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Gorey, Edward. The Stupid Joke. The Fantod Press, 1990.
Price: US$226.18 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 6" x 5" No jacket. Paperback. Unpaginated. Copy 343 out of 500. Small stain to front cover. Signed by translator on rear endpaper. A fine copy of book. Gorey was an American writer and artist noted for his illustrated books. His pen-and-ink drawings often depict Victorian and Edwardian settings.
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
Gorey, Edward. The Stupid Joke. The Fantod Press, [no place], 1990.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: First separate edition, copy #23 of a limited 500 numbered copies, signed by Edward Gorey in an anagram of his name as "Mrs. Regera Dowdy." Illustrated wraps. A Fine copy with a minute nick at the top of the spine. Toledano A100.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: - Oblong sextodecimo (16mo), 5 inches high by 6 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled gray and black wrappers titled on the front cover. Unpaginated, with a full-page black & white illustration by Edward Gorey on the recto of each page. Near fine. Number 437 of 500 numbered copies SIGNED ON THE COLOPHON BY EDWARD GOREY as MRS. REGERA DOWDY, an anagram of his name. [Toledano A100]. On the first page is the statement: "Eduard Blutig's DER STIEFELKNECHT in a translation by Mrs Regera Dowdy with the original pictures by O. Mude." Both the "translator" Regera Dowdy and the "author" Eduard Blutig are Edward Gorey.
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First separate printing, no. 3 of 500 copies, oblong sixmo size, 32 pp., signed by Edward Gorey at the colophon as "Mrs. Regera Dowdy" Edward St. John Gorey (1925-2000) is well-known and well-loved for his poisonously funny picture books which are complex, humorous, serious, and provocative. This work, "The Stupid Joke", is the first separate printing of the story which was first published in "Dark Forces" (in 1980, edited by Kirby McCauley), and would subsequently be reprinted in "Amphigorey Also". The story revolves around a young boy named Friedrich who "One winter morning.woke With an idea for a joke". The joke was.well, let us say.unfortunate for Friedrich. All of the names in the subtitle (which in the book are the first page of text, almost serving as a "title page") are spoofs; Gorey has signed this book at the colophon using one of the names, "Mrs. Regera Dowdy", being one of the many anagrams he used. ___DESCRIPTION: Stapled binding in illustrated black over grey cardstock wraps, the first page of text being "spoof" names, the story unfolds with two lines of text on the versos and the corresponding Gorey monochrome illustrations on the facing rectos, colophon printed on the recto of the rear wrap with the limitation number of "3" written by Gorey, his signature below signing as "Mrs Regera Dowdy"; oblong sixmo size (5" tall by 6" wide), unpaginated with sixteen leaves (thirty-two pages). ___CONDITION: Fine; the wraps are clean and without edgewear, the stapled binding is strong, the staples have not rusted, the interior is clean and bright, and it is entirely free of prior owner markings; clean, crisp, as new. ___CITATION: Toledano A100. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
Seller: Swan's Fine Books, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.
Blutig, Eduard [Edward Gorey]. The Stupid Joke. No place: The Fantod Press, 1990, 1990.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, Limited #125/500 copies; "Eduard Blutig's Der Zeitirrthum in a translation by Mrs Regera Dowdy with the original pictures by O. Mude" Blutig, Dowdy and Mude are all pseudonyms of Edward Gorey; Signed by Gorey as Mrs. Regera Dowdy; Toledano A100; oblong 32mo.; pictorial stiff wraps with stapled binding, softcover; black and white illustrations; a very good unmarked copy.
Seller: WellRead Books A.B.A.A., Northport, NY, U.S.A.
Blutig, Eduard [Edward Gorey}. THE STUPID JOKE. The Fantod Press, np, 1990.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Drawings by Edward Gorey as 'Eduard Blutig'. Oblong 24mo. Stapled wrappers. Limited/signed numbered: 238/500. Toledano A100. SIGNED by Edward Gorey as 'Mrs. Regera Dowdy' (an anagram of Edward Gorey) on the limitation page. A crisp, as new copy.
Seller: Waugh Books, Lawrence, KS, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward as Eduard Blutig. THE STUPID JOKE. The Fantod Press, n.p., 1990.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: First Separate edition. Number 303 of 500 copies signed Mrs. Regera Dowdy - an anagram of Gorey's name. Small pamphlet style binding in illustrated stapled wrappers. Each recto with an illustration in black and white. Toledano A100. First Separate edition. Number 303 of 500 copies signed Mrs. Regera Dowdy - an anagram of Gorey's name.
Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.
Eduard Blutig. The Stupid Joke. Fantod Press, 1990.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Eduard Blutig's Der Stiefelknecht in a translation by Mrs. Regera Dowdy with the original pictures by O. Mude. Copyright 1983 by Edward Gorey. This first separate edition of The Stupid Joke is limited to five hundred copies signed by the translator,Mrs. Regera Dowdy. This is copy 139/500. Not Ex-Library. Clean throughout with straight tight binding. No marks. Purchase supports the programs, operations and collections and collections preservation of the renowned Museum of Indian Arts & Culture Laboratory of Anthropology Library.
Seller: MIAC-LOA Library, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Tis first separate printing of The Stupid Joke is limited to 500 copies signed by the translator: this is copy 137/500. Translator Mrs. Regera Dowdy. c. 1983 by Edward Gorey. Not Ex-Library. Clean throughout with straight tight binding. No marks. Purchase supports the programs, operations and collections and collections preservation of the renowned Museum of Indian Arts & Culture Laboratory of Anthropology Library.
Seller: MIAC-LOA Library, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.