first edition Softcover
1989 · [New York]
by GOREY, Edward
[New York]: Albondocani Press and Ampersand Books, 1989. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Fine in original addressed mailing envelope and card stiffener. Greeting card with a Gorey drawing. One of an unknown number of copies (of a total edition of 400) with Ampersand listed as co-publisher (the Ampersand issue is usually smaller). Inscribed by the publisher to noted bookman Ray Roberts. Roberts was an influential editor with Viking, Henry Holt, and then Little, Brown, and he worked closely with John Fowles, Martha Grimes, Thomas Pynchon, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Used as a holiday greeting by the artist and publisher. (Inventory #: 302818)