Illustrated Books/Illustrators / Edward Gorey from Gargoyle Books

Garden City, New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1953. First Mass Market Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good+. Gorey, Edward. Another is the vast collection of Anchor paperback covers created by the late, great Edward Gorey, highly prized as tertiary collectibles in their own right! Orig. published in 1950, the work is also value as a sociopsychological… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Hachette, 1934. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Faivre, Henri. Orig. published in 1876 & praised as one of Verne's best, if lesser known, works, this is an extraordinary 1934 illustrated edition from Librairie Hachette n the original French, with pen-and-ink drawings by Henri Faivre in the form of 26 full-page plates… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Looking Glass Library/Random House, 1960. First Thus . Hardcover. Good/No DJ. Gorey, Edward. A scarce title in the tertiary Edward Gorey collectible canon, this is a collection of 33 "tales of imagination that every child should know, because every child will enjoy them," including stories by Shirley Jackson, James Thurber, Mark Twain, Edgar Allan… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Fine. Gorey, Edward. Another of Gorey's delightful little books from Gotham Book Mart, this one produced in honor of the 50th season of the New York City Ballet, with which Gorey was associated & a loyal patron for many decades. Unpaginated. The… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Fantod Press, 1966. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Wraps. Near Fine. Gorey, Edward. A Near Fine FIRST EDITION, First Printing (Toledano A20a), from 1966 in book form (published the year before in Holiday magazine) of another of Gorey's works issued with a an anagrammed pseudonym. "Mrs. Regera Dowdy" makes a reappearance as translator… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Fantod Press, 1966. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Wraps. Near Fine. Gorey, Edward. Another deliciously decadent Gorey story about children gone astray, this one featuring little Henry Clump, who finds out at age 3 that "his heart was wicked, but that God loved him nonetheless." An exquisite FIRST EDITION, First Printing (Toledano A23a),… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Ivan Obolensky, Inc., 1964. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Fine. Gorey, Edward. Small softcover, orig. published in "Holiday" magazine in 1964. This is the FIRST EDITION, first printing in book form from 1965 (though '1964' appears on copyright page, per Toledano). Unpaginated. Condition is Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, binding strong… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1962. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Gorey, Edward. A tale of a delightfully wicked ride on an abandoned railroad handcar, dedicated to actress Lillian Gish. Orig. published in '"Holiday" magazine under a different title in 1962, this is the FIRST EDITION, First Printing, in book… Read more about this item

New York/San Diego: Ivan Obolensky, Inc., 1961. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. The true FIRST EDTION, First Printing (Toledano A7a), from 1961, with the spoof Limitation Notice to copyright page, unpaginated. Black/red/white decorative wrappers with the original $1.50 price to front cover. Condition is VG: completely clean & unmarked inside, with mild page… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Fine. Gorey, Edward. A fanciful little book featuring 50 Gory cats. Unpaginated. The First Trade Edition, First Printing (Toledano A50c, released after signed & numbered editions) from 1973, this small softcover 24mo (nearly square 5.5" x 5.6") has soft gray wrappers… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1979. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Gorey, Edward. Orig. published in '"Holiday" magazine & then in book format in 1962, this is the First edition (4th printing) from Harcourt, published posthumously by the Gorey estate shortly after his death in 2000(though no additional dates in book). Small,… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1954. First Thus . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Gorey, Edward. Classic poem of Virgil translated for a new generation by Oxford professor C. Day Lewis. The First Doubleday Anchor paperback edition (A20) from 1952, a 1954 printing, this is another of the Anchor collectibles with cover art by Edward Gorey. Condition… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday Anchor, 1957. First Thus . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Gorey, Edward. Scarce Anchor title & another in the series that the late Edward Gorey did for this publisher, here doing both the cover art & typography! A must for Gorey completists! 1912, this is the first Anchor mass market paperback edition… Read more about this item

San Francisco, California: Troubador Press, 1979. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Gorey, Edward. Large softcover book contains 68 puzzles--crosswords, mazes, cryptic codes, mystery stories, hidden pictures, math puzzles, word finds, and more--with solutions in back. All based on the delightfully macabre illustrations of Edward Gorey, which appear in each puzzle, on every page, &… Read more about this item

Philadelphia/New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1962. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Gorey, Edward. Collection of 35 poems designed to provide a shared reading experience between parents & children. Ciardi once again teamed up with longtime collaborator Edward Gorey, who did all internal illustrations in his inimitable style. In 64 pages, this… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1969. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Oblong. Gorey, Edward. A "An intrepid voyage of epic proportion with a hero unequaled in the annals of literature." Unpaginated. A FIRST EDITION, First printing from 1969, this oblong hardcover is in Fine condition: exceptionally clean & bright, pages… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1979. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good+/Near Fine. Gorey, Edward. First Hardcover Reprint, First Printing, from 1979 of this tribute to Edward Gorey's love of the dance, which originally appeared in serial form in "Ballet Review" & in hardcover from Simon & Schuster in 1966 (please see our listing… Read more about this item

San Francisco, California: Young Scott Books, 1968. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Gorey, Edward. The late, great Edward Gorey brings the first poem from Edward Lear's "The Book of Nonsense" (1847) to life with his delightfully droll & whimsical drawings. Unpaginated. A true First Edition, First Printing from 1968 (Toledano B38a), this is an Ex-Library… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Pomegranate, 2009. First Thus . Soft cover. Fine/Fine. Gorey, Edward. A screenplay that is "little known & never produced,'' featuring the first appearance of the Black Doll. Orig. published by Gotham in 1973, this is the First Printing of the 2009 posthumous reprint from Pomegranate, containing the original screenplay with a Foreword by Gotham's… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dell/Yearling, 1980. First Thus 3rd Printing. Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket. Oblong. Gorey, Edward. Magical story about a shrinking little boy, brilliantly illustrated on each page opposite text with the deliciously macabre pen-and-ink drawings of the late, great Edward Gorey. Unpaginated. Orig. published in 1971 by Holiday House, this is the Third Dell Printing… Read more about this item