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EDWARD GOREY.
“Dead By Now.” Pen and ink on board. 192x240 mm; 9
3
/
8
x7
1
/
2
inches. Signed in ink, lower
right margin. Proposed cover and spine illustration for The Crime Club Selection “Dead
By Now” by Margaret Erskine. Circa 1954.
[3,000/4,000]
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EDWARD GOREY.
“Henry James.” Pen, ink, and watercolor with wash. 177x103 mm; 7x4
1
/
8
inches. Signed
verso and recto and fully lettered by Gorey. Cover design for the Anchor Books publication
“Henry James His Life and Writings” by F.W. Dupee. NewYork: Doubleday, 1956.Tipped
to linen board on verso in two places.
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