Still Performances.
Cambridge: MIT, 1989. Square 8vo. Pamphlet. First edition. Catalog issued in conjunction with this exhibition. Illustrated with photographs. Faint corner crease, else fine. More
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A Bibliography of the Surrealist Revolution in France.
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, [1969]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Fine. More
Folding announcement card for Giacometti's 1934 "Abstract Sculpture" show at the Julien Levy Gallery.
NY: Julien Levy Gallery, [1934]. The card features a photo of one of Giacometti's sculptures. The Julien Levy Gallery was the preeminent venue for Surrealist art, photography, and experimental film during the '30s and '40s. Fine (trivial soiling to verso). More
Kontextsound.
Amsterdam: Kontexts, 1977. Tall 4to. Pamphlet. First edition. A compilation of sound-poetry, text-sound compositions, poesie sonore, auditive texts, optophonetics, verbosonics, and lingual music. Texts and photos by Bernard Heidsieck, Henri Chopin, Ake Hodell, Franz Mon, Sean O Huigin, Bob Cobbing, and many others. Few faint spots of mottling to top... More
History of Renaissance Art: Painting Sculpture Architecture Throughout Europe.
NY: Abrams, [1973]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated throughout. Fine. More
Max Ernst.
NY: Rizzoli, 1984. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition in English. Profusely illustrated throughout. Very fine. More
Wynn Chamberlain.
NY: Fischbach Gallery, 1965. Exhibition flyer for a 1965 showing of Chamberlain's paintings at the Fischbach Gallery in New York City. Single sheet folded twice, printing "Chamberlain's Nakeds" by Allen Ginsberg and reproducing a painting of Chamberlain's. Tender at the folds, couple of splits to one fold (we've never seen... More
Avant Garde, No. 8, September 1969.
n.p.:n.p., [1969]. Edited by Ralph Ginzburg. This issue devoted to the erotic engravings of Pablo Picasso. Some rubbing near spine, very good plus. More
Art of Southeast Asia.
[NY]: Abrams, [1998]. Large, thick 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition. Preface by Albert Le Bonheur. Profusely illustrated throughout. Very fine, basically as new. More
Bumper sticker invitation for the ''Car'' themed event at the Area Nightclub in NYC, 1983.
NY: Area, 1983. Bumper sticker printing in red a photograph of the front of an Edsel. This was the second event at Area shortly after it opened. Scarce ephemera from this popular club and art installation space that catered to the Downtown art and celebrity scene of the '80s. Near... More
The Iconography of Tibetan Lamaism.
Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle, [1959]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition thus, a revised and enlarged reprint of the original 1939 edition. Fine in price-clipped, very good plus dust jacket with a short tear to the front panel. More
Donald and The.
[Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1976.] Square 16mo. Hardbound in dust jacket. Reprint. Illustrated by Gorey. Signed by Gorey. Very fine. More
More of Brer Rabbit's Tricks.
NY: Young Scott Books, [1968]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Illustrated by Edward Gorey. Signed by Gorey. Spectacular, as new copy in price-clipped dust jacket. More
The Rats of Rutland Grange.
NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1974. Oblong 16mo. Pamphlet. First edition. Signed by Gorey. Fine (barely perceptible toned spot to corner of cover). More
The Bug Book.
NY: Looking Glass Library, 1959. Pamphlet. First edition. Limited to 600 copies. Very fine. More
The Deranged Cousins/ The Untitled Book/The Eleventh Episode: Three Books from the Fantod Press.
n.p.: Fantod, 1971. Pamphlets. First editions. Limited to 500 copies. The Deranged Cousins has some light sepia discoloration to the front cover, else fine, as are the other titles. Publisher's envelope slightly worn with ink notation to front. More
The Deranged Cousins/ The Untitled Book/The Eleventh Episode: Three Books from the Fantod Press.
n.p.: Fantod, 1971. Pamphlets. First editions. Limited to 500 copies. Each book is inscribed to noted actor and film director, Paul Bartel ("For Paul"), and each is signed by Gorey using the appropriate pseudonym for that book. Bartel was the writer/director of "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills,"... More
The Edward Gorey Calendar for 1980.
NY: Workman Publishing, 1979. Spiral-bound calendar featuring illustrations by Gorey. First edition. As new in publisher's printed envelope. More
F.M.R.A.
NY: Andrew Alpern, 1980. First edition. 31 illustrated small broadsides of various sizes (with a colophon sheet, and contents page), printed on different colored papers and enclosed in a clamshell box. One of 400 numbered copies signed by the author (of a total edition of 426). Fine in very slightly soiled publisher's clamshell box. More
Gorey Cats Paper Dolls.
SF: Troubador, [1982]. Pamphlet. First edition. Cut-out paper dolls that you can dress in various outfits and stage against a selection of backdrops. Very good plus. More
Gorey World: Paintings, Drawings & Mysterious Objects.
SF: Cartoon Art Museum, 1996. Pamphlet. First edition of this exhibition catalog. One of 150 numbered copies signed by Gorey. Small sticker shadow to back cover, else fine. More
Gorey World: Paintings, Drawings & Mysterious Objects.
SF: Cartoon Art Museum, 1996. Pamphlet. First edition of this exhibition catalog. Fine. More
The Haunted Tea-Cosy.
NY: Harcourt Brace, [1997]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Gorey (of a total edition of 526). The original prospectus is laid in. Very fine in publisher's slipcase (dust jacket price-clipped as issued). More
Les Urnes Utiles.
Cambridge: Halty-Ferguson, 1980. Pamphlet. First edition. One of 400 numbered copies signed by Gorey (of a total edition of 426). Slight touch of toning to corners of covers, else very fine. More
Lucky Little People.
np: Scholastic Book Club, 1973. Square 8vo. First edition. Punch-out, color figures, designed by Gorey, depicting "Rumpelstiltskin and friends." The figures are on a large folding card, with a single sheet of instructions wrapped around. Though known to be Gorey's work, his name does not appear anywhere. Fine, with none... More