Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
GOREY, Edward.. Glorious Nosebleed: Fifth Alphabet.. Dodd, Mead,, NY:, 1974.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrated by the author. First edition. Front free endpaper has been neatly removed, else very good in a very good or better dust jacket.
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Glorious Nosebleed. Dodd, Mead, 1974.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pages are very clean and bright with no markings. Moderate rubbing to the edges and corners of the DJ. Very small chipping spot at the upper edge of the DJ. Sun staining to the Dj spine. Dj is protected by a mylar cover.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Glorious Nosebleed. Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1974.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Lean to spine; light general yellowing; DJ w/ spine sunned, some soiling to front cover.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Glorious Nosebleed. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1974.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine hardcover in a Near Fine dust jacket. Minor aging to the exterior, though overall a bright and attractive copy. First Edition, First Printing.
Seller: Outer Print, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
GOREY, Edward.. Glorious Nosebleed: Fifth Alphabet.. Dodd, Mead,, NY:, 1974.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrated by the author. First edition. Very good in a good (edge worn with a few short closed edge tears, one small chip, sun fading along the spine), price clipped dust jacket.
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
GOREY, Edward.. Glorious Nosebleed: Fifth Alphabet.. Dodd, Mead,, NY:, 1974.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrated by the author. First edition. Very good in a very good (minor edge wear, faded along the spine), price clipped dust jacket.
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. Glorious Nosebleed: Fifth Alphabet. New York Dodd, Mead, 1974.
Price: US$24.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: NICE a First Edition. A very good condition hardcover in a very good condition dust jacket, double price clipped gently read clean pages
Seller: Ocean Tango Books, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Glorious Nosebleed. Dodd, Mead, New York:, 1974.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: orange boards, ilus front & back, printed b&w; unpaginated [56]; "Fifth Alphabet"; illus dust jacket (same) w/ $4.95 listed on front flap; originally appeared in Soho Weekly News. cover art by Edward Gorey.
Seller: Flips Fine Books, Greensboro, GA, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Glorious Nosebleed; Fifth Alphabet. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1974.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo (20 x 18 cm). Orange cloth covers with B/W illustrations to upper and lower. White titles to upper and black titles to spine. Wear to edges, corners and head/tail of spine. Text block tight and unmarked.
Seller: Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA, Jupiter, FL, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. THE GLORIOUS NOSEBLEED. Dodd Mead, New York, 1974.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: oblong octavo ,red illustrated hardback, 1st ed. (1974) unpagined, in Very Good (lightly worn extermities, a few small scuffs - price on flap is $4.50) Dust Jacket. Book has rubbed corners & 4 tiny scuffs, text clean unmarked.
Seller: Frey Fine Books, Rougemont, NC, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward (illus.). THE GLORIOUS NOSEBLEED Fifth Alphabet.. NY: Dodd Mead (1974), 1974.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. FINE in pictorial boards, lacking dust jacket
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
GOREY, Edward.. Glorious Nosebleed: Fifth Alphabet.. Dodd, Mead, NY, 1974.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Illustrated by the author. First edition. Near fine in a near fine (trace edge wear, slight sun fading along spine) dust jacket.
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
. Glorious Nosebleed- fifth alphabet. Dodd, Mead, 1974.
Price: US$25.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Internally clean. D.j. with closed tear now in protective d.j.
Seller: Zimnol Arts Books, Middx, United Kingdom
Gorey, Edward. The Glorious Nosebleed: Fifth Alphabet. Dodd and Mead, 1974.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good/Good (38448) . First edition. No page numbers. Hardcover, very good condition, w. lightly slanted sp, ltly bumped and scuffed sp ends, ltly bumped and scuffed corners.Sme lt scuffs on brd bottoms. Ltly tanned p. edges. Clean, tight, unmarked. Dj g., ltly rubbbed sme lt marks. Sme lt spots on fr, sme wear at sp edges. Ltly sunned sp. A few v. ms tears at bottom, ltly bumped sp ends, corners. Ltly tanned ins. In n. mylar Brodart jacket.
Seller: George Cross Books, Lexington, MA, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Glorious Nosebleed (Fifth Alphabet). Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1974.
Price: US$32.50 + shipping
Description: Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. Illustrated orange boards, clean and sharp, mild shelf wear to spine ends. Protected, price unclipped, dustjacket is bright and crisp, sun fade to spine, mild shelf wear to edges. Book is firm in binding, b&w plates throughout. An alphabet book for adults. Free of any markings, not ex-library.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall
Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Glorious Nosebleed. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1974.
Price: US$33.22 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, a very good copy in the dust wrapper, no markings or inscriptions. The edges are a bit scuffed with a couple of minor closed tears.
Seller: Temple Bar Bookshop, Dublin, DUB, Ireland
Gorey, Edward. The Glorious Nosebleed. Dodd Mead & Co, 1974.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original 1974 edition. Minimal wear and handling.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. THE GLORIOUS NOSEBLEED.. NY: Dodd Mead, 1974.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition; minor wear to lower edges of pictorial paper covered boards, VG+ in price clipped dj with little edge wear.
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. THE GLORIOUS NOSEBLEED Fifth Alphabet. Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1974.
Price: US$40.72 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: orange boards a tad sunned along spine & edges, top/bottom edges a little rubbed, b/w illustrations.; 170 x 180mm
Seller: M. & A. Simper Bookbinders & Booksellers, WARRNAMBOOL, VIC, Australia
Gorey, Edward. The Glorious Nosebleed. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1974.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Glorious Nosebleed: Fifth Alphabet. Orange pictorial boards. SOme war on edges. Name on front endpaper. DJ has a few short tears. Spine is tanned and a bit fragile. Not price clipped. In archival cover.
Seller: Bearly Read Books, Sudbury, MA, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Glorious Nosebleed. Fifth Alphabet. Dodd, Mead & Co.,, New York, 1974.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Binding is very slightly rubbed at corners and top and bottom of spine.B/W Illustrated front and back covers. Orange boards.
Seller: Old Favorites Bookshop LTD (since 1954), Stouffville, ON, Canada
Gorey, Edward. The Glorious Nosebleed Fifth Alphabet. Dodd, Mead, New York, 1974.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No pagination Pp. Illustrated by author An Exemplary Alphabet for Connoisseurs of Syntax, Semantics and Subtleties Illustrated hardcover in dust jacket
Seller: Schooner Books Ltd.(ABAC/ALAC), Halifax, NS, Canada
Gorey, Edward. THE GLORIOUS NOSEBLEED. Dodd, Mead, New York, 1974.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A crisp, clean, collectible copy of this macabre alphabet.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Glorious Nosebleed, Fifth Alphabet. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1974.
Price: US$51.51 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: In near fine condition with no inscriptions in like dust jacket. Very funny but probably not suitable for children.
Seller: Johnston's Arran Bookroom, Isle of Arran, United Kingdom
Gorey, Edward. The Glorious Nosebleed; (Fifth Alphabet). Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1974.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first trade edition (the book first appeared in the Soho Weekly News). Crisp and clean condition. The book is As New; the jacket has very slight wear at the corners. Not price-clipped. A very nice copy. 12mo. Unpaginated. In protective Mylar.
Seller: Warwick Books, member IOBA, South Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Glorious Nosebleed Fifth Alphabet. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1974.
Price: US$57.94 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A first edition of this alphabetical collection of adverbs with suitably quirky illustrations by the author. Very good in illustrated boards, a trifle scuffed to extremities, with a heavily repaired wrapper now safe behind plastic. 18 X 17cm
Seller: Chris Phillips, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Edward Gorey. The Glorious Nosebleed: Fifth Alpahbet. Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1974.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A near fine copy with very slight fading to color on the spine (the title remaining bright and clear) and a very light small price label stain to the top corner, barely noticeable, the whole protected by a Brodart cover. Jacket is otherwise bright, clean and unclipped. The book itself is fine. Still a very attractive copy of the first book publication of a work previously issued in The Soho Weekly news. Toledano A59c.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
GOREY, Edward. THE GLORIOUS NOSEBLEED Fifth Alphabet. New York Dodd Mead & Co, 1974.
Price: US$64.38 + shipping
Description: First edition. Square 12mo. Orange paper covered boards, lettered black tot he spine with black and white illustration to the upper cover, in matching dustwrapper. A very good copy in a very goody dustwrapper. illustrated in black and white throughout. "An exemplary alphabet for connoisseurs of syntax, semantics and subtleties". Contains adult material.
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
GOREY, Edward. The Glorious Nosebleed: Fifth Alphabet. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1974.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Oblong 12mo. Illustrated by Gorey. Edges lightly rubbed, thus near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a modestly sunned spine and a bit of edgewear.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Glorious Nosebleed. Dodd, Mead & Company, NY, 1974.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition bound in orange & black pictorial boards. Illustrated by the author.Oblong 12mo (7" X 7 1/2") size. A Near Fine copy in a VG+ dj. Bottom edge of the boards has tiny rub marks as do both spine tips . Book otherwise fine. In VG+ dj that has 1cm rub spot at the edge of the front panel and light toning to the edge of the inner flaps. Not p rice clipped.
Seller: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, OH, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Glorious Nosebleed. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1974.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Illustrated throughout by the author. 1 vols. 12mo. Dark orange paper over boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket Illustrated throughout by the author. 1 vols. 12mo
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
GOREY, Edward. The Glorious Nosebleed: Fifth Alphabet. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1974.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Oblong 12mo. Illustrated by Gorey. Bottom edges lightly rubbed, else fine in a fine dust jacket.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. THE GLORIOUS NOSEBLEED; FIFTH ALPHABET. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1974.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: (Toledano A59c). A fine copy with slight edge-wear near corners. In fine dust jacket with hint of fade and edgewear at head of spine and very light wear at corners. A very nice copy.
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.
GOREY, EDWARD.. The Glorious Nosebleed. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1974, 1974.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Fine in dust jacket. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Glorious Nosebleed. Dodd Mead, New York, 1974.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine copy -- pictorial boards in unclipped ('$4.50') fine dustjacket (mylar protected). A very fresh copy. in collector's condition.
Seller: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Gorey, Edward. The Glorious Nosebleed; Fifth Alphabet.. Dodd Mead, New York, 1974.
Price: US$108.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description:
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
GOREY, Edward. The Glorious Nosebleed: Fifth Alphabet. Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1974.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first printing, trade issue. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A beautiful copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
GOREY, Edward. The Glorious Nosebleed Fifth Alphabet. Dodd, Mead & Company, 1974.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: GOREY, Edward Dodd, Mead & Company 1974 6.75" x 7.35" The Glorious Nosebleed trips through the alphabet with illustrations that are both strikingly funny, and a bit weird, all the way from "She wandered among the trees Aimlessly" to "He wrote it all down Zealously." A classic of Gorey's imaginative and darkly humorous mind.
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
GOREY, EDWARD.. The Glorious Nosebleed. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1974, 1974.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Fine in a dust jacket with very light wear and tear. Signed by the author. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Glorious Nosebleed (Signed). Dodd, Mead, New York, 1974.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Oblong decorated hardcover book in matching dustwrapper. Unpaginated illustrated book by Gorey. First edition. SIGNED by Gorey on the title page. A handsome near fine example in price-intact dustwrapper that shows some uniform toning to the spine color.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward.. The Glorious Nosebleed. Fifth Alphabet. SIGNED COPY.. Dodd Mead, New York, 1974.
Price: US$225.34 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First trade edition, second printing. Signed by Edward Gorey. A fine and bright copy with hint of wear to spine head and tail. In V.G. dust jacket with hint edgewear. A beautiful copy SIGNED by Gorey on title page above his printed name (which is crossed out). Neat owners insc. on the first blank. First issue dust jacket. Second printing. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Florence books, Salisbury, WILTS, United Kingdom
Gorey, Edward. THE GLORIOUS NOSEBLEED. Dodd Mead, 1974.
Price: US$266.80 + shipping
Description: THE GLORIOUS NOSEBLEED, Dodd Mead, 1974, first edition, some rubbing to the bottom board edges, else fine in near fine pictorial dust-wrapper. SIGNED by the author/artist and profusely illustrated by him in black & white.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. THE GLORIOUS NOSEBLEED; FIFTH ALPHABET. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1974.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: Signed by Edward Gorey. (Toledano A59c). A fine and bright copy with hint of wear to spine head and tail. In fine and bright dust jacket with tiny hint of spine fade, hint of wear at tail of spine, and 1/2" closed tear on front panel near spine head. The black imprinted illustration on the dust jacket is slightly offset on both front and back panels. A beautiful copy signed by Gorey on title page above his printed name (which is crossed out).
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.
GOREY, EDWARD.. The Glorious Nosebleed. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1974, 1974.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. One of 250 numbered copies, signed by Gorey. Fine in dust jacket and in the publisher's slipcase. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Glorious Nosebleed. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1974.
Price: US$625.00 + shipping
Description: Gorey, Edward. First edition, one of 250 numbered copies in a slipcase, this copy being number 130. Illustrated throughout by the author. 1 vols. 12mo. Toliedano A59b Dark orange paper over boards. Fine in an almost fine dust jacket and slipcase Illustrated throughout by the author. 1 vols. 12mo First edition, one of 250 numbered copies in a slipcase, this copy being number 130.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
GOREY, Edward. The Glorious Nosebleed: Fifth Alphabet. Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1974.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in dustwrapper with a faint stain at the base of the spine but which is otherwise near fine in slightly dampstained, near fine publisher's slipcase. Copy number 32 of 250 numbered copies Signed by Gorey.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.