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Lot 55

[CHILDREN'S BOOKS & ILLUSTRATION]. GOREY, Edward. Amphigorey Also. LIMITED ISSUE SIGNED BY GOREY. 
Sale 2065 - Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
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[CHILDREN'S BOOKS & ILLUSTRATION]. GOREY, Edward (1925-2000). Amphigorey Also. New York: Congdon and Weed, 1983.

4to. Numerous illustrations by Gorey. Original pictorial boards; original dust jacket (price-clipped, spine very lightly sunned); publisher's slipcase.

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, letter J of 26 lettered copies reserved for the author, SIGNED BY GOREY, from a total edition of 276. This copy is inscribed "For Isobel" on the limitation. Isobel was presumably the Isobel that was the dedicatee of his book The Water Flowers.

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