Search Results: the black doll a silent film by gorey edward

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Gotham Book Mart, 1973-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 7x5x0. First printing small staple bound jacketed softcover. Tight and unmarked. Please email for photos.

this most unusual book, described as a Silent Film, describes the history of a central Asian city called Gulb (or Blug) and the excavation led by Prof. Horace Bedsock, an eminent American archeologist, and financed by his friend , Maximilian Gloat, and discovery of a ritual object. It's all imaginary, of course, and very funny.
This first edition has black wrapper and was originally a limted edition of 100 numbered copies signed by author; this copy is unnumbered and unsigned.
Condition: very good. Pages are clean and unmarked. Black wrapper is slightly bent at top, otherwise fine.

Gotham Book Mart, 1973-01-01. Paperback. Like New. 0.2500 7.0000 5.5000. A first printing, in FINE condition.

Gotham Book Mart, 1973. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/Very Good. 7x5x0. First printing, stated. Stapled binding with stiff black paper wrapper and tipped in illustration on front panel. Sporadic foxing is noted on both cover and leaves. Small indentations and minor shelf wear to bottom of text block. Wrapper has a small dark patch on front panel and a very small tear at head of spine. Text is unmarked. Staples show a bit of rusting. 12mo. 52pp. **Photos available upon request.**

Gotham Book Mart, 1973. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/Very Good. 7x5x0. First printing, stated. Stapled binding with stiff black paper wrapper and tipped in illustration on front panel. Sporadic foxing is noted on both cover and leaves. Small indentations and minor shelf wear to bottom of text block. Wrapper has a small dark patch on front panel and a couple of white scuffs. Text is unmarked. Staples show a bit of rusting. 12mo. 52pp. **Photos available upon request.**

New York: Gotham Book Mart. 1973. Paperback. Softcover in dustjacket. 12mo. Book is in VG condition; spine is sunned and there is shelf wear to edges. Plain black dustjacket with a decorative plate depicting an obelisk. A clean copy, crisp and bright. 52 pp. .

New York, New York: Pomegranate, 2009. First Thus . Soft cover. Fine/Fine. Gorey, Edward. A screenplay that is "little known & never produced,'' featuring the first appearance of the Black Doll. Orig. published by Gotham in 1973, this is the First Printing of the 2009 posthumous reprint from Pomegranate, containing the original screenplay with a Foreword by Gotham's Andreas L. Brown & the transcript of an interview with Gorey by Annie Nocenti where he discusses the writing of this book. In 71 pages + list of other titles from publisher in rear. Nearly square hardcover octavo has matte black cloth-covered boards blindstamped with an image of the black doll to front & silver lettering to spine. Condition of both book & DJ is Fine: just removed from our personal shelves it has been since purchased Brand New! Completely clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages white & unmarked, corners crisp, colors vivid with no fading. The unclipped DJ is equally lovely: bright & colorful with a tad of rubbing… Read More

New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. First edition. Paperback. Very Good/very good. 8vo. Unprinted stapled wrappers in paper dustwrapper. 52 pp. First trade edition. A handsome very good copy in dustwrapper. The rare un-illustrated Gorey title.

New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. Softcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, trade issue. 12mo. 52pp. Fine in stiff wrappers, in a fine dust jacket.

Gotham Book Mart, 1973-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 7x5x0. First printing stated. Black stapled softcover with small doll illustration on cover. Cover slightly faded around edges. Binding is good; pages are bright, clean, and unmarked. One small chip from front right edge of cover. 52 pp. PMPT TNOS HS

New York, New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Fine/Near Fine. Gorey, Edward. A screenplay that is "little known & never produced,'' featuring the first appearance of the Black Doll. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing from Gotham Book Mart, Feb. 1973, in soft gray wrappers, stapled binding, 52 pages. The book is Fine: flawless! Completely clean, no rust to staples, pages creamy vellum-white & unmarked. The black paper DJ is downgraded to Near Fine due to fading that wraps around spine on each side about 2". 1 tiny scrape directly in center under the front pastedown featuring Gorey's illustration of the Black Doll, which itself is clean with no edgewear but a faint crease to bottom. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

New York: The Gotham Book Mart.. Fine with no dust jacket. 1973. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First trade edition. Fine in stapled wrappers laid-into black card jacket. Pictorial stamp-size Gorey illustration a-fixed to front cover. (52pp. ) (5" x 7") Little known and never-produced screenplay. ; 5" x 7"; 52 pages .

NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. Gorey, Edward. 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).

New York: The Gotham Book Mart, 1973. 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.