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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Provincetown, MA: Provincetown Theater Company, (1990). Two broadsides, identical in design. Both signed by Gorey. These are alternate versions; the common version was issued both signed and numbered for sale to theater-goers. Because these, especially the larger one, are only signed, it is likely that they were used as actual..... More
NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1990, 1995). Two octavo volumes. (96); (96)pp. Both volumes signed by Gorey. Reprinted illustrations and selected verses from Gorey's rendition of T. S. Eliot's humorous lyrics on feline antics. Calendars are for the years 1991 and 1996. Idential pictorial cover, except the 1991 calendar's is in..... 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
1978. First edition. Sixteen seemingly unrelated postcards housed in illustrated envelope, including "Emma Lorino or her doll, Summer 1892". Cards all fine, in an envelope toned at edges, else near fine. (Toledano A68). More
1978. First edition. Signed by Gorey. Sixteen seemingly unrelated postcards housed in illustrated envelope, including "Emma Lorino or her doll, Summer 1892". Cards all fine, in an envelope wrinkled at edges, else near fine. (Toledano A68). More
NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. First trade edition. Signed by the author. A picture of a black doll pasted to the front cover is the only illustration. Faint fading to spine, else near fine in plain covers and black paper dust wrapper. (Toledano A49a). 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. Inscribed by Gorey. A quirky vignette of bug social life, printed in four colors. This is Gorey's fifth book, and one of the most rare. Faintest soil, else fine in printed wrappers. (Toledano A5a). More
(N.p.): Fantod Press, 1997. First edition. One of 750 copies, signed by Gorey. An alphabetical murder mystery. Some sunning to illustrated wrappers, else near fine. More
(N.p.): Fantod Press, 1997. First edition. One of twenty-six lettered copies, signed by Gorey. An alphabetical murder mystery. Fine in original envelope. More
Worcester, MA: Metacom Press, 1989. Tall, thin quarto, measuring 11 1/4 by 2 1/4 inches. (4)ff., (or 36, depending on how you count). One of 500 copies signed by Gorey. This unusual cut-figure book follows two characters, V and W, who resemble salt and pepper shakers and experience changeable fates..... 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 author/artist. Illustrated throughout in color and black and white. Near fine in spiral-bound pictorial wrappers. More
(Brewster, MA: Atelier Emily Trevor). Original etching, signed by Edward Gorey. One of 50 copies, of which this is one of 20 printed during Gorey's lifetime. The image shows a large and ominous-looking skull overshadowing an elephant, which walks calmly by. Elephants held special meaning for Gorey, who named his..... More
NY: Alpern, 1980. First edition. One of 400 copies, signed by Edward Gorey. A collection of ephemera containing thirty-two miscellaneous items, including illustrations completed for The Atlantic and Esquire, a Christmas card design featuring a robot, and a copy of Gorey's first published illustration, "Two Professors," which appeared on the..... More
NY: Astor-Honor, (1968). Reprint edition, signed by Gorey. A twisted alphabet of Gorey characters, in which "the Magnate waits upon the pavement... and ponders further child-enslavement." Light rubbing to extremities of green pictorial wrappers, spine a bit faded, else about fine. (Toledano A6d). More
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
1993. A small oblong dos-à-dos flip book, which shows, as might be expected, an elephant floating when opened from one side, and a rock dancing when turned over and opened from the other. Signed twice on the verso of each cover by the artist, Edward Gorey, in his guises as..... 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
Yarmouth Port, MA: Edward Gorey House, 2013. Oblong octavo. (29)ff. loose sheets. One of 100 numbered 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. Gorey's signature embossed on title and colophon cards. Housed..... 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
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
San Francisco: Troubador Press, 1982. Octavo. 40pp. Signed by Gorey. Three paper cats may be cut from the stiff rear cover, dressed in designated costumes and placed in front of morose and romantic sets drawn from Gorey's books. General edgewear, else near fine in pictorial covers. More
NY: Albondocani Press, 1978. First edition. One of 400 copies, signed by Gorey. The tale of a young boy from a starving family who encounters a disturbed person upon leaving the house one day. Faintly toned spine, else near fine in lavender illustrated wrappers. (Toledano A71b). More
