May 07, 2014 - Sale 2349

Sale 2349 - Lot 214

Price Realized: $ 896
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
GOREY, EDWARD. THE GASHLYCRUMB TINIES. POSTCARD SET. Complete with 28 cards, one for each letter of the alphabet, the cover illustration (with skeleton), one extra "tail" card, plus one descriptive sheet from the publisher. 152x104 mm; 6x4 1/4 inches, on alternating glossy or matte paper, laid into plain mylar box (some splits and chips). Near Fine. Toledano A11c. New York: Harvey Hutter, 1979

Additional Details

with--a signed copy of the 1986 Peter Weed / Beaufort Books reprint edition of the book. 8vo, pictorial boards; dust jacket. New York. Toledano A11e. The Gashlycrumb Tinies or, After the Outing (its full title) was first printed as part of the 3-volume set Vinegar Works, 1963. see lot 250. This was followed by a Swiss edition, these postcards, and a 1981 reprint by Dodd, Mead before the reprint edition "e" in this lot. It was also part of the Amphigorey anthology.