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Ivan Obolensky. Paper Back. Very Good. Pages are very clean and bright with no markings. Minor rubbing to the edges and corners of the wraps. Binding is fine.

Illustrated by Edward Gorey

New York: Ivan Obolensky. Near Fine. 1965. First Edition. Softcover. Softcover in illustrated wraps. First printing (not stated) . Book is in near fine condition, with slim rim of sunning to front cover. Stiff white wrappers with beige, blue, gray, and black pictorial stamping. No creases and no ownership marks. Book lists 15 earlier Gorey titles on rear page. Unpaginated. .

New York: Ivan Obolensky, 1964. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Near fine first edition softcover with a single, small scuff to back cover else fine and unread.

THE SINKING SPELL, Ivan Obolensky, 1964, first edition, tiny piece flaked off from bottom margin of rear cover, 2 small stains, one to each cover, else a tight vg+ copy in pictorial wraps.

New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc, 1964. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Small illustrated paperbound book. Unpaginated. A handsome near fine copy of this early illustrated book by Gorey. Originally published in Holiday Magazine.

New York: Ivan Obolensky, 1964. First Edition. Paperback. As New. Duodecimo. Edward Gorey. First book publication of a Gorey work which first appeared in the magazine Holiday. A pristine copy. Toledano A17a

NY: Ivan Obolensky, Inc.. VG. 1964. 1st Edition. Trade Paperback. First edition bound in tan, black, and blue illustrated wrappers. Illu strated by the author. 5" x 6 1/2". A Very Good copy. There are some r ub marks to the front cover and light wear to the corners. Contents ar e clean, tight & unmarked. .

New York: Ivan Obolensky, (1964)., (1964).. Fine. - Sextodecimo (16mo), 6-1/8 inches high by 5 inches wide. Softcover, bound in glossy pink pictorial wrappers by Edward Gorey, titled in black on the spine. The covers are very lightly rubbed. Unpaginated, with a full-page black & white illustration by Edward Gorey on the recto of each page. Near fine. First edition. [Toledano A17a].

Ivan Obolensky, 1964. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Edition in book format, after publication in Holiday magazine. Tight & clean, with unopened pages. Mild wear to covers, with small old spot on upper front. .

Astor-Honor Inc, 1965-06. Paperback. Good.

Switzerland: Diogenes, 1975. Nice copy. #46. Text in English. . First Thus. Original Wraps. Nr Fine.

New York: Ivan Obolensky, 1964. First edition. Small softcover. A relatively early book from this prolific author/artist. A clean and tight very near fine copy with some very minute wear. A lovely copy. Toledano A17a.

New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc, 1964. First edition. Illustrated throughout by the author. 1 vols. 12mo. Wrappers. Fine. First edition. Illustrated throughout by the author. 1 vols. 12mo.

New York: Astor-Honor, 1968. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. re-issue. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Four volumes in different colored stiff wrappers, housed in cardboard slipcase with large yellow pictorial label on side, illustrated by Edward Gorey. Includes the titles "The Fatal Lozenge" (1960); "The Hapless Child" (1961); "The Curious Sofa" (1961) [written under the pseudonym Ogdred Weary] and "The Sinking Spell" (1964). The first three titles were originally published by Astor-Honor, the last by Ivan Obolensky. Facsimile editions with all spines reading Obolensky as publisher and the first three titles listed above bearing the Astor-Honor imprint on title-page, the fourth "The Sinking Spell" bearing Ivan Obolensky on title. {Toledano A28}. All volumes illustrated with Gorey's Victorianesque macabre drawings. These facsimile editions are actually the second editions of each title, two of which were not offered again in… Read More

New York: Ivan Obolensky / Astor-Honor, Inc, 1968. Paperback. Very Good/Good+ Slipcase. Four small Gorey paperbacks, in slipcase. Ivan Obolensky / Astor-Honor, Inc., [1968]; no additional printings indicated. "The Curious Sofa" in good+ condition--spine is gently creased and slightly cocked forward, binding remains firmly intact. Light rubbing around "The Hapless Child" spine. Spines are otherwise uncreased, all bindings remain tight and sturdy; illustrations and text very good throughout; minor wear to edges of wraps. Small abrasion at top edge of slipcase on blank side, wear to edges is otherwise light, illustrated plate on front panel remains bright and bold. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Zurich: Diogenes, {1975). Later printing. Stitched paper wrappers. A near fine copy, faint rubbing on rear wrapper.. Unpaged [33 pp.]. Illus. with b/w drawings. Sq. 16mo. Signed by the author on the title page. The third volume of this seven volume reissue which was No 46 of the series Club de Bibliomanen. Distributors sticker on colophon.

New York: Ivan Obolensky, 1964. First Edition. Publisher’s wrappers; fine. Review copy; with the publisher’s slip laid in.

SIGNED BY EDWARD GOREY! This is the Diogenes Verlag (Switzerland) softcover edition published in 1975. Number 46 in the series "Club Der Bibliomanen." Interior is pristine, covers look terrific; book still looks as new. Expedited shipping is welcome; signed by author.

NY: Ivan Obolensky, Inc, 1964. Gorey, Edward. 12mo. (32)pp. First edition, signed by Gorey. Demonstrating his mastery of the imaginative leap, Gorey presents a story about "something way up high" that gradually descends through an old family home, to the point where "it's gone beneath the cellar floor. We shall not see it any more" - despite never having seen it at all. Minor soiling, otherwise fine in printed wrappers. (Toledano A17a).