May 07, 2014 - Sale 2349

Sale 2349 - Lot 280

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(GOREY, EDWARD.) HEIDE, FLORENCE PARRY. The Shrinking of Treehorn. Illustrated by Gorey. Oblong 8vo, pictorial cloth; dust jacket, only very minor rubbing to spine panel ends and tips. true first edition, first printing, in first dust jacket, signed by gorey on title-page. In 1971, this title was New York Times Illustrated Book of the Year Award winner and one of the AIGA 50 Best Children's Books. Toledano B51a. New York: Holiday House, 1971

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with--4 more treehorn firsts by heide and gorey:--Treehorn's Treasure. First Edition in dust jacket, signed by Gorey on title-page. New York: Holiday House, 1981. Toledano B66a The Adventures of Treehorn. Wrappers. First Edition. New York: Dell, 1983. Toledano B71a Treehorn's Wish. First Edition in dust jacket. New York: Holiday House, 1984. Toledano B72a Treehorn Times Three. Wrappers. First and only Edition. (New York: Dell, 1992). Toledano B78.