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GOREY, Edward. THE BLACK DOLL a Silent Film. Gotham Book Mart, NY, 1973.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First trade edition in stiff paper wrappers with black dust jacket. Tiny inked number to corner of first page else NEAR FINE in dj with tiny onlaid illustration label.

Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.

Gorey, Edward. The Black Doll A Silent Film. Gotham Book Mart, New York, 1973.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 52 Pp. Card covers with black dust jacket

Seller: Schooner Books Ltd.(ABAC/ALAC), Halifax, NS, Canada

Gorey, Edward. The Black Doll: A Silent Film by Edward Gorey. Gotham Book Mart, 1973.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition. A first printing, in FINE condition.

Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.

Gorey, Edward. The Black Doll. Gotham Book Mart, 1973.

Price: US$80.00 + shipping

Description: 12mo, card wrapper, folded and stapled, card jacked with postage stamped pasted illustration. First edition.

Seller: Handbook, Toronto, ON, Canada

Gorey, Edward. The Black Doll: a Silent Film. Gotham Book Mart, New York, 1973.

Price: US$80.50 + shipping

Description: Softcover in dustjacket. 12mo. Book is in VG condition; spine is sunned and there is shelf wear to edges. Plain black dustjacket with a decorative plate depicting an obelisk. A clean copy, crisp and bright. 52 pp.

Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.

Gorey, Edward. The Black Doll: A Silent Film by Edward Gorey. Gotham Book Mart, 1973.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First printing stated. Black stapled softcover with small doll illustration on cover. Cover slightly faded around edges. Binding is good; pages are bright, clean, and unmarked. One small chip from front right edge of cover. 52 pp. PMPT TNOS HS

Seller: Ed's Editions LLC, ABAA, West Columbia, SC, U.S.A.

Gorey, Edward. The Black Doll; A Silent Film. Gotham Book Mart, New York, 1973.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo. Unprinted stapled wrappers in paper dustwrapper. 52 pp. First trade edition. A handsome very good copy in dustwrapper. The rare un-illustrated Gorey title.

Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.

GOREY, Edward. The Black Doll: A Silent Film. Gotham Book Mart, New York, 1973.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition, trade issue. 12mo. 52pp. Fine in stiff wrappers, in a fine dust jacket.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Gorey, Edward. The Black Doll. Gotham Book Mart, 1973.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: The Black Doll: A Silent Film. Black DJ, with light wear, top edge has a tiny chip at spine. Stapled binding. Name on inside front cover. P25-32 have some staining. First printing.

Seller: Bearly Read Books, Sudbury, MA, U.S.A.

Gorey, Edward. The Black Doll. Gotham Book Mart, New York, 1973.

Price: US$115.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A Silent film by Edward Gorey. Black dust jacket over plain grey wraps. Small white paper label illustration (Black Doll) on front of dust jacket. 52pp. Contents clean and sound.

Seller: Old Favorites Bookshop LTD (since 1954), Stouffville, ON, Canada

GOREY, Edward. The Black Doll: A Silent Film. Gotham Book Mart, New York, 1973.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition, trade issue. 12mo. Fine in wrappers, in fine, die-cut dustwrapper. A play.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Gorey, Edward. The Black Doll: A Silent Film. Gotham Book Mart, New York, New York, 1973.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: A screenplay that is "little known & never produced,'' featuring the first appearance of the Black Doll. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing from Gotham Book Mart, Feb. 1973, in soft gray wrappers, stapled binding, 52 pages. The book is Fine: flawless! Completely clean, no rust to staples, pages creamy vellum-white & unmarked. The black paper DJ is downgraded to Near Fine due to fading that wraps around spine on each side about 2". 1 tiny scrape directly in center under the front pastedown featuring Gorey's illustration of the Black Doll, which itself is clean with no edgewear but a faint crease to bottom. Our 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.. The Black Doll. A Silent Film.. The Gotham Book Mart, New York, 1973.

Price: US$135.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: The trade issue, Toledano A49c. Black dustwrapper with white illustrated label over stiff grey stapled wrappers. Fine in Fine. Clean and unmarked. 32pp. Q07902

Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.

Gorey, Edward.. The Black Doll. a Silent Film by Edward Gorey.. The Gotham Book Mart., New York, 1973.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First trade edition. Fine in stapled wrappers laid-into black card jacket. Pictorial stamp-size Gorey illustration a-fixed to front cover. (52pp. ) (5" x 7") Little known and never-produced screenplay. ; 5" x 7"; 52 pages

Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

Gorey, Edward. CATEGOR Y: Fifty Drawings by Edward Gorey. Gotham Book Mart, New York, 1973.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Square 24mo. [5.625" X 5.625"] Blue cloth, with white paper labels, with black lettering, on spine and front cover. Cream end papers. [unpaginated] Limited/signed numbered: 20/100. In publisher's light blue slipcase. Toledano A50b. SIGNED by Edward Gorey on the limitation page. Some spotting along spine. Slipcase has sun fading on spine and edges.

Seller: Waugh Books, Lawrence, KS, U.S.A.

Gorey, Edward. The Black Doll. New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition, first printing. Signed by Gorey on title page. Publisher's light gray paper wrappers; in the original black paper dust jacket, white paper label with Gorey's illustration of a black armless doll laid onto the front wrapper. About fine book with just a tiny crease to rear wrapper; fine unclipped dust jacket. Overall, an attractive and crisp copy. The Black Doll is Gorey's screenplay for an unproduced silent film. Like many of his works, the plot is set in a Victorian-esque setting. It tells the story of the black doll, a "PRO," or priceless ritual object, from the ancient Asian city of Glub (or Blug), which is sought after by various groups of people. The black doll figure is a recurring figure in Gorey's books, and makes appearances in The Listing Attic (1954), The Willowdale Handcar (1962), The Tunnel Calamity (1984), and The Raging Tide (1987). Gorey, a film buff particularly inspired by the works of Louis Feuillade, blends his own signature black humor with the tradition elements of silent film, creating a unique screenplay that provides much more insight into the author's thought process than many of his other books, which are hallmarked by their minimal use of text. In 1998, The Black Doll was reprinted along with several color illustrations by Gorey in Scenario, The Magazine of Screenwriting Art. In 2009, Pomegranate published a new, hardcover edition of The Black Doll with the Scenario illustrations, an interview with Gorey, and an introduction by Andreas Brown.

Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Gorey, Edward. The Black Doll: A Silent Film. Gotham Book Mart, NY, 1973.

Price: US$403.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. Signed by the author. An image of a black doll pasted to the front cover is the only illustration. Fine in black wrappers. (Toledano A49a).

Seller: Bromer Booksellers, Inc., ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.

Gorey, Edward.. The Black Doll.. Gotham Book Mart, New York, 1973.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Limited Edition. First Trade Issue. A Fine copy in pale grey stapled wrappers, in a Fine jet black dustwrapper with small paste-on black doll illustration on front cover. Toledano A49c. 32pp. Though not called for, this copy is SIGNED (no inscription) by Gorey over his name on the title page. Screenplay for an unproduced film. Q16284 Stapled Wrappers in Dustwrapper

Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.

GOREY, Edward. The Black Doll: A Silent Film (Signed Limited Edition). The Gotham Book Mart, New York, 1973.

Price: US$650.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. Hardcover. 52 pages. Number 85 from an edition of only 126 copies of which 26 were lettered. An unusual book for Gorey as it features the text of an unproduced screenplay and no illustrations outside of one mounted to the front board. A fine copy in very near fine slipcase. Signed by Gorey on the colophon page. Toledano A49b. Surprisingly uncommon.

Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.

Gorey, Edward. The Black Doll A Silent Film By Edward Gorey. Gotham Book Mart, New York, 1973.

Price: US$795.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: Limited Edition of 100 numbered copies, signed by Edware Gorey. Copy #12. As New condition in As New slipcase. Private collector's stamp on inside front cover.

Seller: A Book By Its Cover, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.