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London: Chiswick Press. Very Good+. 1834. Hardcover. 1834 (Reprint of the 1733 Edition) , 12mo (approx 4.25 x 6.5) [xx] 128pp, Illustrated. Red-Leather Over Marble Boards with Matching End-Papers, 5 Raised Bands with gilt Decorated Compartments, Title, Author, and Printing Year, All Edges Gilt. In Very Good++ condition with a strong spine showing no cracking or splitting, strong hinges showing no separation or starting, firm corners and end-caps, and no annotations, foxing, or mold. Some general rubbing and shelf-wear to the outer covers. Title Page and Frontispiece shows signs of damp-staining, but strangely enough, no other pages are effected. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 128 pages .

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Reissue; 1st Printing Thus. Hardcover. 0396076882 . Signed by Gorey to title page, above his struck-through printed name. Pictorial paper covered boards in a price-clipped pictorial jacket. Slight edgewear to boards and jacket. Interior clean. Illustrated with 30 b/w plates. No ownership marks, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; Unpaginated pages; Signed by Author .

Grapetree Productions. Very Good-. 1981. Softcover. 0941374009 . A satirical spin on mail-order catalogues. Pictorial wraps with light soil and scuffing, and bumped lower spine end. Solid binding and clean text. No ownership marks, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 95 pages .

London: John Camden Hotten. Very Good+. 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. 1866, First Edition, special Luxury edition in three-quarter fine-leather signed binding by Brentano Bindery in New York, with original marble slipcase. Large, Octavo (7.75 x 9) with colored illustrations by Ernest Griset, 164 pp. All edges gilt, with marble end-papers. Book is in Very Good+ condition with a strong spine showing no starting or drying to the leather. Front hinge shows some reading wear, particularly near the top of the spine, but again, there is no splitting or starting, and the integrity of the spine is in no way affected. Slip case shows some general rubbing and edge-wear. More images available upon request. ; 36 woodcut, hand-colored illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 164 pages .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1950. First Edition; First Printing. Red and gray paper covered boards with lightly bumped spine ends and corners, and mild edgewear. DJ in mylar has light foxing, age toning and soil. Some small chips/tears to edges with related creasing. Sides of spine somewhat rubbed. Not price clipped. The colors on the jacket are bright with no sunning. Binding somewhat tender; interior free of previous owner names, stickers or stamps. Interior with light to moderate foxing. ; 4to, hardcover, 91 pages. .

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Reissue; 1st Printing Thus. Hardcover. 0396077676 . Signed by Gorey to title page, beneath his struck-through printed name. Pictorial paper covered boards in a price-clipped pictorial jacket. Slight edgewear and soil to boards and jacket. Interior clean. Illustrated with 30 b/w plates. No ownership marks, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; Unpaginated pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394588223 . Slight bumping and edgewear to boards and DJ. Solid binding and clean text. No ownership marks, ex-lib marks, stickers or stamps. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 305 pages .

Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Pictorial paper covered yellow boards in an unclipped pictorial dust jacket. Slight edgewear and light foxing to boards and jacket. Fourteen color plates. There is an old bookshop sticker to the ffep. No ownership marks or stamps. Not ex-library. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; Unpaginated pages .