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Goreyography: A Divers Compendium of & Price Guide to the Works of Edward Gorey

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Word Play Publications is pleased to announce a long-awaited bibliographic compendium on the works of Edward Gorey, Goreyography, by Henry Toledano. Four years of painstaking research into Gorey's complex output has resulted in one complete volume with over 1000 entries that include:

Over 500 book entries including limited, first, foreigh, and reprint editions

How to identify first editions

385 additional entries of Gorey's book cover and dust jacket illustration and design

Current average values for all editions

200 magazine references by or about Gorey

Where to find original Gorey art and collectibles

Dates and locations of Gorey dramatic productions and art exhibits

...and much more!

Mr. Toledano is a reseasrcher and bookseller whose long experience buying and selling Gorey books led to his filling the demand by libraries, booksellers, and collectors for an organized reference to Gorey's prodigious work. A major Gorey collector, Jim Weiland offers insights into obtaining and valuing Gorey ephemera and collectibles. Publisher and collector, Malcolm Whyte reviews the aesthetic importance and availability of Gorey's original paintings, drawings and signed graphics.
Numerous illustrations from Edward Gorey's books, original art and ephemera highlight the huge variety and scope of one of the most creative minds of the twentieth century, whom The New Yorker calls "an artist and writer of genius."

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Word Play Publications

Release: January 01, 1996

ISBN: 0964292238

ISBN 13: 9780964292239

Goreyography: A Divers Compendium of & Price Guide to the Works of Edward Gorey

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Word Play Publications is pleased to announce a long-awaited bibliographic compendium on the works of Edward Gorey, Goreyography, by Henry Toledano. Four years of painstaking research into Gorey's complex output has resulted in one complete volume with over 1000 entries that include:

Over 500 book entries including limited, first, foreigh, and reprint editions

How to identify first editions

385 additional entries of Gorey's book cover and dust jacket illustration and design

Current average values for all editions

200 magazine references by or about Gorey

Where to find original Gorey art and collectibles

Dates and locations of Gorey dramatic productions and art exhibits

...and much more!

Mr. Toledano is a reseasrcher and bookseller whose long experience buying and selling Gorey books led to his filling the demand by libraries, booksellers, and collectors for an organized reference to Gorey's prodigious work. A major Gorey collector, Jim Weiland offers insights into obtaining and valuing Gorey ephemera and collectibles. Publisher and collector, Malcolm Whyte reviews the aesthetic importance and availability of Gorey's original paintings, drawings and signed graphics.
Numerous illustrations from Edward Gorey's books, original art and ephemera highlight the huge variety and scope of one of the most creative minds of the twentieth century, whom The New Yorker calls "an artist and writer of genius."

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Word Play Publications

Release: January 01, 1996

ISBN: 0964292238

ISBN 13: 9780964292239

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