First edition: Orleans, Massachusetts: Parnasuss Imprints [1992]. White wrappers with black pictorial stamping. No statement of first edition. A bound volume of seven previously issued Dogear Wryde postcard series: SCENES DE BALLET (1976), MENACED OBJECTS (1989), ALMS FOR OBLIVION (1978), INTERPRETIVE SERIES (1979), NEGLECTED MURDERESSES (1980), TRAGEDIES TOPIARIES (1989), AND WHATEVER NEXT? (1990).
Note: "Dogear Wryde" is an anagram for Edward Gorey.
First deluxe limited and signed edition: Orleans, Massachusetts: Parnasuss Imprints [1992]. White wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Issued in black slipcase. Limited to 250 boxed copies with additional loose plate, both numbered and signed by Edward Gorey. A first edition statement appears as part of the colophon. A bound volume of seven previously issued Dogear Wryde postcard series: SCENES DE BALLET (1976), MENACED OBJECTS (1989), ALMS FOR OBLIVION (1978), INTERPRETIVE SERIES (1979), NEGLECTED MURDERESSES (1980), TRAGEDIES TOPIARIES (1989), AND WHATEVER NEXT? (1990).