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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Oakland, CA: Karl Kardel Co., 1974. Broadside measuring 24 by 18 1/4 inches. One of 1,850 copies. Designed by California artist David Lance Goines and printed in 8 colors, this advertisement for Karl Kardel Co. features a bumblebee over an ochre background. The design was inspired by an unknown philosopher's..... More
(London): Golden Cockerel Press, 1943. Quarto. 23pp. One of 247 copies. Illustrated with sixteen wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. This was the one hundredth book of the Press, and the press work is judged to be "almost perfect" in Chanticleer. Printed in Eric Gill's gorgeous Golden Cockerel type with beautifully..... More
Waltham St. Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. Small quarto. 42pp. One of 750 numbered copies. Illustrated with seventeen wood engravings by Eric Gill. Several initials in red. This is bibliographer and book historian John Carter's copy, with his booklabel on lower front pastedown. A fine copy in white cloth, gilt..... More
Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1926. Small quarto. v, (i), 94, 1pp. A collection of Aesop's much-celebrated and much-cited fables, some illustrated with bold wood engravings by Celia M. Fiennes. In keeping with the Golden Cockerel Press's tradition of creating limited editions of classic masterworks, this representation was reprinted from Sir..... More
(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
(Stuttgart): Edition Domberger, 1975. Single sheet, measuring 11 3/4 by 9 7/16 inches, showing a butler in tails observing an empty display case that had previously held "the Lisping Elbow," an illustration from Edward Gorey's book The Other Statue. Signed by the author with a note in pencil stating that..... More
(Stuttgart): Edition Domberger, 1975. Single sheet, measuring 11 3/4 by 9 7/16 inches, showing the title figure dramatically dressing while eating candied violets "from an unknown admirer," an illustration from Edward Gorey's book The Blue Aspic. Signed by the author with a note in pencil stating that this is an..... More
(Stuttgart): Edition Domberger, 1975. Single sheet, measuring 11 3/4 by 9 7/16 inches, showing a party scene from Edward Gorey's book The Blue Aspic. Signed by the author with a note in pencil stating that this is an "Artist proof for Domberger." The print is one in a series of..... More
(Stuttgart): Edition Domberger, 1975. Single sheet, measuring 11 3/4 by 9 7/16 inches. An illustration from Edward Gorey's book The Blue Aspic showing a gentleman in a fur coat and goggles offering the titular emeralds to the prima donna of the story Caviglia. Signed by the author with a note..... More
(Stuttgart): Edition Domberger, 1975. Single sheet, measuring 11 3/4 by 9 7/16 inches, showing a couple dancing from Edward Gorey's book The Other Statue. Signed by the author with a note in pencil stating that this is an "Artist proof for Domberger." The print is one in a series of..... 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
Boston: 2001. Octavo. 40pp. Illustrated throughout in color and black and white. The catalog represents a generous cross-section of the illustrator's work, including original art, nearly all of the primary works, other works illustrated by Gorey, as well as toys, posters and ephemera. This is the most elaborate dealer catalog..... 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
Albondocani Press, 1979. Bifold holiday card, with the front page displaying a tableau from Hertha Strugg's fifth Christmas. One of 450 copies. Fine. More
Woods Hole, MA: 1987. Broadside poster. Signed by Gorey, and illustrated by him with the errant shoelaces draped over the title lettering and artfully and abstractly folded napkins punctuating the poster's relevant information. Another in the series of boldly illustrated posters advertising theatrical productions in the vicinity of Cape Cod..... More
1986. Broadside. One of 100 copies signed by Gorey. Advertisement for the 1986 Cape and Islands Chamber Music Festival. Two figures sit on a rooftop, their backs to a weathervane. The figures play the flute and the violin, respectively, while the weathervane angel plays a trumpet. Some creasing around edges..... More
NY: Gotham Book Mart & Gallery, 1976. Octavo. 26pp. Inscribed on the front cover by Gorey to William Targ, who, as editor-in-chief at Putnam, handled Gorey's work and is most famous for publishing Mario Puzo's The Godfather. Illustration on front cover a sketched portrait of Gorey by Tom B. Loom..... More
(N.p.): (No publisher indicated), 1993. One of 100 copies, signed twice on the verso of each cover by the artist, Edward Gorey, in his guises as "Dogear Wryde" and "Ogdred Weary," anagrams of his own name. A small oblong two-sided flip book, which shows, as might be expected, an elephant..... More
1979. First edition. A set of thirteen postcards, in an envelope signed by Gorey. Each card features a creature interpreting amusing adjectives starting with the letter "I", such as "Indecency", "Inquisitiveness", and "Ineptitude". Envelope shows few wrinkles, else near fine. (Toledano A75b). More
Lot of eight children's books illustrated by Edward Gorey with all but one written by others. The titles are: Cautionary Tales for Children, by Hilaire Belloc. NY: Harcourt Inc., (2002). First trade edition. Illustrations throughout by Gorey. Fine in paper-covered boards and dust jacket. Treehorn's Treasure, by Florence Parry Heide..... More
Lot of five calendars and an address book illustrated by Edward Gorey. Edward Gorey Address Book . San Francisco CA: Pomegranate (1998). Fine copy. An Edward Gorey Bestiary, Engagement Calendar for 1984. Corte Madera, CA: Pomegranate (1983). Bumped corner, else near fine with metal spiral binding. The Edward Gorey Calendar..... More
Lot of seven books illustrated by Edward Gorey but written by others. The titles are: Instant Lives by Howard Moss. NY: Saturday Review Press / Dutton, (1974). First trade edition. Illustrations throughout by Gorey. Fine in illustrated dust jacket over orange cloth binding with light brown spine. Case Record From..... More
Lot of twelve books illustrated or written by Edward Gorey. The titles are: The Eclectic Abecedarium by Edward Gorey. San Francisco CA: Pomegranate (2008). Reprint. Written and illustrated in color by Gorey. Creasing to some internal pages, else near fine in dust jacket. The Eclectic Abecedarium, by Edward Gorey. NY..... More
(N.p. c. 1976). Sixteen engraved illustrations altered by hand in pen-and-ink on paper, designed by Gorey for his collaborative publication with Samuel Beckett of the latter's All Strange Away. The images each deliver on Gorey's signature penchant for the uneasy and uninterpretable. They bear shapes and features that are to..... More
