Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Gorey, Edward. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, Usa, 1976.
Price: US$9.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good hardcover with tight binding and clean pages. No dust jacket. Top of spine is damaged and torn about 1/2-inch. Minor wear to the rest of the covers and spine. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall
Seller: Courtney McElvogue Crafts& Vintage Finds, Bishop, CA, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Minor rubbing to the edges and corners of the coverboards. No DJ. First edition. Binding is fine. Pages are very clean and bright with no markings.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976.
Price: US$22.02 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Clean Inside With No Highlights Or Remarks. Hardcover With Dust Jacket. The Dust Jacket Has Some Small Tears At The Outer Edges. Price Clipped Dust Jacket. 1St Edition 1976 Printing.- We ship from Canada and the USA. Specializing in academic, collectible and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.
Seller: bmyguest books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Gorey, Edward. Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead, New York, 1976.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: Oblong 16mo. Unpaginated. Cloth binding in clipped dustwrapper, fading along lower edge, else good copy. (95459).
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward.. The Broken Spoke.. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1976.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: First Trade Edition, First Printing. Oblong format. A Near Fine copy in decorated paper covered boards, in a Very Good dustwrapper, not price-clipped. Typical rubbing to points. Unpaginated. Originally issued as unbound cards. Toledano A63c. Q19776
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1976.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: No additional printings indicated. Lightly rubbed corners. Dust jacket is price clipped. Clean text. G11
Seller: Voyageur Book Shop, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: oblong. 7 1/2" x 5 1/4". Pictorial boards. toning to the spine, otherwise a fine,unmarked copy.Color and black and white drawings by Edward Gorey throughout.Unclipped pictorial jacket has a closed tear on the front panel. An extravaganza of humorous postcards which all relate to bicycling
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
GOREY, Edward. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1976.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, trade issue. Oblong small octavo. [64]pp. Binding slightly cocked, light spotting on the page edges and the pastedowns, corners and spine ends gently rubbed, thus very good in a near fine dust jacket with a bit of rubbing along the edges.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
GOREY, Edward.. The Broken Spoke.. Dodd, Mead & Company,, NY:, 1976.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrated by the author in color and black and white. First edition thus. Very good in a very good (minor edge wear and age toning) dust jacket.
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976.
Price: US$35.98 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976.
Price: US$35.98 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976.
Price: US$36.97 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting.
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976.
Price: US$37.09 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Broken Spoke. Dodd Mead Company, 1976.
Price: US$37.10 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Slightly Used Copy
Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976.
Price: US$37.89 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: In Used Condition
Seller: Byrd Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976.
Price: US$38.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. Colour illustrated by Edward Gorey.D.j. with small closed tear in protective plastic wrapper
Seller: Zimnol Arts Books, Middx, United Kingdom
Edward Gorey. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1976.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: 13.5 x 19.5 cm. Oblong. Illustrated boards in matching jacket. Some chipping to the jacket at head of spine and bottom of front cover. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. BROKEN SPOKE. Dodd Mead, 1976.
Price: US$44.08 + shipping
Description: BROKEN SPOKE, Dodd Mead, 1976, first edition, fine in like dust-wrapper with a small chip missing from the head of the dust-wrapper spine. Profusely illustrated in both color and black & white by the author/artist.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
GOREY, Edward. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1976.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, trade issue. Oblong 12mo. [64]pp. Pictorial paper over boards. Lightly rubbed at tips of corners, else a fine, bright copy in near fine dust jacket with a curved tear on the front pastedown.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
GOREY, Edward. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1976.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, trade issue. Oblong 12mo. [64]pp. Pictorial paper over boards. Lightly rubbed at tips of corners, else a fine, bright copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
GOREY, Edward. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1976.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, trade issue. Oblong small octavo. [64]pp. Fine in a slightly spine-toned, else fine dust jacket.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pictorial boards. Some foxing throughout. Name on front endpaper. DJ not price clipped. A little foxing. Now in archival cover. First printing
Seller: Bearly Read Books, Sudbury, MA, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward.. The Broken Spoke.. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1976.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. Oblong format. A Fine copy in decorated paper covered boards, in dustwrapper of same design, price-clipped, with one invisible tear lower rear panel. Originally published in Sports Illustrated. Unpaginated. Printed on rectos with facing captions. Q19573
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976.
Price: US$48.32 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Used
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward.. THE BROKEN SPOKE.. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, (1976). (1976)., 1976.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: - Oblong octavo, 5 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in pictorial boards illustrated by Edward Gorey, titled within a banner on the front cover and on the spine, in a matching price-clipped dust wrapper. The head & tail of the dust jacket's spine as well as those of the covers are lightly rubbed. [4] pages, illustrated with 30 plates in color and black and white by Edward Gorey with captions on several of the facing pages. Very good. First trade edition [Toledano A63c]. Cycling cards from the pen of Dogear Wryde". "This book combines, with breath-taking cleverness, two objects of consuming interest: postcards and bicycles." - from the dust wrapper copy.
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
GOREY, Edward. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1976.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Small oblong hardcover. A collection of color and black and white illustrations by Gorey. A clean very near fine copy in illustrated boards and in near fine price clipped dust jacket with some very minute wear. (Toledano A63c) A very nice copy of this terrific book.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1976.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description:
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, U.S.A., 1976.
Price: US$53.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A square solid tight clean unread copy. This copy has some light edge wear, two lightish corner bumps, small dried residue from tag removal to reverse of the front board. The jacket has some rubbing wear, light edge wear, residue to front flap mentioned above. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY.
Seller: Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward.. The Broken Spoke.. Dodd, Mead, (1976)., New York, 1976.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine price-clipped Dust Jacket.
Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Broken Spoke. Dodd,Mead & Company 1976, 1976.
Price: US$56.37 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st Edition. Unpaginated. Oblong 12mo. Illustrated paper; spine title label with minor rub to foot. Illustrated dust jacket, clipped; 2cm area of loss to rear hinge at spine; small closed tear to lower edge of front panel, not intrusive. Illustrated endpapers, some discolouration along inner hinge and edges of textblock. Illustrated with B/W and colour prints. A lovely copy; artfully printed. near fine Collection of illustrated postcards originally published in Sports Illustrated. The book "combines, with breath-taking cleverness, two objects of consuming interest: postcards and bicycles"(jacket). Another wry publication of author and illustrator Gorey.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Gorey, Edward. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead, New York:, 1976.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: illus boards w/ matching dust jacket [$6.95]; illus endpapers; "cycling cards" (b&w and color), unpaginated [64]. jacket/ cover art by Edward Gorey. fine (-) copy in fine dust jacket: endpaper glue starting to bleed through, else a splendid copy.
Seller: Flips Fine Books, Greensboro, GA, U.S.A.
GOREY, Edward. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1976.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. A little rubbing to the bottom of the boards, and slight foxing on the pastedowns, else fine copy in price-clipped, very good or better dustwrapper with a little light wear. Publisher's complimentary card laid in.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Broken Spoke (From the Pen of Dogear Wryde). Dodd, Mead, New York, 1976.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hardcover in dust jacket. 24mo. First edition (unstated) . Book is in Near Fine condition, with tiny nicks at two corners. Unclipped dust jacket is in Near Fine condition, with two tiny nicks at corners and one on top front. Lovely postcard-size drawings all involving bicycles. Unpaginated. In protective Mylar.
Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward.. THE BROKEN SPOKE.. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, (1976). (1976)., 1976.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: - Oblong octavo, 5 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in pictorial boards illustrated by Edward Gorey, titled within a banner on the front cover and on the spine, in a matching dust wrapper. The corners and head & tail of the book's spine are bumped. The head & tail of the dust jacket's spine are chipped with a tear along front of the jacket's spine. [4] pages, & 30 plates in color and black and white by Edward Gorey with captions on several of the facing page. There is a tiny spot of foxing to the fore edge. Very good in a good dust wrapper. First trade edition. [Toledano A63c]. "Cycling cards from the pen of Dogear Wryde". "This book combines, with breath-taking cleverness, two objects of consuming interest: postcards and bicycles." - from the dust wrapper copy.
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1976.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Oblong hardcover depicts a collection of cycling cards, 16 of which originally appeared in "Sports Illustrated,'' presented here in book form for the first time. Fully illustrated on every page & both covers by Edward Gorey, writing under one of his many pen names, "Odgear Wryde." With decorative paper-covered boards, this is the FIRST TRADE EDITION, First Printing, from 1976 (with appropriate points). Unpaginated. An anomaly, which you may or may not consider a flaw, but definitely makes it different: the text block is upside down. Else, this oblong hardcover book is in VG+ condition: completely clean & bright save for moderate tanning to inner margins (near hinge) of all endpapers, not at all uncommon on this title. Pages white & completely unmarked, binding strong & straight. Colors are bright, with no fading. The unclipped DJ is Near Fine: flawless save or a minute chip at heel of spine & a tad of rubbing to both ends of spine/all corners. Beautifully protected in new mylar cover Free! 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 Broken Spoke. NY: Dodd, Mead & Co. (1976), 1976.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First trade edition, Toledano A63c; oblong 24mo.; pictorial covered boards, hardcover; black and white and color illustrations; endpapers are sunned at hinges else a very good clean tight copy in a very lightly edgeworn dust jacket that is unclipped.
Seller: WellRead Books A.B.A.A., Northport, NY, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward.. The Broken Spoke.. Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1976.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. A Fine copy in a Fine dustwrapper, not price-clipped, with one very tiny closed tear lower front flapfold. Unpaginated. Oblong format. "Cycling Cards from the Pen of Dogear Wryde." Toledano A63c. Q11990
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1976.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 1 vols. Oblong 12mo. Illustrated paper over boards. Fine in very good dust jacket
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1976.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Oblong hardcover, bound in printed boards with matching artwork on non price-clipped dust-jacket, both front and rear covers. Dust-jacket illustrated by Edward Gorey. Unpaginated [66 pages]. Illustrated throughout with full page color and black and white drawings by Edward Gorey, printed on rectos, with corresponding letterpress printed on facing versos [in most cases]. First trade edition, first printing with no other printings listed. Original $6.95 price on dust-jacket flap. A humorous take on post-cards and bicycles, with many of the plates printed in full color, an unusual departure for Gorey. No previous ownership marks. Several small dark spots to inner gutters, else a clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Dust-jacket complete and unclipped with no tears to chips. A very nice copy. Near fine in a near fine dust-jacket.
Seller: Great Expectations Rare Books, Staten Island, NYC, NY, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead, New York, 1976.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. Lite toning to dust jacket.
Seller: Lyons Fine Books, Neenah, WI, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, NY, 1976.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition bound in color pictorial boards. Illustrated by the auth or including 16 color postcar sized plates.Oblong 12mo (5 1/4" X 7 1/2 ") size. A Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dj. Bottom corner & base of s pine have very tiny rub marks. Near Fine dj also with tiny rub marks a t corners and spine tips and a hint of toning to the inner flaps.
Seller: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, OH, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976.
Price: US$99.99 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Signed by Edward Gorey. First Edition. Dust jacket has some slight damage and tiny holes on the front cover; however, book itself is pristine. Highly collectible. (BR) 339
Seller: Best Books And Antiques, Chandler, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Postcard. 4" x 6". Fine. Verso has an illustration by Gorey "A Cycling Courtship." A publicity postcard sent out for the publication of *The Broken Spoke* in Fall of 1976.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1976.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1976 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Oblong 12mo, wonderfully illustrated thruout in color by the maestro Edward Gorey.
Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1976.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First trade edition. 1 vols. Oblong 12mo. Toledano A63c Illustrated paper over boards. Fine in very good dust jacket
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976.
Price: US$101.53 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976.
Price: US$102.43 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. THE BROKEN SPOKE. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976.
Price: US$110.58 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2.75
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Broken Spoke. Dodd Mead Company, 1976.
Price: US$111.90 + shipping
Condition: New
Description:
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976.
Price: US$111.96 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Buy for Great customer experience
Seller: GoldenDragon, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976.
Price: US$112.08 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Postcard. 3.5" x 5.5". Mailed, slight toning on text side, else fine. Verso is a color illustration by Gorey of "Innocence, on the Bicycle of Prosperity, carrying the Urn of Reputation safely over the Abyss of Indiscretion". Scarce.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Postcard. 3.5" x 5.5". Mailed, tiny stamp on the image else about fine. Verso is a color illustration by Gorey of "Innocence, on the Bicycle of Prosperity, carrying the Urn of Reputation safely over the Abyss of Indiscretion". Scarce.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward.. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1976.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. A Fine copy in dark dull greenish-grey illustrated paper covered boards, in dustwrapper of same design (price-clipped). Unpaginated. Toledano A63c. An illustrated narrative; with sixteen color "postcards" in color which appeared originally in Sports Illustrated magazine. Gorey posing as "Dogear Wryde," an anagrammatic pen name. Q07185
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
GOREY, Edward. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: GOREY, Edward Dodd, Mead & Company 1976 5.25" x 7.75" This book combines with breath-taking cleverness two objects of consuming interest: postcards and bicycles. Beautiful illustrations. The book grew out of a commission from Sports Illustrated and sixteen of the cards first appeared there. Proceeds benefit local library.
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976.
Price: US$175.43 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Brand New!
Seller: Save With Sam, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Children's - Gorey, Edward. The Broken Spoke (Signed). Dodd, Mead, New York, 1976.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small oblong 8vo in dustwrapper. Unpaginated. First edition of this Gorey illustrated book. Some offset or light stains to the inside front pastedown else a clean very good example in near fineprice-intact dustwrapper. This copy has been SIGNED by Gorey on the title page.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. BROKEN SPOKE. Dodd Mead, 1976.
Price: US$226.20 + shipping
Description: BROKEN SPOKE, Dodd Mead, 1976, first edition, fine in like pictorial dust-wrapper. SIGNED by the author/artist and profusely illustrated by him in both color and black & white.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
GOREY, Edward. The Broken Spoke (Signed First Edition). Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1976.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition and first printing. Small oblong hardcover. A collection of color and black and white illustrations by Gorey. A fine copy in illustrated paper covered boards and in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by Gorey on the title page. (Toledano A63c) A very fresh copy.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1976.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED. Oblong duodecimo [13 cm x 19 cm] Illustrated boards. Rubbing to extremities, particularly spine ends. Illustrated pastedowns are both toned, and hinges are weakening. In a price-clipped dust jacket with light chipping and a 2cm closed tear. Signed by Edward Gorey on the title page. Postcards about bicycling, as envisioned and illustrated by Edward Gorey. In color and black-and-white. Sixteen of the thirty-one cards (and accompanying text) appeared in appeared in "Sports Illustrated" prior to the publication of this title.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1976.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed, limited, in slip case. #119 out of 250. Book has a touch of shelf wear near heel of spine. Jacket shows a hint of rubbing at head. Slip case has some light scuffing to corners and back panel. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.
Seller: Peruse the Stacks, Gig Harbor, WA, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Broken Spoke. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1976.
Price: US$575.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, limited issue. Number 44 of a limited 250 copies, signed by Edward Gorey. Fine, in a Near Fine spine faded dust jacket, in a Fine publisher's slipcase. A lovely copy.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. THE BROKEN SPOKE: From the Pen of Dogear Wryde. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1976.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Oblong Sm 8vo. Paper covered boards with wraparound illustration, with black spine and cover lettering. Illustrated end papers. Limited/signed numbered: 157/250. In illustrated dust-jacket (with price intact) and publisher's maroon slipcase. Toledano A63b. SIGNED by Edward Gorey on the limitation page. Slipcase has slight wear at corners, else Fine. Laid in is a Gotham Book Mart and Dodd, Mead & Company post card invitation to the publication celebration, with Gorey's illustration titled 'Innocence, on a Bicycle of Propriety, carrying the Urn of Reputation safely over the Abyss of Indiscretion'. The post card is addressed and stamped, and has a small water spot and small hand stamp letters and numbers on the image. A crisp, as new copy, in dust-jacket and slipcase.
Seller: Waugh Books, Lawrence, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$786.50 + shipping
Description: First edition, number 86 of 250 copies signed by the author/illustrator; oblong 8vo (130 x 180 mm.); full-page illustrations by Gorey with captions on the verso, publisher' s pictorial boards, in matching pictorial dust-jacket, original burgundy slip-case, a near-fine copy. Edward Gorey's fun and occasionally dark exploration of the history of bicycling; scarce in such condition and with the original slip-case present. Toledano A63c
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom