The Black Doll: A Silent Film de Gorey, Edward - 1973

New York: Gotham Book Mart. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1973. First Printing. Paperback. Small book, 52 pages, in black wraps. Very clean. Slight discoloration on front cover of black wraps. Previous owners' wrote name on the half title page. Very minimal wear to book. ; 7.10 X 5.05 x 0.25 inches; 52 pages .

this most unusual book, described as a Silent Film, describes the history of a central Asian city called Gulb (or Blug) and the excavation led by Prof. Horace Bedsock, an eminent American archeologist, and financed by his friend , Maximilian Gloat, and discovery of a ritual object. It's all imaginary, of course, and very funny.
This first edition has black wrapper and was originally a limted edition of 100 numbered copies signed by author; this copy is unnumbered and unsigned.
Condition: very good. Pages are clean and unmarked. Black wrapper is slightly bent at top, otherwise fine.

Gotham Book Mart, 1973-01-01. Paperback. Like New. 0.2500 7.0000 5.5000. A first printing, in FINE condition.

San Francisco: Pomegranate, 2009. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition by this publisher. Previously published in 1973 as a limited edition. Small quarto. Illustrated. Foreword by Andreas L. Brown. An interview with Edward Gorey by Annie Nocenti, and with notes by Karen Wilkin. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Gotham Book Mart, 1973. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/Very Good. 7x5x0. First printing, stated. Stapled binding with stiff black paper wrapper and tipped in illustration on front panel. Sporadic foxing is noted on both cover and leaves. Small indentations and minor shelf wear to bottom of text block. Wrapper has a small dark patch on front panel and a very small tear at head of spine. Text is unmarked. Staples show a bit of rusting. 12mo. 52pp. **Photos available upon request.**

Gotham Book Mart, 1973. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/Very Good. 7x5x0. First printing, stated. Stapled binding with stiff black paper wrapper and tipped in illustration on front panel. Sporadic foxing is noted on both cover and leaves. Small indentations and minor shelf wear to bottom of text block. Wrapper has a small dark patch on front panel and a couple of white scuffs. Text is unmarked. Staples show a bit of rusting. 12mo. 52pp. **Photos available upon request.**

New York: Gotham Book Mart. 1973. Paperback. Softcover in dustjacket. 12mo. Book is in VG condition; spine is sunned and there is shelf wear to edges. Plain black dustjacket with a decorative plate depicting an obelisk. A clean copy, crisp and bright. 52 pp. .

New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. First edition. Paperback. Very Good/very good. 8vo. Unprinted stapled wrappers in paper dustwrapper. 52 pp. First trade edition. A handsome very good copy in dustwrapper. The rare un-illustrated Gorey title.

Gotham Book Mart, 1973-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 7x5x0. First printing stated. Black stapled softcover with small doll illustration on cover. Cover slightly faded around edges. Binding is good; pages are bright, clean, and unmarked. One small chip from front right edge of cover. 52 pp. PMPT TNOS HS

New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. Softcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, trade issue. 12mo. 52pp. Fine in stiff wrappers, in a fine dust jacket.