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, (1971). First edition. Signed by Gorey. Illustrated with color plates and black & white line drawings by Victoria Chess. Slightest rubbing to spine ends, else about fine in dust wrapper. (Toledano A25). 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
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: 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: Dodd, Mead, 1980. Octavo. (32)ff. Reissue. Signed by Gorey. "An undiluted tragedy with a generous population of foul Small Creatures and a wickedly pleasurable Surprise for non-admirers of Miss Burnett." Some rubbing to extremities of book, else near fine. In original purple dust wrapper, which shows some shelf-toning and..... 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, 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
(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, 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
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
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
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: 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
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. 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
NY: Doubleday, 1958. First edition. Gorey's fourth book, "A Moral Tale about Nothing-at-All." Signed by Gorey. An uncommonly fine copy in illustrated boards and with original dust wrapper, with three brief tears along edges. (Toledano A4a). 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
(N.p.): Fantod Press, 1994. First edition. One of an edition of 526 copies signed by Gorey. Tells the story of the Fibleys' missing daughter, Amelia Emily. Fine in illustrated wrappers. (Toledano A112a). 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
(N.p.): Fantod Press, 1973. First edition. One of 500 sets of three books: The Disrespectful Summons, The Abandoned Sock, and The Lost Lions. All volumes signed by Gorey. Fine in original publisher's envelope, which shows some wear and soiling. (Toledano A52b). 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
(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
NY: Meredith Press, 1967. First edition. "From Ampoo to Zote", this alphabet offers "an improbable menagerie for Sunday's child." Upper portion of boards foxed, slight splay to upper cover, else very good in very good dust wrapper. (Toledano A26a). More
