"SHE DIED LAST AUTUMN OF A DISORDER OF THE SPINE BROUGHT ON BY A LACK OF NOURISHING FOOD"

GOREY, Edward. The Green Beads. New York: Albondocani Press, 1978. Oblong octavo, original wrappers. $700.

Signed limited first edition, number 86 of 400 copies signed by Edward Gorey on the limitation page.

A story "about little Tancred, who meets 'a disturbed person whose sex was unclear' and who leads Tancred on a wild goose-chase for the, er, family jewels. It was Gorey's last picture book of the '70s" (Dery, Born to Be Posthumous, 287). Also issued in a signed lettered limitation of 26 copies "for the use of the author and publisher" and not for sale. Toledano A71b. With prospectus postcard laid in.

A fine signed copy.