else Very Good+.
Seller: Ted Kottler, Bookseller, Redondo Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing. One tiny color flake off at top edge of front cover else FINE, a sharp copy entirely free of any former owner marking.
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The sets and costumes of the Broadway production of the play designed by Edward Gorey.Grey illustrated Front and back card covers with spiral binding. This book is based on the costumes by Edward Gorey for his award-winning Broadway production of Dracula. Content clean bright and sound.
Seller: Old Favorites Bookshop LTD (since 1954), Stouffville, ON, Canada
Gorey, Edward. Dracula Toy Theatre. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979, 1979.
Price: US$156.00 + shipping
Description: VG+ in spiral bound stiff wrapper, 1st edition. Folio. Lightly bumped corners. Edward Gorey presents a complet set and costume design for the Broadway production of Dracula. The book is composed of cut out scenery and paper dolls for the actors. Witty, ingenious and downright horrifying. Gorey capture the feel as no other could. A must for collectors.
Seller: Black and Read Books, Music & Games, Arvada, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition book of construct-it-yourself miniature sets, characters, and costumes created by Edward Gorey for the 1978 Broadway production of Bram Stokers Dracula. Published in 1979 by Charles Scribners Sons. Folio spiral bound stiff card wrappers, 20 pages printed only on rectos, with 42 b/w illustrations, all uncut. Light creasing to bottom corner of textblock. Light bumping and rubbing to wrappers.
Seller: Weinberg Modern Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First (and only) printing. A Fine copy ringbound charcoal black and white sheets. Cut-out book with sets and formats printed on one side of each sheet. Large format. Gorey won a Tony Award for the costume designs. Q13867
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. Dracula A Toy Theatre. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979, 1979.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition with a 1 present in the number line, Toledano A73; Folio; pictorial stiff wraps with metal spiral binding, softcover; black and white illustrations; "The sets and costumes of the Broadway production of the play designed by Edward Gorey" for which he won a Tony Award; contains furnishings which can be cut and assembled for three sets of the play; top corner edge is lightly bumped and some very light edgewear to wraps else very good.
Seller: WellRead Books A.B.A.A., Northport, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: [DRAMA] [ILLUSTRATED] [ACTIVITY BOOK]. First edition, first printing. Folio (15" x 10 ¼); 20 [1]pp; stiff b&w pictorial wrappers, black metal spiral binding; light sunning to front wrapper, light horizontal crease to rear wrapper lower corner; near fine. A wonderful activity book for grown-ups who love all things Edward Gorey (1925-2000) and the Gothic novel Dracula written by Bram [Abraham] Stoker (1847-1912). The stage play was written by Hamilton Dean in 1924 and toured England. It was revised by John Balderston, and first performed on Broadway in 1927 with Bella Lugosi as the lead character of Dracula. In 1977 it returned to Broadway at the Fulton Theatre with sets designed by Edward Gorey. The book includes instructions for the assembly of the toy theatre, a synopsis of the plot of the play with a list of the cast of characters and scenes. Eighteen pages to cut out and fold together to form the stage and players.
Seller: Sandra L. Hoekstra Bookseller, Thomaston, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: - Folio, 15 inches high by 10 inches wide. Softcover, spiral-bound pictorial black-and-white stiff wrappers with decorations & vignettes by Edward Gorey adorning the front and rear covers. The edges of the covers are very lightly rubbed with a tiny chip to the head of the spine. Pages 1-20 & (1), printed on one-side only. Illustrated with cut-outs by Gorey in black & white throughout. All of the cut-outs are intact. Very good. First edition, signed on the title page by Gorey. First printing with the full number line.[Toledano A-73] "This book contains adaptations of the three sets for the play, with furnishings that can easily be cut out and assembled, along with the play's eight characters and other appropriately atmospheric details. Also included is a brief story synopsis so that you can stage your very own miniature production of this classic vampire tale." -[Quoted from the rear cover of the book].
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$440.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 42pp, 20 monochrome illustrations + cover. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the book of construct-it-yourself miniature sets, characters, and costumes and created by Edward Gorey for the 1978 Broadway theatrical production of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" that premiered with Raul Julia in the title role. A bright, most handsome complete and uncut example of this delightful item additionally SIGNED "Edward Gorey" in the artist's calligraphic script in ink above his crossed-through printed name on the title page - as was his custom with this title - showing an unobtrusive margin of brownish discoloration along the lower edge of the inside rear cover and last few pages. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase.
Seller: Arcana: Books on the Arts, Culver City, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Folio, Signed by the artist on the title page with the printed name crossed-out as usual.
Seller: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. Dracula: A Toy Theatre. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A toy theater after the sets and costumes of the Broadway production, designed by Edward Gorey. Complete. Signed by Gorey at title page. First printing, with number line beginning at 1. 20 pages. Illustrated covers, very good with small stain or toned sticker ghost at front panel, near the fore-edge; light general edgewear; tiny chip from front corner of spine head. Spiralbound, binding sound. In black paper dust wrapper, scuffed, edgeworn, with a small closed tear from bottom edge of rear panel and another from top edge of the front, and numerous horizontal small tears across the spine, a likely consequence of the spiral binding, as even where whole there are faint horizontal impressions/indentations marching up the DJ spine. Interior clean, text and illustrations free of markings. Stored and sold in protective sleeve.
Seller: The Book Bin, Salem, OR, U.S.A.