GOREY, EDWARD. THE CATAFALQUE WORKS. 9 volumes comprising 8 volumes of some of Gorey's best works: The Glorious Nosebleed (Fifth Alphabet), The Deranged Cousins, The Nursery Frieze (15), The Sopping Thursday, The Inanimate Tragedy, The Iron Tonic, The Pious Infant, The Loathsome Couple, and a volume containing their German translations (Die Katafalk-Werke). 8vo, stapled illustrated wrappers; publisher's pictorial board slipcase. first swiss set. first editions. each volume signed by gorey with his name or pseudonym. Toledano A72 and A76 (for German volume). Zurich: Diogenes, 1979