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[Children's & Illustrated] Gorey, Edward: The Pointless Book: Or, Nature & Art

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GOREY, Edward (1925-2000). The Hapless Child. New: GOREY, Edward (1925-2000). The Hapless Child. New York: Ivan Obolensky, 1961. Square 8vo. Illustrated. Original purple wrappers (a touch of rubbing). FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY GOREY on the

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[Children's & Illustrated] Gorey, Edward: The Pointless Book: Or, Nature & Art

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[Children's & Illustrated] Gorey, Edward: The Pointless Book: Or, Nature & Art

Gorey, Edward
The Pointless Book: Or, Nature & Art
No place, The Fantod Press, (1993). First trade edition. Oblong 64mo. Unpaginated. Signed by Gorey as “Garrod Weedy” on front wrapper. Stiff printed light gray wrappers. Toledano A109b

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Private collection of Valerie and Matthew Young

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[Children's & Illustrated] Gorey, Edward: The Pointless Book: Or, Nature & Art

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