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Gorey, Edward. The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas. Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997.

Price: US$10.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st edition, 1st printing thus. light edge wear, small bit of chipping on dust jacket. text is unmarked. binding tight.

Seller: Smith Family Bookstore Downtown, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.

Gorey, Edward. The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas. Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997.

Price: US$10.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st edition, 1st printing thus. edge wear, creasing, small tear on upper edge of dust jacket. text is unmarked. binding tight.

Seller: Smith Family Bookstore Downtown, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.

Gorey, Edward. The Haunted Tea-Cosy: a dispirited and distasteful diversion for Christmas. Harcourt Brace (1997), NY, 1997.

Price: US$14.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Many of Edward Gorey's most fervent devotees think he's English & dead. "Actually he has never so much as visited either place But his work has imprinted itself on the American consciousness as something from long ago and far away." The New Yorker

Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.

Gorey, Edward. The Haunted Tea-Cosy; A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas. NY: Harcourt Brace, 1997.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Probably 2nd printing (B in row). Illustrated by Edward Gorey. Square lavender pictorial boards in matching dust jacket. Very good plus condition in very good plus dust jacket. Dj spine is slightly faded.

Seller: Shirley K. Mapes, Books, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.

GOREY EDWARD. HAUNTED TEA-COSY A DISPIRITED AND DISTATEFUL DIVERSION FOR CHRISTMAS. HARCOURT BRACE, NY, 1997.

Price: US$18.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: SOLID CLEAN BRIGHT AND UNMARKED MR GOREY BRINGS US CHRISTMAS CHEER AS ONLY HE CAN BOOK IS AS NEW JACKET IS BRIGHT AND UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL PRICE 15.00 JACKET SHOWS SOME SHELFWARE TO BACK A VERY NICE COPY

Seller: ARD Books, cleveland, OH, U.S.A.

Gorey, Edward. The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas. Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997.

Price: US$18.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Co., New York, 1997.FINE hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. Pristine. As new. Unread. First Edition, First Printing. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.

Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.

GOREY, Edward. The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas. Harcourt Brace, New York, 1997.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Description: Presumed second printing with the full letter row of ABCDE but lacking the First Edition statement. Hardcover. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with a tear to the top right corner.

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

Gorey, Edward. The Haunted Tea-Cosy; A Disprited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas. Harcourt Brace, New York, 1997.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 1st ptg., square 8vo, glossy pictorial boards, illustrated by the author, of course.Apparently unread. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.

Seller: Bud Plant & Hutchison Books, Cedar Ridge, CA, U.S.A.

Edward Gorey. THE HAUNTED TEA-COSY. Harcourt Brace and Co., New York, 1997.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8 x 8 in. Paper boards. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers like near new, binding tight. Gift message in silver on ffep, text very clean. DJ is VERY GOOD ; clipped, very clean, minor edge wear. Hum. RGR.

Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.

Gorey, Edward. THE HAUNTED TEA-COSY. Harcourt Brace & Company, New York, 1997.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Description: First edition of this "Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas," a late Gorey work illustrated in color. 7.25'' x 7.25''. Original color pictorial paper boards. In original unclipped ($15.00) pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated by Gorey in color. [64] pages. Light marginal toning and a bit of soil to jacket. Book top edge a trifle dusty. Tight. Near fine in very good plus jacket.

Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.

Edward Gorey. The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas. Harcourt Brace & Company, New York, 1997.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: Harcourt 'A' present. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy.

Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

Gorey, Edward. The Haunted Tea - Cosy; a Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas. Harcourt Brace and Company, New York, 1997.

Price: US$32.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Square format 12mo in fine condition, in a fine, brodart protected jacket. First printing of the first trade book edition. Originally appeared in the December 21, 1997 issue of "The New York Times Magazine". Darkish illustrated humor a la Gorey. No page numbers. Humor, Art, Drawing, Fiction.

Seller: Sea Chest Books, Tucumcari, NM, U.S.A.

Gorey, Edward. THE HAUNTED TEA COSY. Harcourt Brace, 1997.

Price: US$32.01 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First ed. Fine/Fine condition. Illustrated by Gorey

Seller: Rob & June Edwards, Salem, OR, U.S.A.

Edward Gorey. The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas. Harcourt Brace & Company, New York, 1997.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Jacket has some bubbling on the rear panel, else about fine over a fine book. "A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas".

Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.

GOREY, Edward. The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas. Harcourt Brace and Company, New York, 1997.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Square 12mo. Spine ends lightly bumped, else fine in fine dustwrapper.

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

GOREY, Edward. The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas. Harcourt Brace and Company, New York, 1997.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Square 12mo. Fine in fine dustwrapper with faint sunning on spine.

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

GOREY, Edward. The Haunted Tea-Cosy. A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas. Harcourt Brace and Company, New York, 1997.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Illustrated by Edward Gorey. Oblong octavo. Fine in trifle worn, fine dust jacket.

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

Gorey, Edward. The Haunted Tea-Cosy. A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion For Christmas. Harcourt Brace & Co., New York, 1997.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Description: Gorey tells a strange tale for Christmas. Illustrated with charming Gorey drawings and printed in 4 colors. Price clipped a lovey fine copy. Fine/fine.

Seller: Ira Joel Haber - Cinemage Books, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.

Edward Gorey. The Haunted Tea-Cosy. Harcourt, Brace & Company, Orlando FL, 1997.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Description: The ghost of Christmas to come, not as Dickens imagined but as Gorey imagine---inimitable and irreverent. Gorey's illustrations, on each recto page, are accompanied by brief text on the verso facing page. This first appeared in the December 21, 1997 issue of The New York Times Magazine. Very good to fine: Spine is square, boards front and back are near new, no discoloration, all pages clean and crisp. DJ is near fine with handling marks and a slight roll of the edge top back. Not clipped.

Seller: Sherwood Frazier Books, Laconia, NH, U.S.A.

Gorey, Edward. The Haunted Tea-Cosy A Dispirited and Distasteful Diiversion for Christmas. NY: Harcourt Brace & Co. (1997), 1997.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Description: First edition with an A present in the number line; square sm 8vo.; pictorial covered boards, hardcover; color illustrations; one of Gorey's last books; a very good clean tight copy in an unclipped and lightly soiled dust jacket else very good.

Seller: WellRead Books A.B.A.A., Northport, NY, U.S.A.

Edward Gorey. The Haunted Tee Cosy. Harcourt Brace, 1997.

Price: US$85.00 + shipping

Condition: New

Description:

Seller: Ruth Kern Books, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.

Edward Gorey. The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas. Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Signed by Edward Gorey. Dust jacket has light sunning along spine. Bottom of front cover is bumped, but otherwise clean. Binding is tight. Inside is clean.

Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Gorey, Edward. The Haunted Tea-Cosy A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas. Harcourt, Brace & Co., New York:, 1997.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: illus boards, front & back, w/ matching dust jacket (price-clipped here as issued); 1/500 numbered/ signed copies, this in dark royal-blue slipcase; unpaginated; color illus; printed in Singapore. cover/ jacket art by Edward Gorey fine copy in fine dust jacket & case.

Seller: Flips Fine Books, Greensboro, GA, U.S.A.

GOREY, Edward. The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas. Harcourt Brace & Company, New York, 1997.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Illustrated by Gorey. Oblong small octavo. [64]pp. Cover trifle splayed else fine in pictorial boards and fine dust jacket. Signed by Gorey on a publisher's bookplate laid down onto the front fly.

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

Gorey, Edward. The Haunted Tea-Cosy A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas. Harcourt, Brace & Co., New York:, 1997.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: illus boards, front & back, w/ matching dust jacket [$15.00]; unpaginated; color illus; printed in Singapore.{note: the signed trade is scarcer than either the signed ltd. or those w/ signed labels} cover/ jacket art by Edward Gorey

Seller: Flips Fine Books, Greensboro, GA, U.S.A.

Gorey, Edward.. THE HAUNTED TEA-COSY. A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas. [LIMITED EDITION of 500 copies SIGNED by EDWARD GOREY].. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1997., 1997.

Price: US$275.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: - Small quarto, 7-1/2 inches square. Bound in pink, green and black pictorial boards with illustrations by Gorey, in a matching dust wrapper titled in black on the front panel and on the spine. The book is housed in a dark blue slipcase. The dust wrapper is price-clipped and was possibly issued thus for the limited edition. Unpaginated, with Edward Gorey's illustrations in green and black on the rectos. Near fine Number 44 of 500 SIGNED AND NUMBERED copies. The colophon reads: "This special issue of the first edition of THE HAUNTED TEA-COSY is limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by the author and slipcased. 26 copies, lettered A-Z, are reserved for the author and Gotham Book Mart. This is copy 44".

Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.

Edward Gorey. The Haunted Tea-Cosy. Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997.

Price: US$275.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: Signed by Edward Gorey. Limited. #217/500. HC w/DJ. Dark blue Slipcase

Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.

Edward Gorey. The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas (Limited Edition, signed by Edward Gorey). Harcourt, Brace, New York, 1997.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Description: Limited Edition, one of 500 numbered copies (this being No. 181) SIGNED by the author. Loosely based on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." Fine in a Fine price-clipped dust jacket as issued. In a Fine publisher's dark blue slipcase.

Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.