NY: Dodd, Mead, 1976. First trade edition. Signed by Gorey. 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: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. From a deluxe edition of 126 copies, signed by the artist, Edward Gorey, and specially bound, this is one of twenty-six lettered copies, designated for use by the illustrator and the publisher. A Gorey favorite, with fifty numbered cats, in color, posed in Goreyesque manner..... More
NY: Peter Weed, 1961. Later issue. 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. Faint rubbing to corners of boards and dust wrapper, else near fine. More
(N.p.): Fantod Press, 1997. First edition. One of twenty-six lettered copies, signed by Gorey. An alphabetical murder mystery. Fine in printed wrappers, lacking the envelope. 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
Yarmouth Port, MA: Edward Gorey House, 2013. Oblong octavo. (30)ff. loose sheets. One of twenty-six lettered copies. An "appalling alphabet" of the dooms of twenty-six children, ranging from Amy, who falls down the stairs, to Zillah, who drinks to much gin. As in all lettered copies, after the alphabet comes..... More
NY: Dodd, Mead, 1974. Two oblong octavo volumes. (58); (58)pp. Second printing is signed by Gorey. A delightfully written alphabet of adverbs. First edition is very good in orange pictorial boards, somewhat rubbed at corners, with matching dust wrapper, not price-clipped, which shows some edgewear, toning to the spine, and..... More
NY: Albondocani Press, 1978. First edition. One of twenty-six lettered copies, signed by Gorey. The tale of a little Tancred, who encounters a disturbed person upon leaving the house one day to buy some tapioca for his starving family. Fine in lavender illustrated wrappers. (Toledano A71a). More
NY: Albondocani Press, 1986. First edition. One of twenty-six lettered copies, signed by the author/illustrator, Edward Gorey. This collection of comically desolate settings includes such scenes as "Making rhubarb a focal point" and "A meaningless hedge." Rocks, hedges, plants, and stones become "objects of pity." Fine in illustrated wrappers. Prospectus..... More
NY: Albondocani Press, 1976. First edition. One of twenty-six lettered copies, signed by Gorey. In this strange picture book, elegantly dressed men, women, children (and even animals) are stalked by menacing works of macramé. A fine copy in illustrated wrappers. (Toledano A64a). More
(N.p.): Fantod Press, 1994. First edition. One of twenty-six lettered copies signed by Gorey. Tells the story of the Fibleys' missing infant daughter, Amelia Emily, and her uncanny transformation. Fine in illustrated wrappers. (Toledano A112a). More
NY: Ivan Obolensky, Inc., 1964. 12mo. (32)pp. First edition. Demonstrating his mastery of the imaginitive leap, Gorey presents a story about "something way up high" that gradually descends through an old family home, to the point where "it's gone beneath the cellar floor. We shall not see it any more"..... More
NY: Ivan Obolensky, Inc., 1964. 12mo. (32)pp. First edition. Demonstrating his mastery of the imaginitive leap, Gorey presents a story about "something way up high" that gradually descends through an old family home, to the point where "it's gone beneath the cellar floor. We shall not see it any more"..... More
NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1995. Second printing. One of 500 sets, signed by the author/artist, Edward Gorey. Contains twenty tarot-like cards with a booklet of interpretations. The cards include "The Écorché," "The Bundle," "The Ladder," and "The Limb." Fine in illustrated box, as issued. (Toledano A113b). More
Corte Madera, CA: Pomegranate Art Books, (1983). Octavo. (56)pp. Signed by the Edward Gorey. Illustrated throughout in color and black and white. Near fine in spiral-bound pictorial wrappers. More
Cartoon Art Museum: San Francisco, 1996. Octavo. 6(ff). Of an edition of 776 copies, this is one of only 150 signed and numbered by Gorey. A very nicely produced and illustrated catalog for the Museum's Gorey exhibition from September 18, 1996 to January 12, 1997. Mint in grey pictorial wrappers..... More
(NY): Random House, 1982. First edition. A macabre pop-up book, in which the family MacFizzit sets out "to visit the varied distractions of Hickyacket Hall." No price sticker, else fine in illustrated paper over boards. Together with: a fine copy of the first English edition. (London), Heinemann, 1982. (Toledano A83a)..... More
1989. Second printing. One of 500 sets. A set of twenty cards that can be "read in 2,432,902,069,736,640,000 different ways." Housed in plastic box, as issued, which is split at corners and has tape residue on the front. (Toledano A95a). More
(N.p.): Scholastic Magazines, 1973. (11)ff. Volume 4 in the "Lucky Mini-book" series. A tiny, 3 1/2-inch high, folding panorama, with Gorey's illustrations printed in two colors. Minimal bumps to corners and slight toning, else near fine. (Toledano B55). More
(N.p.): Fantod Press, 1993. First edition. Two miniature books bound as one, consisting entirely of line illustrations. Fine in printed wrappers. (2 1/4 by 2 3/4; 57x70mm). (Toledano A109a). More
NY: Peter Weed, (1987). Oblong octavo. Stated second printing. Signed by Gorey. Fine in pictorial black and white boards with matching dust jacket. More
NY: Harvey Hutter, 1979. Measures 24 by 30 inches. Signed by Gorey. Image and text from the 1970 Fantod publication. "A was an author who went for a walk"; indeed, an unfortunate choice of activites, as Gorey's alphabetic sequence eventually reveals. Bit of shallow wrinkling. Very good overall. More
