Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Gorey, Edward. THE OBJECT-LESSON. Doubleday & Co, New York, 1958.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: oblong octavo,tan illustrated hardback, 1st ed. (stated 1958) , unpaginated, NO DJ. Exterior soiled with silverfish nibbles along edges, joints cracked (binding altogether not very attractive). Endpapers foxed with scattered minor foxing in text.
Seller: Frey Fine Books, Rougemont, NC, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Object-Lesson. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1958, 1958.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: First edition second binding, Toledano A4b; oblong 16mo.; black cloth covered boards, hardcover; black and white illustrations; boards are lightly rubbed and a ring mark on front board else a very good clean, tight copy but lacking the dust jacket.
Seller: WellRead Books A.B.A.A., Northport, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First edition (as stated upon copyright page). Unpaged (33 pages). Hardcover: H 15.25cm x L 22cm. Dust jacket well toned and soiled; long jagged closed tear descending from front panel's upper left across center; other lesser edge-wear; front flap retains publisher's printed price ("T.O.-L. | $2.00") at top right corner. Beige printed boards lightly toned; slight scuffing/bumping at spine ends and board corner tips. Endpapers foxed; slight foxing/toning at margins of interior leaves. Binding is firm. A very good copy in only a fair dust jacket. Laid-in at front endpapers is a November 24, 1958 typed letter from Ben Regan on Nationwide Food Service, Inc. of Chicago, IL stationery to a Bellbrook, Ohio resident noting the book is by "the son of our friend Ed Gorey" - Chicago was illustrator Gorey [Jr.]'s hometown.
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Object-Lesson. Doubleday,, 1958.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Doubleday NY 1958, 1st. 6 x8-1/2 oblong. hardcover, G in chipped & tattered dj $
Seller: Harry Alter, Sylva, NC, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Object-Lesson. Doubleday, Garden City, 1958.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Trace of penciled "50" on front flyleaf. Dust jacket with three edge tears, crease, price-clipped.
Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.
GOREY, Edward. The Object- Lesson. Doubleday, New York, 1958.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Illustrated by the Author. Oblong 8vo., printed boards, d.w. New York: Doubleday, (1958). First Edition. Fine copy in a dust soiled but price intact dust wrapper with a few minor edge-tears.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
GOREY, Edward. The Object- Lesson. Doubleday, New York, 1958.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Illustrated by the Author. Oblong 8vo., printed boards, d.w. New York: Doubleday, (1958). First Edition. Fine copy in a lightly dust soiled but price intact dust wrapper. Ownership stamp of illustrator Hilary Knight.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Object-Lesson. Doubleday & Company, Inc, New York, 1958.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. Oblong 12mo. Black cloth. Signed Rita Doniger on ffep. Fine in a slightly soiled price-clipped dust jacket Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. Oblong 12mo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
GOREY, Edward. The Object-Lesson. Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1958.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1958 [30] pp. 1st Edition 6.25" x 8.75" Doubleday & Company, Inc
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.