Author: Gorey, Edward.
Title: The Haunted Tea-Cosy. A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas. [Limited Edition of 500 Copies Signed by Edward Gorey].
Description: New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace & Co. 1997. 1997. - Small quarto, 7-1/2 inches square. Bound in pink, green and black pictorial boards with illustrations by Gorey, in a matching dust wrapper titled in black on the front panel and on the spine. The book is housed in a dark blue slipcase. The dust wrapper is price-clipped and was possibly issued thus for the limited edition. Unpaginated, with Edward Gorey's illustrations in green and black on the rectos. Near fine Number 44 of 500 SIGNED AND NUMBERED copies. The colophon reads: "This special issue of the first edition of THE HAUNTED TEA-COSY is limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by the author and slipcased. 26 copies, lettered A-Z, are reserved for the author and Gotham Book Mart. This is copy 44". Fine .

Keywords: ILLUSTRATED; THE HAUNTED TEA-COSY; A DISPIRITED AND DISTASTEFUL DIVERSION FOR CHRISTMAS; CHRISTMAS BOOK; ILLUSTRATIONS; EDWARD GOREY; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE; LIMITED EDITION; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; SPECIAL ISSUE; NUMBERED; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20


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