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Cros, Charles; Gorey, Edward. The Salt Herring. Gotham Book Mart & Gallery Inc., 1971.
Price: US$320.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Gotham Book Mart: 1971. Small octavo. Soft cover. First, limited signed edition; this is copy number 39 out of 300 that were for sale. Pictorial twine-bound wraps with minor fading to the spine and a small nick to the back cover. Book is in very good condition.
Seller: Bad Animal, Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward; Cros, Charles. THE SALT HERRING. Gotham Book Mart & Gallery, Inc, New York, 1971.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed limited first edition thus, an out of sequence copy not signed or numbered on the limitation page, but instead signed by Gorey on the title page. This poem was first composed in 1872 as "Le Hareng saur," an unusual example of French nonsense verse - a genre much more popular in England than in France. As Scott Bates notes, "if there is any one French poem that appears to fit the criteria of childishness, gratuitousness, and unconscious revolt characteristic of true nonsense, it is Charles Cros's 'Le Hareng saur." 5.25'' x 6''. Original green pictorial wrappers. Illustrated by Gorey in black and white. Translated from the French by Alphonse Allais. [44] pages. Signed by Gorey on the title page, crossing out his name. Touch of the sunning that often affects this title, tiny bump to corner.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Limited Edition of 300 numbered copies, signed by Edward Gorey. Copy #207. Paper bound in covers illustrated by Gorey. Light browning only to fold of wrapper. Private collector's seal on inside cover. A beautiful collector's copy.
Seller: A Book By Its Cover, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Cros, Charles. THE SALT HERRING. Gotham Book Mart, New York, 1971.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Drawings by Edward Gorey. English version by Alphonse Allais. Oblong 24mo. [unpaginated] Illustrated stitched wrappers. Limited/signed numbered: 282/300. Toledano B49b. SIGNED by Edward Gorey on the limitation page. Slight sunning along spine, else Fine.
Seller: Waugh Books, Lawrence, KS, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Salt Herring . by Charles Cros. Gotham Book Mart & Gallery, Inc, New York, 1971.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Lettered and signed copy Z of 26 copies reserved for the author and publisher, of 326 total copies, signed on colophon page. [44]pp. Small 8vo. ONE OF 26. Light green pictorial wrappers. Fine Lettered and signed copy Z of 26 copies reserved for the author and publisher, of 326 total copies, signed on colophon page.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.