Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Edward Gorey. The Inanimate Tragedy. The Fantod Press, 1966.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Published as part of "Three Books from the Fantod Press" in 1966 with "The Pious Infant" and "The Evil Garden." Text and illustrations are unmarked; pages are bright, though the page edges are a little age toned. Stapled binding is tight and square; the staples are rusted. Covers show a little wear around the corners and the spine is a little faded.
Seller: Grey Matter Books, Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Inanimate Tragedy. Fantod Press, 1966. From Three Books from the Fant, 1966.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Very good in stapled wraps. Spine sunfaded yellow.
Seller: The Book Den, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: The Fantod Press, 1966. Three soft covers lacking the publisher's envelope. First editions. Pictorial staple bound wraps. All three books in near fine condition with just a touch of staining from the staples. A lovely collection of early Gorey books.
Seller: Bad Animal, Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$575.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Fantod Press, 1966. All three books in fine condition with original envelope in good/very good condition. Yellow envelope is lightly soiled with creases and closed tears along nearly all edges, small pin-sized hole on front of envelope. Scarce set.
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Three books, all fine, contained in original yellow printed envelope, which is in poor condition (flap separated from envelope, which is torn along lower edge with piece missing).
Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Trade PB. 12mo. The Fantod Press. 1966. 3 Volumes. Unpaginated. Maps. Illustrated with in Black and White. First Editions/First Printings. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present (foxing present to the edges of the wrappers). Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Contains The Pious Infant; The Inanimate Tragedy and The Evil Garden. Edward St. John Gorey (February 22, 1925 April 15, 2000) was an American writer and artist noted for his illustrated books. His characteristic pen-and-ink drawings often depict vaguely unsettling narrative scenes in Victorian and Edwardian settings. E-44; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Complete set of issue number 1 from The Fantod Press. In publisher's original yellow envelope with printed upper left inscription naming the Three Books From the Fantod Press. All three volumes in Fine condition. Private collector's seal on inside cover of each volume. Envelope in good condition with a few short tears at the folds. Limited Edition of 500 copies. All three volumes illustrated by Edward Gorey. Very Scarce.
Seller: A Book By Its Cover, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Three volumes in stapled wrappers, in publisher's printed envelope as issued. Books are as new; the envelope is fresh with a little edgewear and a small closed tear to the flap fold.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: Fantod Press Edward Gorey set #1 published in 1966. The three booklets are in fine condition in the original publisher's envelope. The envelope is chipped along its edges but inherently whole and complete. An early Gorey item; this true first printing is scarce in fine condition.
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. Three Books from the Fantod Press (I). Fantod Press, NY, 1966.
Price: US$2013.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. One of 500 sets of three books: The Inanimate Tragedy, The Evil Garden, and The Pious Infant. Each volume inscribed and signed, two as Mrs Regera Dowdy, one of Gorey's anagrams. This is the first set of small booklets isssued in this format by Gorey's Fantod Press. All three volumes are fine in printed wrappers, and housed in original publisher's envelope, as issued, itself with two small reinforcements to inner flap fold. (Toledano A24).
Seller: Bromer Booksellers, Inc., ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.