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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(London): Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. Tall octavo. (16)pp. One of 500 numbered copies. Illustrated with one full-page wood engraving and a four-line initial capital by Gill. This edition of Gill's "sermon," reflecting on the 136th Psalm, marks the first use of Gill's Perpetua Roman and Felicity Italic typefaces. Bound in..... More
London: Golden Cockerel Press, (1955). Octavo. 34pp. One of 500 copies. Peter Barker-Mill's color engravings capture all the fascination and heritage of the English topiary garden, as Stewart extols its many virtues. Bound in half orange cloth, with printed patterened paper over boards. Faintest rubbing to corners, expected offsetting from..... More
NY: William Heinemann Ltd., 1931. Two large octavo vols. lxxii, 235; xxii, 336pp. One of 525 copies, signed by the illustrator and the translator below the limitation statement. Gooden's twenty-six copper engravings punctuate this pleasing pair of volumes with fantastic weight and imagination. Both volumes bound in full vellum with..... More
1993. Watercolor and ink on paper, measuring 7 by 6 inches. Matted and framed. This illustration appeared on page 21 of the July 19, 1993 issue of Sports Illustrated. The image served as the lead-in to the "Anniversary" section, and it depicts an obscure baseball moment from 1893, when former..... More
(Middle Falls, NY: Toy Works), 1980. This bean bag bat with wings outstretched measures approximately fifteen inches from wingtip to wingtip. The fabric is printed with a black & white crosshatched pattern that is shaded on the wings and body to give the figure more dimensionality, evoking Gorey’s characteristic drawing..... More
(Middle Falls, NY: The Toy Works), 1978. A cotton beanbag of a beatifically smiling cat, the color of café au lait, dressed in a jaunty blue and grey striped jersey. This is one of five bean bag animals in a collection designed by Edward Gorey and produced by Toy Works..... More
New Bedford, MA: 1985. Poster for the 10th Annual Summer Festival in New Bedford, August 10 and 11, 1985. Signed by the artist. Printed in black and yellow on off-white paper. A charming picture of a boy holding a balloon while offering his ice cream cone to a black cat..... 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). 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, except the wrapping paper, which is a piece from a larger..... 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: (1980). Photograph of Edward Gorey and actress Tammy Grimes inspecting a postcard for the release of their joint project "Gorey by Grimes," an LP recording of Grimes reading stories by Gorey. 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
Bourne, MA: 1994. Poster advertising the performances of "Chinese Gossip: An Entertainment by Edwrad Gorey." One of 100 copies. Signed by Gorey. Two figbashes hold up pots emblazoned with "Q. R. V." while a third figbash soars between them, all together creating a dynamic border to the logistical performance information..... More
Provincetown, MA: Provincetown Theatre Company, 1992. Poster advertising the performances of "Crazed Teacups: An Entertainment by Edward Gorey," taking place at the Provincetown Inn during the summer of 1992. One of 100 copies. Signed by Gorey. Above the performance information are two floating teacups and, between them, a small child..... More
Provincetown, MA: Provincetown Theatre Company, (n.d.). Poster advertising the summer performances of "Flapping Ankles: An Entertainment by Edward Gorey." Above the pertinent performance information is a child (ankles sturdy) balanced on the tip of an eggplant, and maintaining over their head a large spotted frog (ankles lacksadasical). Mild blind creasing..... More
Boston: Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, 1994. Poster for the 18th Annual International Antiquarian Boston Book Fair. Signed by Gorey. The upper main illustration depicts a cat turning the page of a large book, in the company of a houseplant. At the bottom of the poster, the cat reappears in..... 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
NY: Putnam, 1984. First edition. Gorey's name crossed out on the back and signed in blue ink. 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, else fine. (Toledano A89). More
