Search Results: The Dripping Faucet by Edward Gorey

Worcester, MA: Metacom Press, 1989. Gorey, Edward. Tall, thin quarto, measuring 11 1/4 by 2 1/4 inches. (4)ff., (or 36, depending on how you count). First edition. One of 500 copies signed by Gorey. This unusual cut-figure book follows two characters, V and W, who resemble salt and pepper shakers and experience changeable fates. Each page is slit into nine sections, each of which, with its own illustration, can be opened independently of the others, thus creating the possibility of the 1,458 tales indicated by the title. Internal foxing, else about fine copy in original green wrappers. (Toledano A94a).

(Worcester, Massachusetts: Metacom Press, 1989. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Tall and narrow stapled wrappers. A "slice" book, with each page cut into several vignettes, to be mixed and matched to make a great many mini-stories. Slight horizontal mark barely worthy of mention, still fine. Copy number 12 of 500 numbered copies Signed by Gorey.

Metacom Limited, 1989. One of 526 copies, signed by Gorey. Featuring B/W illustrations on small flaps, which can be viewed in various combinations to create a plethora of different disturbing tales (Fourteen hundred and fifty eight tiny, tedious, & terrible tales). 2 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches, with nine individually-sewn signatures. As new. This is signed and numbered.. Signed by Author. First Edition, Signed/Limited. Soft Cover. As New. Illus. by Gorey.

Worcester, MA: Metacom Press, 1995. First edition. Softcover. First edition, copy #133 of a limited 500 numbered copies (plus 26 lettered, handcolored copies) signed by Edward Gorey. Tall, thin quarto (2 1/4" x 11 1/4"), string-bound in publisher's illustrated wraps. Near Fine, tiny bump to spine near head, corner crease to rear wrap bottom. A "cut-apart" book with four sheets spliced in nine sections, allowing 1,458 combinations of tiny, tedious and terrible tales to be told. Toledano A94b.

Worcester, MA: Metacom Press, 1989. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, signed limited deluxe issue. One of 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey and with illustrations hand-colored by him as well. Near Fine with shallow, faint creases to wraps. Tall, thin quarto (2 1/4" x 11"), in publisher's string-bound illustrated mustard wraps printed in black. A "cut-apart" book with four sheets sliced in nine sections, allowing 1,458* combinations of tiny, tedious and terrible tales to be told. (*Toleando claims a combination of 2,903 different ways it can be read, while the cover states 1,458.) Toledano A94a.