Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Edward Gorey. le Melange Funeste. Gotham Book Mart, New York, NY, 1981.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The cover is somewhat soiled - back and front - as well as on the first page (only). #279 of 500 and signed by Gorey. A fun flip book that is pure Gorey.
Seller: Otter Creek Used Books (VABA Member), Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. MÉLANGE FUNESTE. Gotham Book Mart, 1981.
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 6 3/4 inches. [16] illustrated leaves, printed recto only, each cut twice horizontally to form three new leaves. Original stiff pictorial wrappers, stapled, colophon printed on recto of rear wrapper leaf. Signed and numbered by the artist on the colophon. Fine. Number 495 of the first edition, limited to 526 copies (500 numbered copies for sale, 26 lettered copies reserved for the use of the artist and the publisher). An exquisite corpse-style "slice book," featuring various human and non-human figures each cut into three parts so that their heads, torsos, and legs can be combined in various ways. Interestingly, Gorey created the original drawings for the book already in "mixed" form. One of Gorey's eleven movable books and three cut-apart books. Toledano A81b.
Seller: W. C. Baker Rare Books & Ephemera, ABAA, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. LE MELANGE FUNESTE. Gotham Book Mart, New York, 1981.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 16mo. [6.75" X 4.75"] Illustrated stapled wrappers. [unpaginated] Limited/signed numbered: 287/500. Toledano A81b. SIGNED by Edward Gorey on the limitation page. A cut-apart book. A crisp, as new copy.
Seller: Waugh Books, Lawrence, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: ONE OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY EDWARD GOREY - Octavo, 6 3/4 inches high by 4 3/4/ inches wide. Softcover, bound in pictorial wrappers illustrated by Gorey. [16] leaves cut into three parts so that various images can be combined. Fine. First edition, number 194 of 500 copies signed by Edward Gorey. (Toledano A81b).
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. Melange Funeste. Gotham Book Mart, 1981.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed. Signed Limited Edition. Copy Number 417. Minimal wear and creases. Pages are clean and intact.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. Le Melange Funeste. Gotham Book Mart, 1981.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Numbered (#355 of 526) signed edition with gift note to the inside of the front cover. Small staple bound paperback with two horizontal cuts to text (creating three sections) allowing for various combinations of the images. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. Le Melange Funeste. Gotham Book Mart, NY, 1981.
Price: US$649.99 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Original pictorial wrappers. #492 of 500 copies signed by Gorey to the limitation page. Fine condition. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; Signed by Author
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. Le Melange Funeste. Gotham Book Mart, New York, 1981.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, Limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by the author, The text block is cut horizontally into three sections so that the illustrations of heads, torsos & legs can be mixed & matched into numerous combinations.
Seller: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. Mélange Funeste. Gotham Book Mart, New York, 1981.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: Limited. #266/500. Signed by the artist Edward Gorey on the Limitation page. Pictorial softcover.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. 1925-2000. Le Melange Funeste. Gotham Book Mart, New York, 1981.
Price: US$836.86 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 16mo. Original wrappers. This is copy no. 215 of 500 copies signed by Edward Gorey on the colophon. [16] illustrations that have been cut into three sections of body, head, and legs of both human and animal creatures, enabling the reader to flip through and add various features, morphing their own characters in a kafka esque manner. Bookplate of Olen J. Earnest. Light sunning to edges. A very small stain to top-edge of front cover. Light rubbing to covers, otherwise a very good copy.
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
Gorey, Edward. Le Melange Funeste. NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1981, 1981.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, Limited #54/500 copies and signed by Edward Gorey, Toledano A81b; 16mo.; pictorial stiff wraps with stapled binding, softcover; 16 unnumbered pages cut horizontally in thirds to flip and make different creatures; black and white illustrations; one small scuff at top spine end else a very good clean, tight copy.
Seller: WellRead Books A.B.A.A., Northport, NY, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. LE MELANGE FUNESTE. Gotham Book Mart, New York, 1981.
Price: US$925.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Gorey, Edward. LE MELANGE FUNESTE. [New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1981]. First edition. 16mo - 4-11/16" x 6-11/16". Stapled gray stiff paper wrappers with black pictorial stamping. [32]pp. The book contains sixteen black and white drawings by Edgar Gorey printed on rectos only of various creatures and people. Each of the sixteen drawings is cut into three sections, one for the head, one for the body and one for the legs, so that the book's viewer can combine the head, body and legs of any of the sixteen drawings to make an entirely new creature. Colophon states "This first edition of LE MELANGE FUNESTE is limited to five hundred and twenty-six copies. Five hundred copies numbered 1-500 are for sale; twenty-six copies lettered A-Z are for the use of the artist and the publisher. All copies are signed by the artist. This is copy 412." Signed by Edward Gorey on the colophon. The condition of the book is VERY FINE.
Seller: Wallace & Clark, Booksellers, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
GOREY, Edward. Melange Funeste. Gotham Book Mart, (New York), 1981.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. 12mo. Fine in wrappers as issued. One of 500 numbered copies Signed by Gorey. A "slice" book.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.