At Bromer Booksellers, we focus on the visual book, with fine images that both enhance narrative and stand alone as independent creations. Among our holdings in this area are costume books, emblem books, examples from the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods, the fantasy illustrators in the tradition of Arthur Rackham, and modern books with original graphics. We look for the successful fusion of picture with text from any century, any country, and across a variety of artistic movements and media. We are especially fascinated with books of other cultures, and you will occasionally find items such as Japanese illustrated woodblock books and Eskimo tales without words ...
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NY: Dodd, Mead, (1974). Oblong octavo. (58)pp. One of 250 copies, signed by the author and illustrator, Edward Gorey. A delightfully written alphabet of adverbs. Fine in orange pictorial boards, somewhat rubbed at corners, with matching dust wrapper, which shows slight toning to the spine. Housed in a red slipcase..... More
(1994-1999). A charming, useful array of Gorey-related gifts: a rubber stamp set, a pack of gift tags, sticker sheets, and a large sheet of wrapping paper with panels from Gorey tales depicted against a red background. All as new, other than some minor tearing to edge of wrapping paper. More
(N.p.): Scholastic Magazines, Inc., 1973. Gorey's brightly-colored characters in medieval dress, one inch to two-and-a-half inches tall, are ready to punch out of nine-inch cardboard squares. Tabs allow use as finger-puppets or free-standing figures. The set has sixteen identical groups of seven figures each, on eight cardboard panels. With printed..... More
NY: (n.d.). Photograph of Edward Gorey and an associate together inspecting a postcard, which presumably advertises one of Gorey's exhibitions at the Gotham Book Mart. Fine in frame, which shows few nicks along edges. (Frame measures 16 1/4 by 19 14 in.). More
(Middle Falls, NY: The Toy Works), 1979. A cotton beanbag of a smiling pink pig, measuring seven inches from toe to eartip, and wearing a brown tweed jacket. In back, the turned-up vent shows that the jacket is lined to match his tasteful goldenrod bow-tie. This is one of five..... More
c. 1970. Pen-and-ink on three leaves measuring 8 1/2 by 11 inches. The first sheet, on pale yellow stock folded into fourths, contains a panel of six roughed-out storyboards, a more detailed drawing of what became the cover of the published work, and in the upper left, a series of..... More
1996. First edition. Both sets are from an edition of 500 copies, and each are signed by the illustrator, Edward Gorey, as "Dogear Wryde." The sets contain twelve postcards printed with new verses, penned by Gorey, about the panacea of Q.R.V. Both sets of postcards are housed in their original..... More
1996. First edition. Both sets are from an edition of 500 copies, and each are signed by the illustrator, Edward Gorey, as "Dogear Wryde." The sets contain twelve postcards printed with new verses, penned by Gorey, about the panacea of Q.R.V. Both sets of postcards are housed in their original..... More
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Philharmonic, 1985. Broadside folded in four, printed on both sides. Signed by Gorey. Illustrated with musically-inclined frogs dressed in suits and tails. The schedule outlines the events offered, as well as information about directions, costs, and the mission of hte program. Fine. More
Boston: Bromer Booksellers, 1996. Small quarto. 26 pp. From an edition of 2,000 copies, this is one of 200 copies signed and numbered by Edward Gorey. Bromer special holiday catalog with previously unpublished, full-color cover design by Gorey, who created the artwork originally for a Nieman Marcus holiday catalogue. When..... More
NY: Putnam, 1984. First edition. Peepshow in color with nine bellows depicting the "unexpected appearance of the ULUUS" in a tunnel in which circulate a number of Gorey characters. A hint of soiling and rubs to corners. Near fine. (Toledano A89). More
1990. First edition. One of 250 copies, signed by Gorey. Set of twelve postcards, housed in original illustrated envelope. With scenes including those of a lone shoe resting on a staircase, a frying pan on the edge of a table, and a small bottle standing on a mantle piece. All..... More
Philadelphia; NY: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1965. Oblong 32mo. (48)pp. Inscribed by the author to the publisher, William Sloane, and his wife: "for Bill and Julie - / who saved one another from egregious / salvation, with love from one poetaster / who never tried to save anyone from /..... More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1966. First edition. Inscribed by the author and his wife, Judith, to William Sloane, the publisher, and his wife: "for Father William and Mother Julie / from Father John and Mother Judith / and (alas) from the Three Gremlins - / with monstrous but ever fond wishes /..... More
San Francisco: Troubador Press, 1979. First softcover edition. Signed by Gorey. A collection of hidden picture puzzles, codes, and mazes features some of Gorey's signature characters. A near fine copy, in pictorial wrappers, somewhat rubbed. (Toledano B64a). 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: 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: Looking Glass Library, (1959). 24mo. (16)ff. True first edition. One of 600 copies. Signed by Gorey. A quirky vignette of bug social life, printed in four colors. This is Gorey's fifth book, and one of his rarest - particularly signed. Spine faintly toned, else fine in printed wrappers. Bookplate..... 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
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
(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. (Toledano A83a). 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
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
NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1995. First edition. One of 776 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
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
