Dogear Wryde Postcards. Whatever Next? Series
[New York]: no publisher, 1990. Twelve pictorial postcards printed in black and white, measuring 4 x 6 inches, and one printed colophon card numbered and signed by Edward Gorey. Series title and date printed on postcard versos. Housed in original pictorial envelope titled in black. Cards fine, lightest shelfwear and spotting to envelope.
Limited edition postcard series by Edward Gorey, number 209 of 250 signed sets, featuring inanimate objects: a frayed rope, a sinking tombstone, a seatless chair, an empty frame, a dry bathtub. Suspended in time and space, these droll still-life
as themed packs, beginning with The Broken Spoke in 1976. These Whatever Next? illustrations appeared only once fffd collection The Betrayed Confidence. While this numbered first edition of 250 was issued along with a lettered edition of 26, the latter issue is not noted on the colophon. Toledano A102b. A near-fine set.bv[=esd].
Price: $300.00