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The Raging Tide: or, The Black Doll's Imbroglio
by Gorey, Edward
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Beaufort Books Publishers, 1987. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, black and white pictorial boards in publisher's original non price-clipped dust-jacket sporting matching art-work. Unpaginated. Illustrated with wonderfully macabre and surreal drawings by the author. Signed by Edward Gorey on title page in usual manner, over crossed out printed name. Stated first Beaufort edition, first printing of the trade edition [The Raging Tide was also made available to collectors as a signed limited edition with a tipped in colophon page in an edition of 200 numbered copies and 26 lettered (A to Z) copies.] Previous owner's Edward Gorey book-plate on front free end-paper and a small label stating "Signed" taped onto inside front dust-jacket flap. Else a fine copy in like dust-jacket. A clean, tight, fresh and unmarked copy. Near fine in near fine dust-jacket. Toledano A93c.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019465
- Title
- The Raging Tide: or, The Black Doll's Imbroglio
- Author
- Gorey, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Beaufort Books Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Edward Gorey
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
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Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
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