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GOREY, EDWARD.. The Green Beads. New York: Albondocani Press, 1978, 1978.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Wrappers; one of 400 numbered copies signed by Gorey. Nearly fine. 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 GREEN BEADS. The Albondocani Press, New York, 1978.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 5 inches. [35] pp., including 14 full-page illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers, stitched. Prospectus card laid in. Numbered by the published and signed by the artist on the colophon. Fine. From a stated edition of 426 signed copies (400 numbered and for sale, 26 lettered and not for sale); the present copy is signed by artist and numbered, "out of series 3/4," by the publisher (it was one of four additional copies beyond the order sent to Albondocani Press owner George Bixby by the printer). A story in which an impoverished Little Tancred comes to the aid of "a disturbed person whose sex was unclear." The person is revealed to be the Baroness von Rettig, who had been presumed lost at sea. Toledano A71. From the collection of George Bixby.
Seller: W. C. Baker Rare Books & Ephemera, ABAA, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
GOREY, EDWARD. THE GREEN BEADS. ALBONDOCANI PRESS, 1978.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: "This first edition of The Green Beads published in July 1978 is limited to four hundred and twenty copies. Four hundred copies numbered 1-400 are for sale. Twenty-six copies lettered A-Z for the use of the author and publisher are not for sale. All copies are signed by the author, Edward Gorey This is number 31.". OBLONG 16MO. PROTECTED IN A CLEAR ACETATE DUST JACKET. PRISTINE CONDITION. NO FLAWS, NO EXCUSES.
Seller: BRIER ROSE BOOKS, TEANECK, NJ, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Green Beads (Signed Limited Edition). Albondocani Press, New York, 1978.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Small, oblong sewn wrappers. Unpaginated. An illustrated story by Gorey with his words and illustrations. A fine copy. This is copy 133 of 400 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies. The 23rd publication of this press.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Green Beads (Signed). Albondocani Press, New York, 1978.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: (64) Pp. Illustrated by Edward Gorey Albondocani Press Publication 23. Toledani A71b Illustrated card covers stringbound #129 of a limited edtion of 426 copies numbered and signed by Edward Gorey.
Seller: Schooner Books Ltd.(ABAC/ALAC), Halifax, NS, Canada
GOREY, Edward. The Green Beads. Albondocani Press, New York, 1978.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Stapled wrappers. A fine, as new copy. Prospectus for the edition laid in. One of 400 numbered copies Signed by Gorey.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Edward Gorey. The Green Beads. Albondocani Press, New York, 1978.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: #349/400 numbered copies, Signed by Edward Gorey on the Limitation page. Pictorial pale mauve stapled wrappers. Black and cream illustrations throughout.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. THE GREEN BEADS. Albondocani Press, New York, 1978.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Oblong 24mo. Illustrated stitched wrappers. [unpaginated] Limited/signed numbered: 55/400. Toledano A71b. SIGNED by Edward Gorey on the limitation page. With an Albondocani Press prospectus (addressed with canceled stamp) laid in. Albondocani Press Publication No. 23. A crisp, as new copy.
Seller: Waugh Books, Lawrence, KS, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. THE GREEN BEADS. Albondocani Press, New York, 1978.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Gorey, Edward. THE GREEN BEADS. New York: Albondocani Press, 1978. Signed limited edition. Oblong 24mo - 6" x 5". [36]p. Sewn lavender paper wrappers with black pictorial stamping in as new condition. Each text page is paired with a full page black and white illustration by Edward Gorey in his easily recognized eccentric style. This first edition of The Green Beads published in July 1978 is limited to four hundred and twenty copies. Four hundred copies numbered 1-400 are for sale. Twenty-six copies lettered A-Z for the use of the author and publisher are not for sale. All copies are signed by the author, Edward Gorey. This is number 230. The condition of this book is AS NEW, MINT.
Seller: Wallace & Clark, Booksellers, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
GOREY, Edward. The Green Beads. Albondocani Press, New York, 1978.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Stapled wrappers. Fine. Prospectus for the edition laid in. Copy number 8 of 400 numbered copies Signed by Gorey.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
GOREY, Edward. The Green Beads. Albondocani Press, New York, 1978.
Price: US$1800.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Stapled wrappers. Slightest sunning at the spine, still a fine copy. Prospectus for the edition laid in. Copy letter C of 26 lettered copies Signed by Gorey, and reserved for the use of the author and publisher.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.