Object Lesson by Edward Gorey (29 results)

Condition: Very Good. 1746289112. 5/3/2025 4:18:32 PM.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.4.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Edward Gorey (illustrator). New Edition. New edition, 2002. In fine condition with no marks or inscriptions.

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Gorey, Edward (illustrator). First Edition. First UK edition. No clear publication date given - no date other than the copyright date of 1958. Originally published in the US by Doubleday in 1958. Boards have a little fading to the edges but are otherwise unmarked. Page edges and endpapers are lightly browned with gift message to the original owner to the front free endpaper. Tearing along the hinge at the front endpapers but the binding is secure. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Jacket has some browning and discolouration especially to the spine. There is some chipping to the spine and to the bottom edge of the front panel, where there are five small closed tears. There is also a quarter inch closed tear to the top edge of the front panel. Written and illustrated by Gorey. First printing.

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Large library bookplate; library pocket on rear pastedown.

First edition (as stated upon copyright page). Unpaged (33 pages). Hardcover: H 15.25cm x L 22cm. Dust jacket well toned and soiled; long jagged closed tear descending from front panel's upper left across center; other lesser edge-wear; front flap retains publisher's printed price ("T.O.-L. | $2.00") at top right corner. Beige printed boards lightly toned; slight scuffing/bumping at spine ends and board corner tips. Endpapers foxed; slight foxing/toning at margins of interior leaves. Binding is firm. A very good copy in only a fair dust jacket. Laid-in at front endpapers is a November 24, 1958 typed letter from Ben Regan on Nationwide Food Service, Inc. of Chicago, IL stationery to a Bellbrook, Ohio resident noting the book is by "the son of our friend Ed Gorey" - Chicago was illustrator Gorey [Jr.]'s hometown.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Edward Gorey (illustrator). First Edition in U. K. Spine creased. Dust jacket with tears at spine ends, price-clipped.

Condition: Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1958. First edition, stated. Oblong 8vo hardcover. Unpaginated. B/W illustrations. Good book, good dust jacket. Jacket and book lightly shelfworn and silverfished. Light silverfishing to jacket and to inside surface of boards. Page edges very lightly toned. Inside clean. (literary nonsense, humor) Inquire if you need further information.

First edition, first printing. Original green cloth with gilt titles to the upper board, in dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout with Gorey's atmospheric pen and ink drawings. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the gilt titles a touch rubbed. The faintly toned contents are clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Compete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that is a touch faded to the spine and with a few tiny spots to the front panel. There are short closed tears to the top edge of the front and rear panels which have been repaired to the underside with two small pieces of tape, and another short closed tear to the bottom edge of the front panel (without repair). Not price clipped (13s 6d to the bottom of the front flap). A classic example of Gorey's quasi-Victorian, morbidly humorous illustrated books. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First English Edition. Olivegreen cloth binding stamped in gold with Dustjacet. Price clipped. NearFine/NearFine. Initials of owner, small, inside front cover. DJ has slight edge wear at spine. Book clean and bright, all corners sharp.

hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good(-). First. Illustrated by the Author. Oblong 8vo., printed boards.New York: Doubleday, (1958). First Edition. Nezr fine copy, lacking dust wrapper.

Hardcover. First edition, first printing. "A missing artificial limb, ghostly spectres, and the statue of Corrupted Endeavour all have a place in this enigmatic tale, which combines elements of French surrealism, Japanese haiku, and lots of good fun." Written and illustrated by Edward Gorey. Unpaginated [32 pages]; b&w illustrations throughout; 8.5 x 6 inches. Ref: Toledano A4a. Condition: Good+ hardcover with lightly soiled boards and light rubbing to the bottom edges, a light bump to one tip and blunting the others, crimped spine ends, and a moderately severe bump to the top edge; aside from a previous owner's blind stamp, the interior is mostly clean with an occasional and a few lone foxing spots; the dust jacket is Good with price-intact and overall soiling, a couple of closed tears, and rubbing to the extremities. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. Ships the next business day, wrapped in padding, in a box.

hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First. Illustrated by the Author. Oblong 8vo., printed boards, d.w. New York: Doubleday, (1958). First Edition. Fine copy in a lightly dust soiled but price intact dust wrapper. Ownership stamp of illustrator Hilary Knight.

First edition. First edition. Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. Oblong 12mo. Black cloth. Signed Rita Doniger on ffep. Fine in a slightly soiled price-clipped dust jacket Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. Oblong 12mo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1958 [30] pp. 1st Edition 6.25" x 8.75" Doubleday & Company, Inc.

hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Good. 1958, stated first edition. Binding is unblemished, text block is clean, boards straight, without highlights or markings. Mild rubbing/chipping to dust wrapper edges, mild foxing. Supporting Bay Area Friends of the Library since 2010. Well packaged and promptly shipped.