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The Vinegar Works~Edward Gorey , 3-Vol. 1st Edition. Slipcase. 1963

$325.00

First edition , of this early publisher's grouping of three Gorey titles, all first editions, including his most famous work, The Gashlycrumb Tinies.

"During his tedious time at Bobbs-Merrill, Gorey produced three classic works, one of which, The Gashlycrumb Tinies , would become his best-known title—the dictionary definition, in the public mind, of the Goreyesque. The Gashleycrumb Tinies; or, After the Outing ; The Insect God ; and The West Wing appeared in 1963, in a boxed set published by Simon and Schuster called The Vinegar Works: Three Volumes of Moral Instruction . It debuted a year after the arrival of Maurice Sendak's four-volume Nutshell Library . Since he knew Sendak and seemed to have kept abreast of chilren's book publishing, it's unlikely Gorey hadn't gotten wind of Sendak's wry take on Puritan primers and Struwwelpeter -type cautionary tales. Whether The Vinegar Works is his response we don't know, but the timing is suggestive" (Dery, Born to Be Posthumous , 224). Toledano A13.

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First edition , of this early publisher's grouping of three Gorey titles, all first editions, including his most famous work, The Gashlycrumb Tinies.

"During his tedious time at Bobbs-Merrill, Gorey produced three classic works, one of which, The Gashlycrumb Tinies , would become his best-known title—the dictionary definition, in the public mind, of the Goreyesque. The Gashleycrumb Tinies; or, After the Outing ; The Insect God ; and The West Wing appeared in 1963, in a boxed set published by Simon and Schuster called The Vinegar Works: Three Volumes of Moral Instruction . It debuted a year after the arrival of Maurice Sendak's four-volume Nutshell Library . Since he knew Sendak and seemed to have kept abreast of chilren's book publishing, it's unlikely Gorey hadn't gotten wind of Sendak's wry take on Puritan primers and Struwwelpeter -type cautionary tales. Whether The Vinegar Works is his response we don't know, but the timing is suggestive" (Dery, Born to Be Posthumous , 224). Toledano A13.

First edition , of this early publisher's grouping of three Gorey titles, all first editions, including his most famous work, The Gashlycrumb Tinies.

"During his tedious time at Bobbs-Merrill, Gorey produced three classic works, one of which, The Gashlycrumb Tinies , would become his best-known title—the dictionary definition, in the public mind, of the Goreyesque. The Gashleycrumb Tinies; or, After the Outing ; The Insect God ; and The West Wing appeared in 1963, in a boxed set published by Simon and Schuster called The Vinegar Works: Three Volumes of Moral Instruction . It debuted a year after the arrival of Maurice Sendak's four-volume Nutshell Library . Since he knew Sendak and seemed to have kept abreast of chilren's book publishing, it's unlikely Gorey hadn't gotten wind of Sendak's wry take on Puritan primers and Struwwelpeter -type cautionary tales. Whether The Vinegar Works is his response we don't know, but the timing is suggestive" (Dery, Born to Be Posthumous , 224). Toledano A13.

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