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Gorey, Edward. The Osbick Bird. Diogenes Verlag AG, Zurich, Switzerland, 1972.

Price: US$90.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Small paper bound volume in string-tied illustrated tan wrappers. Unpaginated (32 pages). Illustrated throughout on rectos only with drawings by Gorey. The first English trade edition, one of 7 volumes comprising The Vinegar Works. The original English edition was published in a limited edition of 500 by the Fantod Press in 1970. The story of a friendship between a man and a bird, told and illustrated in Gorey's unique and macabre style. Neat previous owner's name on upper edge of inside cover. Else an exceptionally well preserved copy, like new. Fine. Not in Toledano.

Seller: Great Expectations Rare Books, Staten Island, NYC, NY, U.S.A.

Gorey, Edward. The Vinegar Works - Seven Volumes of Moral Instruction. Diogenes, Zürich, 1972.

Price: US$144.78 + shipping

Description: Schuber mit 7 Heften, Club der Bibliomanen Nr. 34, gutes Exemplar

Seller: Buchhandlung Lutz Heimhalt, Hamburg Fuhlsbüttel, HH, Germany

Gorey, Edward.. The vinegar works. Seven volumes of Moral Instruction. 7 Bände.. Zürich Diogenes 1972, 1972.

Price: US$155.92 + shipping

Description: insg. 164 Bl. mit zahlreichen s/w Illustrationen. Orig.-Karton im Orig.-Schuber. Erste Ausgabe.- (= Werk im Club der Bibliomanen).- Bände leicht lichtrandig, Schuber leicht fleckig. Gutes Exemplar.

Seller: Dieter Eckert, Bremen, Germany

Gorey, Edward:. The vinegar works, Seven volumes of moral instruction (The untitled book/ The osbick bird/ The chinese obelisks/ The evil garden/ The insect god/ The west wing/ The gashlycrumb tinies),. Zürich, Diogenes ,, 1972.

Price: US$155.92 + shipping

Description: DEA, 7 Hefte, nn S., OKart. i. Schu., sehr gut erhalten Sprache: Englisch. Aufgrund der EPR-Regelung kann in folgende Länder KEIN Versand mehr erfolgen: Bulgarien, Frankreich, Griechenland, Luxemburg, Österreich, Polen, Rumänien, Schweden, Slowakei, Spanien.

Seller: Wolfgang Rüger, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

GOREY, Edward.. THE VINEGAR WORKS: SEVEN VOLUMES OF MORAL INSTRUCTION; THE WEST WING; THE GASHLYCRUMB TINIES; THE CHINESE OBELISKS; THE OSBICK BIRD; THE UNTITLED BOOK; THE INSECT GOD; THE EVIL GARDEN.. Diogenes, Zürich, 1972.

Price: US$207.93 + shipping

Description: 8vo. 7 vols. Olive green, black and white illustrated slipcase. Original publisher's colour illustrated wraps. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. No. 34 in the series.ISBN: 0510000320 All volumes very slightly rubbed and lightly foxed at spine, else clean and bright. Very good+ in foxed, rubbed, good slipcase.

Seller: Any Amount of Books, London, United Kingdom