NY: Dodd, Mead, 1976. First trade edition. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white, cleverly combining "two subjects of consuming interest": postcards and bicycles. Some wear to corners, else near fine in very good dust wrapper. More
NY: Harcourt Brace, 1999. First edition. One of twenty-six lettered copies, signed by Gorey. An adventure in verse of a man and his companion, the Bahhumbug. The end of their journey marks the start of the new millennium. With Bahhumbug beanbag toy, well-dressed in suit, tie, and spats, and standing... More
NY: Beaufort Books, 1986. First printing of the Beaufort reissue. Signed by Gorey on the title page. This title originally appeared among "The Vinegar Works." The dust wrapper warns the reader that it is "An admonitory tale of Temptation, hapless Greed, abduction and Unspeakable Ritualistic Practices." Slight wear to extremities... More
NY: Peter Weed Books, 1993. First printing of the Peter Weed reissue. Signed by Gorey on the title page. This title originally appeared among "The Vinegar Works." The dust wrapper warns the reader that it is "An admonitory tale of Temptation, hapless Greed, abduction and Unspeakable Ritualistic Practices." Slight wear... More
NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. First trade edition. One of 1000 copies. Ballet was a subject very close to Gorey's heart, and this book was written in celebration of the New York City Ballet's 50th season. Fine in illustrated wrappers. (Toledano A53c). More
c. 1964. Four sheets, three of which measure 8 1/2 by 11 inches; the single sheet of text is smaller, measuring 8 by 6 inches, and is on blue paper. The pages reveal the unfolding of Gorey's creative process in developing the story and preliminary illustrations for his book, The... More
NY: Congdon & Weed, 1982. First edition. Signed by Gorey. The tale relates a "curious culinary adventure...and an instance of startling Sensibility," complete with familiar Gorey characters in fur coats and patterened frocks. Book shows scant rubbing to edges, in original dust wrapper, slightly rubbed and with minor tear. Near... More
NY: Dodd, Mead, 1979. First printing of the Dodd, Mead reissue. Signed by Gorey on the title page. Minor bumps to head and tail of spine, lightly foxed, toning to spine of price-clipped dust wrappers, else near fine in pictorial boards, with a very good dust jacket. More
NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1980. First printing of the 1980 reissue. Signed by Gorey as Ogdread Weary on the title page. Statement of edition on copyright page indicating that this is copy number 83 is a spoof; all copies are number 83. Some general rubbing to dust wrapper, small... More
Boston: Anne & David Bromer, 1983. (62)pp. First edition. From an edition of 400 copies signed by Gorey, this is one of 100 copies comprising the deluxe issue with the illustrations hand-colored by him. The text is an alphabet of short humorous couplets patterned after early moral primers for children... More
Boston: Anne & David Bromer, 1989. (32)ff. This Gorey rarity features a one-of-a-kind designer binding by Gabrielle Fox, one of the leading artisans in binding and conservation. Signed by Fox and the artist, Edward Gorey. With twenty-nine illustrations accompanied by rhyming couplets, Q.R.V is an homage to Isaac Watts, and... More
Boston: Anne & David Bromer, 1989. (32)ff. From an edition of 400 copies, this is one of 110 hand-colored in metallic casein by the artist, and signed by him below the colophon. This Gorey rarity is bound in a one-of-a-kind designer binding by Brother Edgard Claes, a binder known for... More
1978. First edition. Sixteen seemingly unrelated postcards housed in illustrated envelope, including "Emma Lorino or her doll, Summer 1892". Fine. (Toledano A68). More
NY: Putnam, 1972-2006. First edition. All four Amphigorey anthologies—Amphigorey, Amphigorey Too, Amphigorey Also, and Amphigorey Again—presenting a selection of Gorey's prolific output. All bound in boards with original dust wrappers. Amphigorey and Amphigorey Too have slight foxing to edges of text block and boards, general wear to dust wrapper, very... More
(N.p.): Fantod Press, (1962). First edition. One of 500 copies. Gorey's first publication from his Fantod Press, published under the name Ogdred Weary, one of his many anagram pseudonyms. Written by Gorey and illustrated with his black and white drawings, this is the story of a bloated baby with two... More
Orleans, MA: Parnassus Imprints, 1992. First edition. One of 250 copies, signed by Gorey. An illustrated catalog of Gorey's postcard collections, with a previously unpublished print laid in, signed and numbered by Gorey. Fine in illustrated wrappers and the original slipcase. (Toledano A104a). More
NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. First edition. One of 100 copies, signed by the author. A picture of a black doll pasted to the front cover is the only illustration. Faint fading to spine, else fine in black boards and slipcase. (Toledano A49a). More
NY: Meredith, 1968. First edition. "An opera book without libretto or score." Light edgewear to book and dust jacket, Doubleday sticker to back of jacket, else near fine.Together with a lithograph depicting one of the scenes from the book, in which "Caviglia's revival of Elagabalo was cut short." It is... More
NY: Dodd, Mead, 1976. First edition. One of 250 copies, signed by Gorey. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white, cleverly combining "two subjects of consuming interest": postcards and bicycles. Toning to dust wrapper, else near fine in slipcase. (Toledano A63b). More
NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1983. First edition. Signed by Gorey in his guise as "Dogear Wryde". A book of paper doll cutouts. Fine in illustrated wrappers. (Toledano A87). More
Boston: Anne & David Bromer, 1983. (62)pp. First edition. From an edition of 400 copies signed by Gorey, this is one of 100 copies comprising the deluxe issue with the illustrations hand-colored by him. Signed at colophon by Gorey. The text is an alphabet of short humorous couplets patterned after... More
Brewster, MA: Atelier Emily Trevor, 1986. From an edition of thirty-six copies, signed by the artist, Edward Gorey, this is one of twenty-six sets of collagraphs lettered A-Z. A suite of nine "ghost" illustrations printed on Arches cover paper, each sheet measuring 9 1/2 by 11 3/4 inches (240x397mm). The... More
NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1995. First edition. One of twenty-six lettered copies, signed by Edward Gorey. Contains twenty tarot-like cards with a booklet of interpretations. The cards include "The Ladder," "The Waltzing Mouse," "The Bundle," and "The Limb." Fine in illustrated box, as issued. (Toledano A113b). More
(N.p.): Fandod Press, 1994. First edition. One of twenty-six lettered copies, signed by Gorey in his role as Aedwyrd Goré. The alphabet as interpreted by a Figbash. Very fine in illustrated wrappers, housed in original Gotham Book Mart envelope, which shows only scant wear. (Toledano A110b). More
Zurich: Diogenes, 1975-1979. Five oblong octavo volumes. All are signed by Gorey on the title page. The titles included here are: The Epiplectic Bicycle, The Beastly Baby, The Iron Tonic, The Remembered Visit, and The Sinking Spell. All are bound in illustrated wrappers, which have minor bumps to corners and... More
