Christmas card for 1979.
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
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
(London: Francis Kyle Gallery, 1979). Exhibition poster, signed by Edward Gorey. An advertisement for Gorey's first foray into the British art gallery scene, taking place at Francis Kyle Gallery in London from February 20 to March 23, 1979. Adorning the poster are two of Gorey's signature bearded men in fur..... 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
(N.p. 1989). One of 1750 copies. Oft reproduced, this is embossed by Classcom Inc. with a date of 1989. Adhesive residue to underside, else fine. (13 by 11 1/4 in.). 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
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
(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
1981. Measures 23 by 15 1/2 inches. Signed by Gorey in the lower right corner. Text contains lineup for the first season of the long-running PBS series, which is described here as "So entertaining -- it's criminal". Color illustration contains various elements from the opening sequence which Gorey designed, at..... 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
(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
Cotuit, MA: Cotuit Center for the Arts, 1998. Broadside. Signed by Gorey. Gorey's illustration depicts decorative soup bowls and figbashes rampant, in the English manner. Fine. (Measures 17 by 11 inches). More
Bourne, MA: Theater on the Bay, 1995. Broadside. Signed by Gorey. Gorey's illustration shows the titular ingenue contorted to balance the mustachioed head of John the Baptist on one foot. Fine. (Measures 17 by 11 inches). More
London: 1990. Single sheet on glossy poster stock measuring 20 by 30 inches. Agatha Christie's name and her centenary dates (1890-1990) border a clever central motif of question marks circling a single point. Surrounding the central graphic are the autographs of various actors and contributors to Christie productions, among them..... 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
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
(N.p. Gotham Book Mart, 2003). Etching on paper. One of fifty copies, issued posthumously by the Gotham Book Mart, depicting an atmospheric standoff between a boy and a cat. Fine in mat. (Image measures 1 7/8 by 5 15/16 in.; 47x151mm). More
NY: Gotham Book Mart & Gallery, 1976. Octavo. 18pp. Front cover illustration by Gorey shows Gorey's iconic sweatered cats cavorting up and down a stack of books, at the top of which one cat holds a flag on which is printed the address of the Book Mart. Rear cover illustration..... More
1992. One of 1,000 copies, advertising The Sylvia Davis Collection of the Work of Edward Gorey, on view in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collection at the University of Rochester. Dancers, a skeleton, the Black Doll, a cat, a dog, idle children, and men in large coats dot..... More
Philadelphia; NY: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1961. First edition. Drawings throughout by Edward Gorey accompany Ciardi's ribald poetry. Bound in full yellow cloth with a drawing reproduced in red on the upper cover. Mild toning to edges, faint foxing to paste-downs, else a very good copy with a mildly soiled..... 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
Orleans, MA: Parnassus Imprints, 1992. First edition. One of 250 copies, signed by Gorey. An illustrated catalog of Gorey's postcard collections, with a previously unpublished print laid in, signed and numbered by Gorey. Fine in illustrated wrappers and the original slipcase. (Toledano A104a). More
NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. First edition. Signed by the author. An image of a black doll pasted to the front cover is the only illustration. Fine in black wrappers. (Toledano A49a). More
(N.p.): Fantod Press, 1997. First edition. One of twenty-six lettered copies, signed by Gorey. An alphabetical murder mystery. Fine in printed wrappers, lacking the envelope. More