New York: Workman Publishing/ Gotham Book Mart, 1980. Limited Signed First Edition. Paperback. SIGNED. Sextodecimo [16.5 cm] in illustrated wraps. A faint touch of wear to extremities, slight toning to spine at top, else Fine. Near fine. Item #53294 #255 of 300 copies with a specially designed cover, signed and numbered by Gorey, for Gotham Book Mart.

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St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1973. First edition thus. Hardcover. 522pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Blue paper covered boards with gilt-stamped spine. The corners are mildly bumped, and there is a small stain to foot of textblock. Dust jacket exhibits moderate scuffing, and there are also multiple small, closed tears. The largest tear measures nearly 2cm. Very good + / good +. Item #53957 ISBN: 0875421156 The last book written by Aleister Crowley, published posthumously. "Magick Without Tears" details his viewpoints on yoga, astrology, religion, and much more. "This is Crowley at his best, leading you gradually into the magickal philosophy behind one of the great mystics of our century and eliminating all that was previously unapproachable in earlier writing."- From dust jacket.

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London and New York: George G. Harrap; Brentano's, Circa 1926. Harry Clarke. Early printing. Hardcover. Quarto [27.5 cm] Black cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine, and an illustrated paper label on the front cover. With 8 full-page tipped in color plates. Good plus. The extremities are lightly rubbed, the spine is subtly faded, and there are a couple of faint partial moisture rings on the front cover. The front hinge is going. Complete, with all plates present. The illustrations at pp. 96 and 111 are beginning to detach at the head. The illustration at p. 253 is completely detached, and laid in. Item #42203 With color and black and white illustrations by Harry Clarke. An early printing of a book first published in 1919. Harry Clarke was a book illustrator, Ireland's most renowned stained glass artist, and a prominent figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement.

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New York: Dial Books for Young Readers; E. P. Dutton, Inc, 1983-1985. Edward Gorey. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 168; 170; 147pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 navy blue cloth with various shades of paper over boards. With only very minimal edge-wear to the covers. Erroneously, Bellairs began to sign the rear free endpaper of The Revenge of the Wizard's Ghost. All are in the dust jackets, featuring the artwork of Edward Gorey. There is a small glitter stain on the rear panel of the dust jacket of The Mummy, The Will, and The Crypt. The bottom fore-edge corners of the jacket flaps are clipped, however the prices are intact in the top fore-edge corners. Very good + / very good +. Item #52635 ISBN: 0803700296 Three books from the series of children gothic horror novels written by the author of The House with a Clock in Its Walls. The books feature dust jacket art, frontispieces and maps by Edward Gorey. All three books are signed, with "Best wishes," by John Bellairs on the front free endpapers.

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Halifax, Nova Scotia: Nimbus Publishing Ltd, 1989. Later printing. Hardcover. 59pp. Octavo [22 cm] Glossy pictorial paper over boards. Charming illustrated endpapers. Very good +. Item #48893 ISBN: 1551090074 Wood-engraver Miriam MacGregor has gathered together the works of thirty six wood engravers, representing some of the finest illustrations of cats ever seen. With a handwritten and signed letter from MacGregor tucked in.

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