Number 437 of 500 numbered copies SIGNED ON THE COLOPHON BY EDWARD GOREY as MRS. REGERA DOWDY, an anagram of his name. [Toledano A100].
On the first page is the statement: "Eduard Blutig's DER STIEFELKNECHT in a translation by Mrs Regera Dowdy with the original pictures by O. Mude." Both the "translator" Regera Dowdy and the "author" Eduard Blutig are Edward Gorey. Fine .
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