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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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: 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
(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
(NY): Fantod Press, 1991. First edition. Signed by Gorey on the title page. Illustrated throughout with postage stamp-sized expressive stick figures cleverly captioned in French. Toning to edges and spine, else fine in pictorial wrappers. (Toledano A103). 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
Worcester, MA: Metacom Press, 1985. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies, signed by Edward Gorey. This copy is additionally signed by the publisher, William Ferguson. In this cut-figure book, the pages are divided into two pieces, with characters on the top and captions with lines of conversation below. The..... More
Dennis, MA: Salt-works Press, 1973. First edition. Signed by Gorey on the title page. An illustrated limerick, true to form, about a catapulted infant. One of sixteen works included with Soma-Haoma #3 Trajectories. Very fine in brown sewn wrappers. (Toledano A54). 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
Boston: Anne & David Bromer, 1989. First edition. One of 290 copies, signed by Gorey. An homage to Isaac Watts, Gorey's text is obscurely akin to Divine Songs for Children. This is the second of two miniature books produced by Gorey, both of which were published by the Bromers. The..... 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
NY: (1965-1988). Eight first editions of some of Edward Gorey's most well-known works: The Remembered Visit. Simon and Schuster: NY, 1965. General rubbing to edges and corners of pictorial boards, soiling to price-clipped dust wrapper. Good. The Gilded Bat. Simon and Schuster: NY, 1966. Some edgewear to pictorial boards and dust wrapper..... 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
NY: Fantod Press, 1966. First edition. One of 500 sets of three books: The Inanimate Tragedy, The Evil Garden, and The Pious Infant. Each volume signed, two as Mrs Regera Dowdy, one of Gorey's anagrams. All three volumes are near fine with only trace bumps to few corners, and housed..... 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: 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
NY: Congdon & Weed, 1982. First edition. Signed by Gorey. The tale relates a "curious culinary adventure...and an instance of startling Sensibility," complete with familiar Gorey characters in fur coats and patterened frocks. In original dust wrapper, slightly rubbed and faintly toned. A near fine book in very good wrappers..... More
NY: Everest House, (1982). First edition. Copy A of twenty-six lettered copies, signed by the author, Felicia Lamport, and the artist, Edward Gorey. Additionally, this copy has been inscribed by Lamport to Abe Lerner on the front endpaper. Comic verse on many subjects, with appropriate illustrations. Extremely fine in cloth..... More
NY: Everest House, (1982). First edition. One of twenty-six lettered copies, signed by the author, Felicia Lamport, and the artist, Edward Gorey. Comic verse on many subjects, with appropriate illustrations. Fine in white cloth, with a gilt-stamped design by Gorey, housed in a green slipcase. (Toledano B69b). More
NY: Young Scott Books, (1969). First edition. Signed by Gorey, with full-page illustration. Near fine in pictorial boards and good dust wrapper with edgewear and mild toning to spine. More
NY: Gotham Book Mart, (n.d.). Small singe-folded quarto. A color illustration of a man hugging a book as he looks on the upturned feet of a figure just fallen off a cliff. Fine. More
NY: Young Scott Books, 1970. Oblong octavo. (40)pp. First edition. Signed by Gorey on the title page. An imaginative exploration of why the night is dark, printed in orange, black, and white. The text was written in collaboration with Peter Neumeyer. Dust jacket shows the slightest some soiling at edges..... More
NY: Chelsea House, (1965). Octavo. 47pp. Miss Phypps' "simple rules of propriety and common sense" tell a girl what to say when deflowered on a blind date, at a seance, by a marimba player, on an American Express tour, etc. Rubbing to extremities of pictorial boards, else very good. More
NY: E. P. Dutton, 1967. First edition. Numerous drawings by Gorey illustrate this amusing tale of Christmas decorations. Fine with a full color dust wrapper illustration by Gorey. More
