Paris: Xn Editions & Christopher Daviet-Thery, 2005. Small octavo. Accordion-fold structure printed on one side, with papercut on front cover and three intricate pop-up architectural structures designed by Francesca Gabbiani, and engineered by Ingrid Siliakus. One of twenty copies, signed by the artist. Of Gabbiani's haunting paper art, her father-in-law..... 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. As issued with a leftward-facing Bahhumbug beanbag toy, well-dressed in suit, tie..... More
NY: Albondocani Press, 1976. First edition. One of 300 copies, signed by Gorey. In this strange picture book, elegantly dressed men, women, children (and even animals) are stalked by menacing works of macramé. Mild fading to spine, else a fine copy in illustrated wrappers. (Toledano A64b). More
(London: c. 1850). Small quarto. (64)ff. A delightful, and uncommonly large, blow book featuring hand-colored, double-page engravings of a variety of actors and entertainers emblematic of its era. Blow books operate by tabs incised into their edges, so that the magician can hold his thumb to one tab and show..... More
Philadelphia: B. Wilmsen, (c. 1880). Octavo. (10)pp. "Triumph Edition." Each spread shows a two-page chromolithograph—for a total of five—embellished by one or more tissue fans. The classic fairytale thus gains an unusual liveliness, with roofs, treetops, and bedcovers extending beyond the page in abstract arcs of color. Bound in chromolithograph..... More
London: Dean & Son, (1858). Small quarto. (8)pp. Illustrated with eight color movable images, each manipulated through a tab at the bottom of the page. The illustrations show familiar scenes from the story: the wolf approaching the grandmother, Little Red Riding Hood knocking at her grandmother's door, and wood-cutters attacking..... More
Chicago: Starshaped Press, 2021. Square small quarto. (29)pp. One of forty copies. An abecedarium constructed entirely of 12-point metal type and ornaments in an elaborate range of colors. The letterforms are artful and contemporary, drawing on a variety of sources both original and revised. Stab-bound in beige wrappers with a...... More
Chicago: Starshaped Press, 2019. 24mo. One of fifty copies. A single folded sheet; folded, the recto provides an synopsis of Farrell's fraught summer of 2018, when her daughter underwent nearly eight weeks of chest radiation treatments to stem the growth of tumors around her lungs. The side effects were devastating..... More
(NY: Gotham Book Mart). From an edition of 776, this is one of 750 numbered copies, signed by Gorey. A color lithograph produced by the Gotham Book Mart, this print is untitled but is often referred to as "Man with Cats." The reason for this title is immediately apparent, as..... 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, 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
NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1972. First edition. One of 550 copies. This portfolio contains seventeen illustrated octavo cards, including the title page. Among the personages pictured are a woman in evening dress, a sinister looking man with a mustache in a dark coat and hat, and the Doubtful Guest, from..... More
(N.p.): Gotham Book Mart, 1974. First illustrated edition. One of 100 copies, signed by Gorey. In the limited edition green binding and red slipcase. Very fine. Together with a fine copy of the first trade edition. One of 1,000 copies. In illustrated wrappers. (Toledano B59b, B59c). More
NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. First edition. One of 100 copies, signed by the author. An image of a black doll pasted to the front cover is the only illustration. Faint fading to spine, few fingernail dents to rear spine gutter, else fine in black boards and slipcase. (Toledano A49a)..... More
Cambridge, MA: Halty-Ferguson, 1980. First edition. One of twenty-six lettered copies, signed by Gorey. A selection of urns designed to hold all manner of things, from ashes and croquet balls to flotsam and vapours. Prospectus laid in. Fine in illustrated wrappers. (Toledano A80a). More
(N.p.): Fantod Press, 1995. First edition. One of twenty-six lettered copies, signed by Gorey. "There is a moral to this fable of an unknown vegetáble." Fine in illustrated wrappers. (Toledano A114a). 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
(N.p.): Fantod Press, 1997. First edition. One of twenty-six lettered copies, signed by Gorey. An alphabetical journey from an apology to a zabaglione. Fine in illustrated wrappers. More
(Indianapolis: Studies in the Third World Inc., c. 1968). Portfolio of fifteen sheets, each of which reproduces a protest poster from the 1968 student uprisings in Mexico. Some of the posters are in color, some are not; all wield remarkable graphic power to defy the authoritarianism of the ruling Institutional..... More
(Sacramento, CA): Deconstructed Artichoke Press, 2012. Square 16mo. (14)pp. One of 20 copies, of which this is the first. On the verso pages, pinhole photographs show slivers of baseball fields. The accordion structure expands to reveal the full views, and the pages themselves form a diamond pattern, supported by 108..... 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: 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: 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
(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 A110a). More
N.p. The Fantod Press, 1964. (17)ff. First edition. One of 500 copies. Signed by Gorey. One of Gorey's more obscure productions, it is sometimes referred to as "15-Two," which is what appears on the covers. The numbers refer to the fact that this is Gorey's fifteenth book, and his second..... More
