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Gorey tells a strange tale for Christmas. Illustrated with charming Gorey drawings and printed in 4 colors. Price clipped a lovey fine copy. Fine/fine.

New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Square 12mo. Spine ends lightly bumped, else fine in fine dustwrapper.

Jacket has some bubbling on the rear panel, else about fine over a fine book. "A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas".

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New York: Harcourt Brace & Co, 1998 Pictorial boards, a light foxing to endappers and top edge of text block; matching dust jacket with dust soil along top edge and tiny hole in rear spine fold, original price intact $15.00. A darkly humorous Christmas tale, written and illustrated by Edward Gorey, which originally appeared in the New York Times Magazine.. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Edward Gorey. Square 8vo.

The ghost of Christmas to come, not as Dickens imagined but as Gorey imagine---inimitable and irreverent. Gorey's illustrations, on each recto page, are accompanied by brief text on the verso facing page. This first appeared in the December 21, 1997 issue of The New York Times Magazine. Very good to fine: Spine is square, boards front and back are near new, no discoloration, all pages clean and crisp. DJ is near fine with handling marks and a slight roll of the edge top back. Not clipped.

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Harcourt Brace, 1998. First Edition. Decorative Boards. Fine/Fine in Archival Plastic Cover. A lovely First Edition of one of Edward Gorey's later books. Subtitled: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas." This story first appeared in The New York Times Magaine on December 21, 1997. Measures 7 1/2" wide x 7 1/2" high. In fine pink boards, the book is bright and clean. The dustjacket is complete with the original price and is very clean and bright.

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First ed. Fine/Fine condition. Illustrated by Gorey.

Gift quality. Pristine book and DJ. Crisp, clean, tight, never read. Adult fiction. General Audience.

A square solid tight clean unread copy. The priced jacket has some minimal wear else fine. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY.

Dust Jacket is price-intact, clean with very mild shelfwear. Full letter line. Binding tight and straight, inner pages clean and unmarked.; 0.5 X 7.5 X 7.75 inches; 64 pages.

New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.56

Harcourt Brace & Company, 1998-10-31. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Signed by Edward Gorey. Dust jacket has light sunning along spine. Bottom of front cover is bumped, but otherwise clean. Binding is tight. Inside is clean.

Signed by Edward Gorey on a bookplate attached to the first free end page. First edition, first printing. Text and illustrations are unmarked; pages are bright. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket shows just a little light wear around the edges.

"This book, a dispirited and distasteful diversion, brings us a gift-Gorey, inimitable and irreverent." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET. Signed by Edward Gorey bookplate.

Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used Book: Hard Cover Signed on publisher bookplate, price-clipped,slight bumping to corners of boards and dust jacket, a few spots of discoloration to covers, light page wear.

FLAT SIGNED bu Gorey directly onto title page; no inscription. Fine in a Near Fine DJ. Unclipped dust jacket, protected by mylar cover, is clean and bright with no rips or creases, moderately sunned on spine. Illustrated boards are clean and sturdy. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked with no rips or creases. Quick, secure shipping with free delivery confirmation from Los Angeles bookstore. Photos available upon request.

Signed. Signed by Edward Gorey on a bookplate. Clean unmarked copy otherwise in excellent condition. Dust jacket is in a protective mylar wrap.

Signed on publisher bookplate, price-clipped,slight bumping to corners of boards and dust jacket, a few spots of discoloration to covers, light page wear.

Signed by the author on colophon page. Sm. 8vo 7 1/2"x 7 1/8" [7 7/8"x 7 5/8"] illus boards, front & back, w/ matching dust jacket (price-clipped here as issued); 1/500 numbered/ signed copies, this in dark royal-blue slipcase; unpaginated; color illus; printed in Singapore. cover/ jacket art by Edward Gorey.

New York, U.S.A.: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1997. Bound in the publishers pink hardboards with black title lettering to spine. The pages and distinctive colour illustrations by Edward Gorey are in excellent condition throughout and are squarely bound. Book sits solid and tight and is in as new condition. Housed in the matching dustwrapper which has been neatly priceclipped. Protected in a removable archival book sleeve to preserve its condition. The photograph provided is a picture of the book and the dustwrapper and we are happy to send more images on request. A lovely, fresh example of this much loved book from the strange and wonderful world of Edward Gorey. This is the first printing and has been SIGNED by Edward Gorey on a special Harcourt, Brace and Co. publishers bookplate which has been carefully affixed to the front free endpaper. A beautiful copy of a perennial Edward Gorey favourite !. Signed by Author. First Edition. Very Fine/Fine. Illus. by Edward Gorey. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. FIRST EDITION.

One of 500 numbered copies signed by the author. Hardcover, bound in printed boards with matching dust jacket in a slipcase. The jacket price-clipped; the slipcase with light edge-wear; the text unmarked.

Signed by Edward Gorey on a bookplate attached to the first free end page. First edition, first printing. Text and illustrations are unmarked; pages are bright. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket shows just a little light wear around the edges.

"This book, a dispirited and distasteful diversion, brings us a gift-Gorey, inimitable and irreverent." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET. Signed by Edward Gorey bookplate.

Signed by the author on title page. Sm. 8vo 7 1/2"x 7 1/8" illus boards, front & back, w/ matching dust jacket [$15.00]; unpaginated; color illus; printed in Singapore. {note: the signed trade is scarcer than either the signed ltd. or those w/ signed labels} cover/ jacket art by Edward Gorey.

Signed by the author on colophon page. Sm. 8vo 7 1/2"x 7 1/8" [7 7/8"x 7 5/8"] illus boards, front & back, w/ matching dust jacket (price-clipped here as issued); 1/500 numbered/ signed copies, this in dark royal-blue slipcase; unpaginated; color illus; printed in Singapore. cover/ jacket art by Edward Gorey.

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1997. Limited Edition, one of 500 numbered copies (this being No. 181) SIGNED by the author. Loosely based on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." Fine in a Fine price-clipped dust jacket as issued. In a Fine publisher's dark blue slipcase.

Limited Edition, one of 500 numbered copies (this being No. 181) SIGNED by the author. Loosely based on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." Fine in a Fine price-clipped dust jacket as issued. In a Fine publisher's dark blue slipcase.

Signed by the author on title page. Sm. 8vo 7 1/2"x 7 1/8" illus boards, front & back, w/ matching dust jacket [$15.00]; unpaginated; color illus; printed in Singapore. {note: the signed trade is scarcer than either the signed ltd. or those w/ signed labels} cover/ jacket art by Edward Gorey.

New York, NY;: Harcourt, Brace and Co.,, 1997. Limited special issue of first edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Edward Gorey. Special issue of the first edition limited to 500 signed, numbered, and slipcased copies. This is number 447. Fine in fine and bright price clipped dust jacket. Housed in near fine slipcase with repaired corner where paper covering had been scuffed.

Special issue of the first edition limited to 500 signed, numbered, and slipcased copies. This is number 447. Fine in fine and bright price clipped dust jacket. Housed in near fine slipcase with repaired corner where paper covering had been scuffed.