{"product_id":"edward-gorey-qrv-miniature-signed-1989","title":"Q.R.V.","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003eGorey, Edward. \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"15\" data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQ.R.V\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e Boston: Anne \u0026amp; David Bromer, 1989. \u003cb data-index-in-node=\"57\" data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003eFIRST EDITION\u003c\/b\u003e. [Miniature] - 1-1\/4\" x 1-1\/2\". [64] pp. Bound in original black and white patterned paper-covered boards with a paper paste-on title label printed in black and white to the front cover. Plain endpapers. House style without slipcase as issued for the standard limitation. Contains 29 black and white illustrations printed on page rectos with nonsense verses on the opposing versos. The physical condition of the item is graded \u003cstrong\u003eFINE\u003c\/strong\u003e (utilizing the standard antiquarian book grading scale for works on paper). A bright, crisp, and structurally square copy showing virtually no shelf wear or aging to the fragile paper boards, interior leaves clean and unmarked throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"16\"\u003eEdward Gorey’s Miniature Nonsense and the Legacy of Isaac Watts\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"17\"\u003ePrinted in 1989 by the noted Boston miniature book publishers Anne and David Bromer, \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"85\" data-path-to-node=\"17\"\u003eQ.R.V.\u003c\/i\u003e represents a masterful intersection of Edward Gorey’s characteristic surrealist wit and the micro-bibliophilic form. Subtitled on page 3 as an \"Homage to Isaac Watts,\" the work playfully subverts the rigid moralism of early English hymnody and children's instructive verse. Gorey pairs his iconic, meticulously cross-hatched pen-and-ink illustrations on the rectos with surreal, rhyming nonsense couplets on the opposing versos. The mechanical precision required to print and bind a work of these minute physical dimensions—just over an inch in height—highlights the late twentieth-century revival of fine press miniature production, transforming an avant-garde literary joke into a highly sophisticated object of material culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"18\"\u003eLimitation, Bibliography, and Market Scarcity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"19\"\u003eThis miniature edition was limited to a total production of 400 copies, divided structurally into two distinct states: copies 1–120 were hand-colored by Gorey and issued in a special slipcase, while copies 121–400 were issued uncolored and without a slipcase. The present item is copy number 389, featuring Gorey’s authentic signature on the colophon, conforming precisely to the bibliography established in Toledano A97b. Due to their diminutive scale, these fragile paper-covered boards are notoriously susceptible to spine chipping, corner bumping, and friction wear to the paste-on label; consequently, copies surviving in fine condition are increasingly scarce. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"20\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGIVEN ITS IMPECCABLE STATE OF PRESERVATION AND UNDENIABLE SCARCITY, THIS PRISTINE \u003cspan class=\"citation-26\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-26 citation-27 citation-end-27\"\u003eSPECIMEN STANDS AS A SIGNIFICANT, BENCHMARK COPY. A SUPERB OFFERING, REPRESENTING A CRITICAL ACQUISITION FOR INSTITUTIONAL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OR EXTRAORDINARY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS DEVOTED TO THE HISTORY OF FINE PRESS MINIATURE BOOKS, ILLUSTRATED TWENTI\u003csup data-turn-source-index=\"1\" class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-26 citation-end-26\"\u003eETH-CENTURY LITERATURE, OR THE GRAPHIC ART OF EDWARD GOREY.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"20\"\u003e# 001300\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487286575253,"sku":null,"price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/files\/q.r.v._01_20250822.jpg?v=1782344732","url":"https:\/\/wallaceandclark.com\/products\/edward-gorey-qrv-miniature-signed-1989","provider":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}