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Gorey, Edward. CATEGOR Y: Fifty Drawings by Edward Gorey. Gotham Book Mart, New York, 1973.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Square 24mo. [5.625" X 5.625"] Blue cloth, with white paper labels, with black lettering, on spine and front cover. Cream end papers. [unpaginated] Limited/signed numbered: 20/100. In publisher's light blue slipcase. Toledano A50b. SIGNED by Edward Gorey on the limitation page. Some spotting along spine. Slipcase has sun fading on spine and edges.
Seller: Waugh Books, Lawrence, KS, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Black Doll. New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Signed by Gorey on title page. Publisher's light gray paper wrappers; in the original black paper dust jacket, white paper label with Gorey's illustration of a black armless doll laid onto the front wrapper. About fine book with just a tiny crease to rear wrapper; fine unclipped dust jacket. Overall, an attractive and crisp copy. The Black Doll is Gorey's screenplay for an unproduced silent film. Like many of his works, the plot is set in a Victorian-esque setting. It tells the story of the black doll, a "PRO," or priceless ritual object, from the ancient Asian city of Glub (or Blug), which is sought after by various groups of people. The black doll figure is a recurring figure in Gorey's books, and makes appearances in The Listing Attic (1954), The Willowdale Handcar (1962), The Tunnel Calamity (1984), and The Raging Tide (1987). Gorey, a film buff particularly inspired by the works of Louis Feuillade, blends his own signature black humor with the tradition elements of silent film, creating a unique screenplay that provides much more insight into the author's thought process than many of his other books, which are hallmarked by their minimal use of text. In 1998, The Black Doll was reprinted along with several color illustrations by Gorey in Scenario, The Magazine of Screenwriting Art. In 2009, Pomegranate published a new, hardcover edition of The Black Doll with the Scenario illustrations, an interview with Gorey, and an introduction by Andreas Brown.
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Black Doll: A Silent Film. Gotham Book Mart, NY, 1973.
Price: US$403.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Signed by the author. An image of a black doll pasted to the front cover is the only illustration. Fine in black wrappers. (Toledano A49a).
Seller: Bromer Booksellers, Inc., ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward.. The Black Doll.. Gotham Book Mart, New York, 1973.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited Edition. First Trade Issue. A Fine copy in pale grey stapled wrappers, in a Fine jet black dustwrapper with small paste-on black doll illustration on front cover. Toledano A49c. 32pp. Though not called for, this copy is SIGNED (no inscription) by Gorey over his name on the title page. Screenplay for an unproduced film. Q16284 Stapled Wrappers in Dustwrapper
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. 52 pages. Number 85 from an edition of only 126 copies of which 26 were lettered. An unusual book for Gorey as it features the text of an unproduced screenplay and no illustrations outside of one mounted to the front board. A fine copy in very near fine slipcase. Signed by Gorey on the colophon page. Toledano A49b. Surprisingly uncommon.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Gorey, Edward. The Black Doll A Silent Film By Edward Gorey. Gotham Book Mart, New York, 1973.
Price: US$795.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Limited Edition of 100 numbered copies, signed by Edware Gorey. Copy #12. As New condition in As New slipcase. Private collector's stamp on inside front cover.
Seller: A Book By Its Cover, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.