MOORE MERRILL Group of 5 Signed early First Editions

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MOORE, MERRILL. Group of 5 Signed early First Editions. Plus one unsigned title; together 6 volumes. Illustrations by Gorey. 8vo cloth (one in wrappers); dust jackets as issued. Condition varies but generally very good. All but last signed by Gorey; some inscribed by Moore as noted. New York,: Twayne, 1950s

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Illegitimate Sonnets. Inscribed by Moore in the year of publication. gorey's first illustrated book. Twayne, (1950). Toledano B1 Clinical Sonnets. Third Printing, but Gorey's first appearance of the illustrations. Toning to frontispiece illustration with signature; dust jacket spotted. 1950. B2a and Revised, Illustrated Edition. 1953. B2b Case-Record from a Sonnetorium. Inscribed by Moore. Dust jacket edgeworn; bookplate on pastedown. 1951. B3 More Clinical Sonnets. 1953. B6 Merrill Moore & The American Sonnet. Illustrated wrappers. Inscribed by Moore. Printed in New Zealand. scarce first and only edition. Christchurch: Pegasus, 1954. Gorey's first appearances in published books. B7.