Edward Gorey
The Iron Tonic: or, A Winter Afternoon in Lonely Valley, 1969
NY: Albondocani Press
First edition. One of twenty-six lettered copies, signed by Gorey.
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Oblong octavo. 18ff. This tale about the guests of a crumbling and desolate hotel features Gorey's characteristically macabre illustrations and cryptic rhymed couplets. Although not indicated, this copy is from...
Oblong octavo. 18ff. This tale about the guests of a crumbling and desolate hotel features Gorey's characteristically macabre illustrations and cryptic rhymed couplets. Although not indicated, this copy is from the library of Alison Lurie, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Gorey's longtime friend. Fine in printed wrappers.


