Oct 14, 2010 - Sale 2225

Sale 2225 - Lot 216

Price Realized: $ 1,680
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
GOREY, EDWARD. The Lavender Leotard; or, Going a Lot to The New York City Ballet. Illustrated by Gorey. Oblong 8vo, purple cloth with pictorial cover onlay with tutu hand-colored by Gorey; original lavender board slipcase. New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973

Additional Details

first limited edition. number 6 of only 100 copies signed by gorey. The tutu on the cover of each copy of The Lavender Leotard was hand-colored by Gorey because the printer could not match the exact shade of pink on the New York City Ballet dancers' skirts. Toledano A53b.