Gorey, Edward - The Gilded Bat.

London; Jonathan Cape, 1967. First UK edition (First published in New York the previous year). 160x183 mm. 32 unnumbered leaves. Publisher's pictorial boards with likewise pictorial dustjacket. Very fine. "The life and art of a fabled ballerina: née Maudie Splaytoe, discovered at the age of five by Mme Trepidovska, forged to fineness in 100,000 pliés at the bar, polished in the provinces, acclaimed in all the capitals of Europe, established in luxury by the Baron -- yet nun-like in her devotion to The Dance -- she achieves apotheos in her immortal role, La Chauve-Souris Dorée" (Front flap).

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