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New York: Adama , 1985. Later printing. Hardcover. fine . Edward Gorey . No dustjacket as issued, much larger than original miniature published by Anne and David Bromer of Boston. Toledano A86c.

Adama, 1985. Reprint of 1983 edition. Paper Boards. Fine/Fine Archival Dustjacket. A beautiful copy of the reprint of this clever book, orgiinally published in 1983 in a signed miniature format. Copyright 1983 but this edition actually published in 1985. Typographical cover by Edward Gorey. No statement of edition. [Toledano, A86c.] Measures 6" high x 4 1/8" wide. In fine condition. A lovely copy.

New York: Adama Books, 1985. First edition, one of 300 copies. [28] leaves. 1 vols. 16mo. Glossy paper covered boards designed by Gorey; fine. First edition, one of 300 copies. [28] leaves. 1 vols. 16mo. Includes small promotional brochure.

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NY: Adama Books, 1983. Gorey, Edward. (61)pp. First reprint of Gorey's first miniature book. Signed by Gorey. The text is an alphabet of short humorous couplets patterned after early moral primers for children, as in "Find tasks to do While in a Queue." Each couplet is accompanied by an illustration, which was full-page in the miniature first edition but here remains, in fact, miniature. Very fine in glazed paper-covered boards.

New York: Adama Books, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Fine first edition in glossy decorated boards. No dustwrapper, as issued. Former owner stamp to inside front board. This copy SIGNED by Gorey on the title page and uncommon thus. Signed by Author.

New York: Adama Books, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Fine first edition in glossy decorated boards. No dustwrapper, as issued. This copy SIGNED by Gorey on the title page and uncommon thus. A beautiful signed copy. Signed by Author.

New York: Adama Books, 1983. Glossy, printed pictorial boards. Signed by Edward Gorey.on title page below his printed name crossed out, as the author usually does when he adds his signature. Book is unmarked, unread. first miniature book, The Eclectic Abecedarium is an illustrated adventure through the English alphabet, accompanied by rhyming adventure through the English alphabet, accompanied by rhyming couplets penned by Gorey, who described his creations as "literary nonsense." Inspired by popular moral primers for children, Gorey created an updated version of Isaac Watt's alphabetic adhorisms. Part sweet songs of unseen birds and part cautionary tales, this abecedarium fully lives up to the epithet "eclectic.". First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illus. by Edward Gorey. Small Octavo.

New York: Adama, 1985. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Fine copy in printed boards - the reprint edition of the miniature first published in an edition of 400 copies by the Bromers in 1983. Toledano A86c. Signed by Gorey on the title page. Size: 16mo . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Children. Inventory No: 047074.

Dallas, TX: Aredian Press, 2022. Approximately 4 x 12". LIMITED EDITION of 5 copies, this being #2. Design binding by Patrice Miller of Aredian Press. The structure is decorative paper over heavy book boards with paper label on cover, stiff paper Tyvek accordion spine backed by Indian cotton screen printed paper, flag book design with blue, red, and green cover weight papers to back the letter illustrations, colophon, and limitation which is, signed and numbered by the publisher, in fine condition. Beautifully structured and original book.

First published in 1983 with only 100 copies, this is a beautiful (but typically macabre for Gorey) book with illustrations and text referring to each letter of the alphabet. An example: The way to Hell is down a Well.. Patrice Miller's work has found its way to private and university collections, in the states and abroad. Human foibles, nature's panoply, and artistic cleverness cannot help but inform future work. She continues to bind, and rebind, in Dallas, Texas.

Boston: Anne & David Bromer, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Gorey. Miniature. [1" X 1.25"] Decorated boards, with title on paper label on front cover. [unpaginated] Limited/signed numbered: 128/300. Toledano A86b. SIGNED by Edward Gorey on the limitation page. In sun faded Gotham Book Mart envelope. A crisp, as new, signed copy of this Gorey miniature. One of 400 numbered and signed copies (101 - 400). [Copies of the deluxe, hand colored, slipcased edition are numbered 1 - 100].

Boston: Anne & David Bromer, 1983. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Miniature book, measuring about 35mm x 28mm, illustrated. A fine, fresh copy in the publisher's patterned boards, with black leather fore-edge and title label to front board, as issued. In the publisher's slipcase, with black ribbon and applied hand-colored illustration; about fine, with some very gentle age-toning. A delightful abecedarium, in the spirit of "The Gashlycrumb Tinies," but with more of a mix of the morbid and the tender. This is number 77 of 100 hand-colored copies (of which 80 were for sale), out of a larger limitation of 400. The hand-colored issue is considerably rarer in commerce. Toledano A86a.

Boston: Anne & David Bromer, 1983. Deluxe Signed Limited Edition. Fine. First edition. Deluxe signed limited edition, one of 100 copies (80 of which were for sale) with hand-painted illustrations as well as a hand-painted label pasted on the front of the slipcase. A miniature book measuring 1" x 1.25", bound in original ivy-patterned boards edged in black morocco, housed in publisher's original slipcase. Slipcase ribbon no longer present, else Fine. As its title implies, Gorey uses the miniature pages of this book to take a illustrated jaunt through the ABC's, such as, ''Find tasks to do While in a Queue''. Toleando A86a.