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First edition: New York/Boston: Duell, Sloan and Pearce/Little, Brown and Company [1953]. White boards with mustard, oxblood,and black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. "FirstEdition" on copyright page.
First English edition: Retitled: THE LISTING ATTIC [and]THE UNSTRUNG HARP London: Abelard [1974]. Hardcover edition: white laminated boards with yellow and black pictorial stamping; issued without a dust wrapper. Paper edition: stiff white wrappers with yellow and black stamping. No priority. "First published in Great Britain by Abelard-Schuman Limited 1974" on copyright page.
First edition: New York/Boston: Duell, Sloan and Pearce/Little,Brown and Company [1954]. White boards with dark green, greenish-yellow,and black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. "First Edition on copyright page.
First English edition: Retitled: THE LISTING ATTIC [and] THE UNSTRUNG HARP London: Abelard [1974]. Hardcover edition: white laminated boards with yellow and black pictorial stamping; issued without a dust wrapper. Paper edition: stiff white wrappers with yellow and black stamping. No priority. "First published in Great Britain by Abelard-Schuman Limited 1974" on copyright page.
THE DOUBTFUL GUEST
First edition: Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1957. White boards with yellow and black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. "First Edition" on copyright page.
First English edition: London: Putnam & Co., Ltd. [1958]. White boards with yellow and black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. "First published in Great Britain in 1958" on copyright page.
First edition: Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1958. First binding: white boards with beige and black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. Second binding: black cloth with gold stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. "First Edition" on copyright page.
First English edition: [London] Anthony Blond [1958]. Oatmeal cloth with gold stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. No statement of first edition.
First edition: New York: Looking Glass Library [1959]. White wrappers with red, blue, yellow, and black pictorial stamping. Limited to 600 copies. "First edition" on copyright page.
First trade edition: New York: Epstein & Carroll, 1960. White boards with red, bluish-green, yellow, and black pictorial stamping with pictorial dust wrapper. No statement of first edition.
First edition: New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc. [1960]. Stiff white wrappers with dark blue and black stamping. No statement of first edition. Note: The first edition has a price of $1.25 stamped in black on the front wrapper. The second printing has a $1.75 price. Otherwise the two printings are identical.
First English edition: Retitled: THE GOREY ALPHABET. London: Constable [1961]. White boards with cloth-like texture with pink and black stamping; issued without a dust wrapper. "First published in Great Britain 1961" on copyright page. Note: The drawings on the front and rear covers of the English edition are new, completely different from the drawings on the front and rear wrappers of the first edition.
First edition: New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc. [1961]. Stiff white wrappers with lavender and black pictorial stamping. No statement of first edition.
First English edition: [London] Anthony Blond [1961]. Stiff white wrappers with lavender and black pictorial stamping. No statement of first edition. Note: Freak copies exist consisting of Obolensky's sheets with the Blond wrappers; also of the Blond sheets with the Obolensky wrappers.
First hardcover edition: New York: Dodd, Mead & Company [1980]. White boards with lavender and black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. "Reissued 1980, First Printing" on copyright page.
First edition: New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc. [1961]. Stiff white wrappers with red ad black pictorial stamping. No statement of first edition. Note: A colophon notice appears on the copyright page stating this is copy no. 83 of an edition limited to 212 copies. The notice is a spoof and appears in all copies. Note: First printing copies have a cover price of $1.50. A second state has a $1.75 sticker glued over the original stamped price. Note:
Ogdred Weary is an anagram for Edward Gorey.
First hardcover edition: New York: Dodd, Mead and Company [1980]. White boards with red and black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. "Re-issued 1980, First Printing" on copyright page.
First edition: Indianapolis/New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc. [1962]. Stiff white wrappers with beige and black pictorial stamping. No statement of first edition.
First hardcover edition: New York: Dodd, Mead & Company [1979]. White boards with beige and black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. "Reissued 1979, First Printing" on copyright page. Note: The pictorial design on this reissue is the same as that used on the first edition.
First edition: [New York:] The Fantod Press. [1962]. Gray wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 500 copies. "First edition" on copyright page. Note: "Ogdred Weary" is an anagram for "Edward Gorey." Note: The Fantod Press is Edward Gorey's own publishing imprint.
First edition: New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963. White boards with greenish-gray, mustard, and black pictorial stamping; issued without a dust wrapper. "First Printing" on copyright page. Note: This book was issued as part of a three-volume set
in a pictorial slipcase with the overall title THE VINEGAR WORKS / THREE VOLUMES OF MORAL INSTRUCTION.
First edition: New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963. White boards with mustard, greenish-gray, and black pictorial stamping; issued without a dust wrapper. "First Printing" on copyright page. Note: This book was issued as part of a three-volume set
in a pictorial slipcase with the overall title THE VINEGAR WORKS / THREE VOLUMES OF MORAL INSTRUCTION.
First edition: New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965. White boards with black pictorial stamping; issued without a dust wrapper. "First Printing" on copyright page. Note: This book was issued as part of a three-volume set in a pictorial slipcase with the overall title THE VINEGAR WORKS / THREE VOLUMES OF MORAL INSTRUCTION.
First edition: Philadelphia/New York: J. B. Lippincott Company [1963]. White boards with yellow, blue, grayish-brown, and black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. No statement of first edition.
First edition: [New York: The Fantod Press, 1964] Orange wrappers with black stamping. Limited to 500 copies. No statement of first edition. Note: The number "15" is stamped on the front wrapper and "TWO" is stamped on the rear wrapper. These stand for the fifteenth book by Edward Gorey and the second publication of The Fantod Press. Note: On each page appears a single capital letter. When strung together they spell ERY FRIEZE
EDWARD GOREY THE NURS, a spelling out of the author's name and the title of this book.
First edition: New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc. [1964]. Stiff white wrappers with beige, blue, gray, and black pictorial stamping. No statement of first edition. Note: Although the date of copyright appearing in the book is 1964, the book was actually published in May, 1965.
First edition: New York: Simon and Schuster [1965]. White boards with blue and black pictorial stamping; pictorial dustwrapper. "First Printing" on copyright page.
First edition: New York: The Fantod Press, 1966. Pale green wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 500 copies. Note: "Regera Dowdy" is an anagram for "Edward Gorey." Note: This book was issued as part of a three-volume set in a yellow envelope, stamped in black, with the overall title THREE BOOKS FROM THE FANTOD PRESS [I].
First edition: New York: The Fantod Press, 1966. Blue wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 500 copies. No statement of first edition. Note: This book was issued as part of a three-volume set in a yellow envelope, stamped in black, with the overall title
THREE BOOKS FROM THE FANTOD PRESS [I].
First edition: New York: The Fantod Press, 1966. Lavender wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 500 copies. No statement of first edition. Note: "Regera Dowdy" is an anagram for "Edward Gorey." Note: This book was issued as part of a three-volume set in a yellow envelope, stamped in black, with the overall title THREE BOOKS FROM THE FANTOD PRESS [I].
First edition: New York: Simon and Schuster [1966]. White boards with mustard and black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. "First Printing" on copyright page.
First English edition: London: Jonathan Cape [1967]. White boards with mustard and black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. "First published in Great Britain 1967" on copyright page.
First edition: New York: Meredith Press [1967]. White boards with beige and black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. "First Edition" on copyright page.
First edition: New York: Meredith Press [1967]. White boards with multi-colored pictorial stamping in shades of brown, green, blue, red, orange, and black; pictorial dust wrapper. "First edition" on copyright page. Note: Illustrated by Victoria Chess. Note: The text was a collaboration.
First edition: New York: Simon and Schuster [1968]. White boards with black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. "First Printing" on copyright page.
First edition: [New York: Meredith Press, 1968.] White boards with blue and black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. "First Edition" on copyright page.
First edition: New York: Albondocani Press, 1969. Olive-green wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 200 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey. A first edition statement appears as part of the colophon.
First edition: New York: Dodd, Mead & Company [1969]. White boards with mustard, bright yellow, and black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. No statement of first edition. Note: The price on the dust wrapper of the first edition is $3; the price was raised to $5.95 with the second printing.
First edition: [New York:] The Fantod Press [1970]. Beige wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 500 copies. No statement of first edition. Note: This book was issued as part of a three-volume set in a fuschia envelope, stamped in black, with the overall title THREE BOOKS FROM THE FANTOD PRESS [II].
First edition: [New York:] The Fantod Press [1970]. White wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 500 copies. No statement of first edition. Note: This book was issued as part of a three-volume set in a fuchsia envelope, stamped in black, with the overall title THREE BOOKS FROM THE FANTOD PRESS [II]. Note: "The text was a collaboration. An earlier Neumeyer title, DONALD AND THE ..., was written by Neumeyer alone; both DONALD books are illustrated by Edward Gorey.
First edition: [New York:] The Fantod Press [1970]. Mustard wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 500 copies. No statement of first edition. Note: This book was issued as part of a three-volume set in a fuchsia envelope, stamped in black, with the overall title THREE BOOKS FROM THE FANTOD PRESS [II].
First edition: New York: Young Scott Books [1970]. White boards with cloth-like texture with orange and black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. No statement of first edition. Note: The text was a collaboration; the illustrations are by Edward Gorey.
First limited and signed edition: New York: Gotham Book Mart & Gallery, Inc., 1970. White wrappers with gray and black pictorial stamping. Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by Edward Gorey. A first edition statement appears as part of the colophon.
First deluxe limited and signed edition: New York: Gotham Book Mart & Gallery, Inc., 1970. White boards, white cloth spine with gray and black pictorial stamping; white paper spine label, black stamping; issued without a dust wrapper but in a gray slipcase. Limited to 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey, each with an original drawing by Edward Gorey laid in. A first edition statement appears as part of the colophon. Note: Fifteen photocopied sets of the 26 unpublished drawings that accompanied the lettered copies of this book were produced, numbered, and stapled with a copy of the announcement for this book.
First trade edition: Santa Barbara: Capricorn Press, 1971. White wrappers with gray and black pictorial stamping. "Second printing April 1971 for Capricorn Press" on copyright page. Note: The first trade edition states "Second printing," considering the Gotham signed edition as the "first printing."
First edition: [New York:] The Fantod Press, 1971. Cream wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 500 copies. A first edition statement appears as part of the colophon. Note: This book was issued as part of a three-volume set in a tan envelope, stamped in black, with the overall title THREE BOOKS FROM THE FANTOD PRESS [III].
First limited and signed edition: [New York:] The Fantod
Press, 1971. Cream wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey. A first edition statement appears as part of the colophon. Note: This book was issued as part of a three-volume set in a mottled gray slipcase with a dark gray label, stamped in black, without the overall title for this set.
First edition: [New York:] The Fantod Press, 1971. Gray wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 500 copies. A first edition statement appears as part of the colophon. Note: "Raddory Gewe" is an anagram for "Edward Gorey." Note: This book was issued as part of a three-volume set in a tan envelope, stamped in black, with the overall title THREE BOOKS FROM THE FANTOD PRESS [III].
First limited and signed edition: [New York:] The Fantod Press, 1971. Gray wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey. A first edition statement appears as part of the colophon. Note: This book was issued as part of a three-volume set in a mottled gray slipcase with a dark gray label, stamped in black, without the overall title for this set.
First edition: [New York:] The Fantod Press [1971]. Dark blue wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 500 copies. A first edition statement appears as part of the colophon. Note: "Edward Pig" is one of Edward Gorey's many pseudonyms. Note: This book was issued as part of a three-volume set in a tan envelope, stamped in black, with the overall title THREE BOOKS FROM THE FANTOD PRESS [III].
First limited and signed edition: [New York:] The Fantod Press, 1971. Gray wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey. A first edition statement appears as part of the colophon. Note: This book was issued as part of a three-volume set in a mottled gray slipcase with a dark gray label, stamped in black, without the overall title for this set.
First edition: New York: Albondocani Press, 1971. Yellow
wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 500 numbered
and 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey. A statement of
first edition appears as part of the colophon.
First edition: New York: Gotham Book Mart & Gallery,
Inc., 1971. Aquamarine wrappers with black pictorial stamping.
Limited to 300 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by Edward
Gorey. A first edition statement appears as part of the colophon.
First edition: New York: Dodd, Mead & Company [1971].
White boards with multi-colored pictorial stamping in shades of
brown, blue, red, orange, pink, yellow, green, and black; pictorial
dust wrapper. No statement of first edition. Note: Illustrated
by Victoria Chess. Note: The text was written by Edward Gorey.
First edition: New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1972. Packet
of 17 cards, laid into an olive-green folder, stamped in black,
enclosed in a light green envelope with black pictorial stamping.
Limited to 500 numbered copies. "First Printing" on
copyright page.
First limited and signed edition: [New York: Gotham Book
Mart & Gallery, Inc., 1972.] Packet of' 18 cards, laid into
a folding box, tied with a black ribbon; the folding box is covered
with a decorative paper in shades of green, brown, and black;
beige cover and spine labels stamped in black. Limited to 50 roman-numeraled
copies and 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey. "First
Printing" on card carrying copyright notice.
First edition: New York: Dodd, Mead & Company [1972].
White boards with multi-color and black pictorial stamping; pictorial
dust wrapper. No statement of first edition.
First edition: New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons [1972]. White
composition boards with yellow-beige, brown, red, and black pictorial
stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. No statement of first edition.
Note: The first four printings are indistinguishable and unmarked.
The fifth printing, with a black cloth spine, is marked "Fifth
Impression" on the dust wrapper flap. The binding returned
to its original format with the sixth printing; not until the
eighth printing does a statement of edition appear on the copyright
page, when "Eighth Impression" appears.
First limited and signed edition: New York: G. P. Putnam's
Sons [1972]. White composition boards with yellow-beige, brown,
red, and black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper; enclosed
in a black slipcase with a white label stamped in black. No statement
of first edition, but this edition has a colophon on a tipped-in
leaf. Limited to 50 numbered copies signed by Edward Gorey, each
with an original watercolor and ink drawing by Edward Gorey laid
in. The drawings are each numbered and were laid into the correspondingly
numbered copy of the book.
First edition: New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. Lavender
wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 1000 copies.
"First Printing" on copyright page. Note: The lavender
tutu on the pictorial cover is hand-painted by Edward Gorey.
First limited and signed edition: New York: Gotham Book
Mart, 1973. Dark-fuchsia cloth with the pictorial cover to the
wrapper edition pasted on the front and rear covers; issued without
a dust wrapper but in a brownish-mauve slipcase. Limited to 100
numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey. "First
Printing" on copyright page. Note: The lavender tutu on the
pictorial cover is hand-painted by Edward Gorey.
First edition: New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. Stiff
gray wrappers with black dust wrapper; white label with black
pictorial stamping pasted on front of dust wrapper. "First
Printing" on copyright page.
First limited and signed edition: New York: Gotham Book
Mart, 1973. Black boards with white label with black pictorial
stamping pasted on front cover; issued without a dust wrapper
but in a black slipcase. Limited to 100 numbered and 26 lettered
copies signed by Edward Gorey. "First Printing" on copyright
page.
First edition: [New York:] The Fantod Press [1972 (actually
1973)]. Gray wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to
500 copies. first edition statement appears as part of the colophon.
Note: This book was issued as part of a three-volume set in a
white envelope, stamped in black, with the overall title FANTOD
IV, THREE BOOKS FROM THE FANTOD PRESS.
First limited and signed edition: [New York:] The Fantod
Press [1972 (actually 1973)]. Gray wrappers with black pictorial
stamping. Limited to 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey.
A first edition statement appears as part of the colophon. Note:
This book was issued as part of a three-volume set in a mottled
gray slipcase with a white label and brown pictorial stamping,
without the overall title for this set.
First edition: [New York:] The Fantod Press [1971 (actually
1973)]. Tan wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to
500 copies. A first edition statement appears as part of the colophon.
Note: This book was issued as part of a three-volume set in a
white envelope, stamped in black, with the overall title FANTOD
IV, THREE BOOKS FROM THE FANTOD PRESS.
First limited and signed edition: [New York:] The Fantod
Press [1971 (actually 1973)]. Tan wrappers with black pictorial
stamping. Limited to 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey.
A first edition statement appears as part of the colophon. Note:
This book was issued as part of a three-volume set in a mottled
gray slipcase with a white label and brown pictorial stamping,
without the overall title for this set.
First edition: [New York:] The Fantod Press [1973]. Orangish-gold
wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 500 copies.
A first edition statement appears as part of the colophon. Note:
This book was issued as part of a three-volume set in a white
envelope, stamped in black, with the overall title FANTOD IV,
THREE BOOKS FROM THE FANTOD PRESS.
First limited and signed edition: [New York:] The Fantod
Press [1973]. Orangish-gold wrappers with black pictorial stamping.
Limited to 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey. A first
edition statement appears as part of the colophon. Note: This
book was issued as part of a three-volume set in a mottled gray
slipcase with a white label and brown pictorial stamping, with
the overall title for this set.
First edition: [Dennis, Mass.: Salt-Works press, 1973.]
Brown wrappers with black stamping. Also orange wrappers with
black stamping. No priority. No statement of first edition. Note:
A Limerick was originally one of sixteen books, prints, and photographs
included in SOMA-HOMA #3," Trajectories, a box of literary
and art objects published by Salt-Works press.
First edition: [New York] Gotham Book Mart [1973 (actually
1974)]. Grayish-blue wrappers with white label with black stamping
on front wrapper. A first edition statement appears as part of
the colophon. Note: "The originals of these drawings were
done to accompany the limited edition of Amphigorey" appears
on the copyright page. Note: Although this book was to be published
in May, 1973, numerous printing errors delayed its release until
early 1974.
First limited and signed edition: [New York] Gotham Books
Mart [1973 (actually 1974)]. Blue cloth and white paper labels
with black stamping; issued without a dust wrapper but in a pale
blue slipcase. Limited to 100 numbered copies and 26 lettered
copies signed by Edward Gorey. A first edition statement appears
as part of the colophon. Note: "The originals of these drawings
were done to accompany the limited edition of Amphigorey"
appears on the copyright page. Note: Although this book was to
be published in May, 1973, numerous printing errors delayed its
release until early 1974.
First edition: New York: Dodd, Mead & Company [1974
(actually 1975)]. White boards with reddish-orange and black pictorial
stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. No statement of first edition.
Note: Later printings are stamped in red, not reddish-orange,
on the boards as well as on the dust wrapper, and the words "Second
Printing" appear on the copyright page.
First limited and signed edition: New York: Dodd, Mead
& Company [1974 (actually 1975)]. White boards with reddish-orange
and black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper; red slipcase.
Limited to 250 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies signed by
Edward Gorey. A first edition statement appears as part of the
colophon page, which is a tipped-in leaf immediately before the
title page.
First limited and signed edition: [New York:] The Fantod
Press [1975]. White wrappers with blue and black pictorial stamping.
Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by Edward Gorey. A first
edition statement appears as part of the colophon.
First deluxe limited and signed edition: [New York:] The
Fantod Press [1975]. Blue cloth with pictorial cover of the wrapper
edition pasted to the front cover; issued without a dust wrapper
but in a blue slipcase with a black label stamped in gold affixed
to the spine of the slipcase. Limited to 26 lettered copies signed
by Edward Gorey. A first edition statement appears as part of
the colophon. Note: Two copies (designated "T:I" and
"T:II"), each containing an original drawing and alternative
remarks in Japanese, are reserved for the author's use.
c. Author's limited and signed edition: [New York:] The
Fantod Press [1975]. White wrappers with black stamping. Limited
to 58 numbered copies signed by Edward Gorey. No statement of
first edition. Note: Edward Gorey had these copies printed to
see how the book would look without the dominant blue stamping.
First edition: New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons [1975]. White
composition boards with blue, apricot, gray, and black pictorial
stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. No statement of first edition.
Note: There was only one hardcover printing of AMPHIGOREY TOO.
First edition: New York: Albondocani Press, 1976. Blue
wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 500 numbered
and 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey. A first edition
statement appears as part of the colophon.
First edition: New York: Dodd, Mead & Company [1976].
White boards with multi-colored pictorial stamping; pictorial
dust wrapper. No statement of first edition. Note: Subsequent
printings are so designated on the copyright page.
First limited and signed edition: New York: Dodd, Mead
& Company [1976]. White boards with multi-colored pictorial
stamping; pictorial dust wrapper; issued in a reddish-brown slipcase.
Limited to 250 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by Edward
Gorey. A first edition statement appears as part of the colophon
page, which is on a tipped-in leaf immediately before the title
page.
First English edition: London and Tonbridge: Ernest Benn
[1979]. White boards with multi-colored pictorial stamping; pictorial
dust wrapper. "First published in Great Britain 1979 by Ernest
Benn Limited" on the copyright page.
First edition: New York: Dodd, Mead & Company [1977].
White boards with black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper.
No statement of first edition. Note: Subsequent printings are
so designated on the copyright page.
First limited and signed edition: New York: Dodd, Mead
& Company [1977]. White boards with black pictorial stamping;
pictorial dust wrapper; issued in a black slipcase. Limited to
250 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey. A
first edition statement appears as part of the colophon page,
which is on a tipped-in leaf immediately before the title page.
First edition: [No place: no publisher 1978.] A series
of 16 white postal cards with black pictorial stamping, enclosed
in a white envelope with black pictorial stamping. No statement
of first edition. Note: "Dogear Wryde" is an anagram
for Edward Gorey.
First edition: New York: Albondocani Press, 1978. Faded
lavender wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 400
numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey. A first
edition statement appears as part of the colophon.
First edition: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979.
White wrappers with black pictorial stamping; metal spiral binding.
"1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 RS /P 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2"
on copyright page.
First edition: New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. [1979].
Stiff white wrappers with multi-colored pictorial stamping. No
statement of first edition. Note: There was an unauthorized limited
signed edition. Copies signed by Edward Gorey on the title page
had letters A through Z added to the title page, thus creating
a "limited signed edition" of 26 copies.
First edition: [No place: no publisher, 1979 (actually
1980).] A series of 15 white postal cards with black pictorial
stamping, enclosed in a white envelope with black pictorial stamping.
No statement of first edition. Note: "Dogear Wryde"
is an anagram for Edward Gorey.
First limited and signed edition: [No place: no publisher,
1979 (actually 1980).] A series of 15 white postal cards with
black pictorial stamping, plus a colophon card, enclosed in a
white envelope with black pictorial stamping which has been hand-painted
in multicolored watercolors by Edward Gorey. Limited to 50 numbered
and 26 lettered sets 13 pictorial cards hand-painted in multi-colored
watercolors by Edward Gorey, who has also signed the colophon
card. A statement of first edition appears on the colophon card.
First edition: [No place: no publisher, (1980).] A series
of 12 white postal cards with black pictorial stamping, plus a
colophon card, enclosed in a white envelope with black pictorial
stamping. Limited to 250 numbered and signed sets. A statement
of first edition appears on the colophon card.
First edition: New York: Workman Publishing [1980]. Stiff
white wrappers with multi-colored pictorial stamping. "First
printing March 1980 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on the copyright
page.
First limited and signed edition: New York: Workman Publishing
(actually Gotham Book Mart) [l980]. Blue wrappers with black pictorial
stamping. Limited to 500 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed
by Edward Gorey. "First printing March 1980 10 9 8 7 6 5
4 3 2 1" on copyright page. Note: The Workman Publishing
Company's sheets were used to produce this edition with the addition
of a tipped-in colophon leaf and newly designed wrappers.
First English edition: London: J. M. Dent and Sons, Ltd.
[1980]. Stiff white wrappers with multi-colored pictorial stamping.
"First published in Great Britain in 1980" on copyright
page. Note: Sheets from the American edition were used for this
edition, with the substitution of the Dent title page and copyright
notice.
First edition: Cambridge, MA: Halty-Ferguson Publishing
Company, 1980. Light blue wrappers with black pictorial stamping.
Limited to. 400 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by Edward
Gorey. A first edition statement appears as part of the colophon.
First limited and signed edition: New York: Andrew Alpern,
1980. 33 unbound leaves of various sizes and papers, some folded,
some enclosed in an envelope, the whole enclosed in a beige linen
clamshell box with gold stamping. Limited to 400 numbered copies,
signed by Edward Gorey on a colophon leaf. A first edition statement
appears as part of the colophon.
First deluxe limited and signed edition: New York: Andrew
Alpern, 1980. 33 unbound leaves of various sizes and papers, some
folded, some enclosed in an envelope, the whole enclosed in a
greenish-brown linen clamshell box with gold stamping. Limited
to 26 lettered copies, signed by Edward Gorey on a colophon leaf.
A first edition statement appears as part of the colophon.
First edition: [New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1981.] Gray
wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 500 numbered
and 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey. A first edition
statement appears as part of the colophon. Note: This is a cut-apart
book.
First edition: New York: Random House, 1982. White boards
with multi-colored pictorial stamping; issued without a dust wrapper.
"1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0" on title page. Note: This is a
pop-up book.
First English edition: London: Heinemann, 1982. White boards
with multi-colored pictorial stamping; issued without a dust wrapper.
"First published in Great Britain in 1982" on title
page. Note: This is a pop-up book.
First edition: New York: Congdon & Weed, Inc. [1982].
White boards with pale green and black pictorial stamping; pictorial
dust wrapper. "First Edition" on copyright page.
First edition: New York: Albondocani Press, 1983. Dust
wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 400 numbered
and 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey. A first edition
statement appears as part of the colophon.
First limited and signed edition: Boston: Anne & David
Bromer, 1983. White boards with black stamping; white paper label
stamped in black pasted on front cover; issued without a dust
wrapper. Limited to 300 copies numbered 101-400 signed by Edward
Gorey. A first edition statement appears as part of the colophon.
Note: This is a miniature book.
First deluxe limited and signed edition: Boston: Anne &
David Bromer, 1983. White boards, black leather fore edges with
black stamping; white paper label stamped in black on front cover;
issued without a dust wrapper but in a white slipcase with black
patterned stamping and a white label stamped in black and hand-painted
in yellow and brown watercolors, pasted on front of slipcase.
Limited to 100 copies numbered 1-100, signed and with each drawing
hand-painted in multi-colored watercolors by Edward Gorey. A first
edition statement appears as part of the colophon. Note: This
is a miniature book.
First edition: New York: Congdon & Weed, Inc. [1983].
White composition boards with gray and black pictorial stamping;
pictorial dust wrapper. "First Edition" on copyright
page.
First limited and signed edition: New York: Congdon &
Weed, Inc. [1985]. White composition boards with gray and black
pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper; issued in a black
slipcase with a white label with black pictorial stamping pasted
to front of slipcase. Limited to 250 numbered and 26 lettered
copies signed by Edward Gorey. "First Edition" on copyright
page; a first edition statement also appears as part of the colophon
page, which is a tipped-in leaf immediately before the title page.
First edition: [New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1983 (actually
1984).] White wrappers with black pictorial stamping. No statement
of first edition. Note: This is a paper-doll book.
First edition: [New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1984.] White
card boards with multi-colored pictorial stamping and clear plastic
eye-piece fitted into the front cover board. No statement of first
edition. Note: This is a three-dimensional accordian book.
First edition: [Worcester, Mass.: Metacom Press, 1985.]
Tannish olive-green wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited
to 500 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey.
A first edition statement appears as part of the colophon. Note:
This is a cut-apart book.
First edition: New York: Albondocani Press, 1985. Tan wrappers
with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 300 numbered and 26
lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey. A first edition statement
appears as part of the colophon.
First edition: New York: A Piermont Book/Albondocani Press,
1986. Olive-green wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited
to 300 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey.
A first edition statement appears as part of the colophon.
First trade edition: New York: Beaufort Books Publishers
/A Peter Weed Book [1987]. White boards with black pictorial stamping,
pictorial dust wrapper. A "First Beaufort edition" statement
appears as a part of the copyright page.
First edition: Boston: Anne and David Bromer, 1989. Decorated
boards with cover label. Limited to 290 numbered and signed by
Edward Gorey. Note: This is a miniature book.
b. Reprint edition: Retitled: Q.R.V.: THE UNIVERSAL SOLVENT
[Cape Cod:] The Fantod Press, 1990. White wrappers with black
and light-green pictorial stamping. Published in a larger format.
First edition: Worchester, Ma.: Metacom Press (1989). Mustard-green
wrappers with black pictorial stamping. 2"x 11" sewn
binding. Limited to 500 numbered and 26 hand-colored lettered
copies signed by Edward Gorey. A first edition statement appears
as part of the colophon. Note: This is a cut-apart book.
First edition: [No place] [circa 1989]. 12 postcards in
white envelope with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 250 sets,
numbered and signed by Edward Gorey. A first edition statement
appears as part of the colophon card. Note: "Dogear Wryde"
is an anagram of Edward Gorey.
First edition: [No place] [circa 1989]. 16 postcards in
white envelope with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 250 sets,
numbered and signed by Edward Gorey. A first edition statement
appears as part of the colophon card. Note: "Dogear Wryde"
is an anagram of Edward Gorey.
First edition: [No place] (1989). 20 laminated printed
cards with black pictorial stamping. Issued in plastic box. Limited
to 500 sets, numbered and signed by Edward Gorey. A first edition
statement appears as part of the colophon foldout.
First edition: [No place] [circa 1990]. 12 postcards in
white envelope with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 250 sets,
numbered and signed by Edward Gorey. A first edition statement
appears as part of the colophon card. Note: "Dogear Wryde"
is an anagram of Edward Gorey.
First edition: [Cape Cod:] The Fantod Press, 1990. Light-gray
wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 500 numbered
and signed copies signed by Edward Gorey. Note: "Eduard Blutig"
is a German translation for "Edward Pig", a nom de plume
for Edward Gorey. Regera Dowdy is an anagram of Edward Gorey.
Note: This is a first separate edition of THE TUNING FORK, originally
published in 1983.
First edition: [Cape Cod:] The Fantod Press, 1990. Beige
wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 500 numbered
and signed copies signed by Edward Gorey. Note: "Eduard Blutig"
is a German translation for "Edward Pig", a nom de plume
for Edward Gorey. Regera Dowdy is an anagram of Edward Gorey.
Note: This is a first separate edition of THE STUPID JOKE, originally
published in 1983.
First edition: [Cape Cod:] The Fantod Press, 1990. Beige
wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 500 numbered
and signed copies signed by Edward Gorey. A first edition statement
appears as part of the colophon.
First trade edition: [Cape Cod:] The Fantod Press. (1991).
White wrappers with black and light lavender pictorial stamping.
No statement of first edition.
First edition: [Cape Cod:] The Fantod Press, 1976 (actually
1992). Canary wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Issued in
white envelope with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 500 numbered
and signed copies signed by Edward Gorey. Note: Originally published
together as TWO NOVELS: THE GRAND PASSION [AND] THE DOLEFUL DOMESTICITY.
First edition: [Cape Cod:] The Fantod Press, 1991 (actually
1992). Bright pink wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Issued
in white envelope with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 500
numbered and signed copies signed by Edward Gorey. Note: Originally
published together as TWO NOVELS: THE GRAND PASSION [AND] THE
DOLEFUL DOMESTICITY.
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
(1978), ALMS FOR OBLIVION (1979), INTERPRETIVE SERIES (1980),
NEGLECTED MURDERESSES (1989), TRAGEDIES TOPIARIES (1990), AND
WHATEVER NEXT? (1992). 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 (1978), ALMS
FOR OBLIVION (1979), INTERPRETIVE SERIES (1980), NEGLECTED MURDERESSES
(1989), TRAGEDIES TOPIARIES (1990), AND WHATEVER NEXT? (1992).
Note: "Dogear Wryde" is an anagram for Edward Gorey.
First edition: [Cape Cod:] The Fantod Press, (1993). Light
beige wrappers with black pictorial stamping. No statement of
first edition. Note: This is a miniature book. Note: "Garrod
Weedy" is an anagram of Edward Gorey.
First edition: [Cape Cod: The Fantod Press] 1993. Off-white
wrappers with black pictorial stamping. 100 copies numbered and
signed by Edward Gorey. No statement of first edition. Note: "Dogear
Wryde" and "Ogdred Weary" are anagrams of Edward
Gorey. Note: These are two flip books dos-a-dos, back to back..
First edition: [Cape Cod:] The Fantod Press, 1994. Light-blue
wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 500 numbered
and 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey. A first edition
statement appears as part of the colophon. Note: Aedwyrd Gore'
is an anagram for Edward Gorey.
First edition: [Cape Cod:] The Fantod Press, 1994. Light
gray wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 500 numbered
and 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey. A first edition
statement appears as part of the colophon.
First edition: [Cape Cod:] The Fantod Press, 1995. Off-white
wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 500 numbered
copies signed by Edward Gorey. A first edition statement appears
as part of the colophon.
First official edition: [New York:] Gotham Book Mart [1995]
20 laminated printed cards and booklet printed in gray wrappers
with black pictorial stamping. Issued in a gray box with black
pictorial stamping. Limited to 750 numbered and 26 lettered copies
signed by Edward Gorey. A first edition statement appears as part
of the colophon. Note: "Groeda Weyrd" is an anagram
for Edward Gorey.
First unofficial edition: [No place] Owl Press [circa 1969].
20 cards, neon green with maroon stamping on face; backs of cards
are white with black stamping. Wrapped in a yellow sheet, approximately
11" X 8", of instructions; blue paper band stamped in
black taped to yellow sheet. No statement of first edition. Note:
This is a piracy, produced somewhere in Southern California without
Gorey's permission or knowledge, reprinting in a different format
"The Awful Vista of the Year: The Fantod Pack" by Edward
Gorey, which originally appeared in Esquire in December, 1966.
First edition: [No place] (1996). 12 postcards in white
envelope with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 500 sets, numbered
and signed by Edward Gorey. No first edition statement. Note:
"Dogear Wryde" is an anagram of Edward Gorey.Note: Originally
published together with Q.R.V. HIKUPTAH: A DOZEN DOGEAR WRYDE
POSTCARDS.
First edition: [No place] (1996). 12 postcards in white
envelope with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 500 sets, numbered
and signed by Edward Gorey. No first edition statement. Note:
"Dogear Wryde" is an anagram of Edward Gorey. Note:
Originally published together with Q.R.V. UNWMKD. IMPERF.: A DOZEN
DOGEAR WRYDE POSTCARDS.
First edition: [Cape Cod:] The Fantod Press, 1997. Gray-tan
wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 750 numbered
and 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey. A first edition
statement appears as part of the colophon.
THE HAUNTED TEA-COZY: A DISPIRITED AND DISTASTEFUL DIVERSION FOR CHRISTMAS
First edition: New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997 [issued 1998]. White boards with rose pink, green tea,and brown with black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. "First Edition" on copyright page. First appeared in the December 21, 1997 issue of The New York Times Magazine.
First edition: New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999. White boards with light blue, green tea, and brown with black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. "First Edition" on copyright page. This is a sequel to THE HAUNTED TEA-COZY.
Much of this bibliography was compiled by the late P. MATTHEW
MONAHAN, former Director of Rare Books at the Gotham Book Mart
in New York City. 
THE UNSTRUNG HARP; OR, MR. EARBRASS WRITES A NOVEL
THE LISTING ATTIC
THE OBJECT-LESSON
THE BUG BOOK
THE FATAL LOZENGE: AN ALPHABET
THE HAPLESS CHILD
THE CURIOUS SOFA
by Ogdred Weary
THE WILLOWDALE HANDCAR; OR THE RETURN OF THE BLACK DOLL
THE BEASTLY BABY
by Ogdred Weary
THE GASHLYCRUMB TINIES: OR, AFTER THE OUTING
THE INSECT GOD
THE WEST WING
THE WUGGLY UMP
[THE NURSERY FRIEZE]
THE SINKING SPELL
THE REMEMBERED VISIT; A STORY TAKEN FROM LIFE
THE EVIL GARDEN, EDUARD BLUTIG'S DER BSE GARTEN IN A TRANSLATION BY MRS. REGERA DOWDY WITH THE ORIGINAL PICTURES OF O. MDE
THE INANIMATE TRAGEDY
THE PIOUS INFANT,
by Mrs. Regera Dowdy
THE GILDED BAT
THE UTTER ZOO
FLETCHER AND ZENOBIA,
by Victoria Chess and Edward Gorey
THE SECRETS: VOLUME ONE THE OTHER STATUE
THE BLUE ASPIC
THE IRON TONIC: OR, A WINTER AFTERNOON IN LONELY VALLEY
THE EPIPLECTIC BICYCLE
THE CHINESE OBELISKS; FOURTH ALPHABET
DONALD HAS A DIFFICULTY,
by Peter F. Neumeyer & Edward Gorey
THE OSBICK BIRD
WHY WE HAVE DAY AND NIGHT
by Peter F. Neumeyer & Edward Gorey
THE SOPPING THURSDAY
THE DERANGED COUSINS: OR, WHATEVER
THE ELEVENTH EPISODE,
by Raddory Gewe, drawings by Om
[THE UNTITLED BOOK],
by Edward Pig
STORY FOR SARA: WHAT HAPPENED TO A LITTLE GIRL
by Alphonse Allais put into English and with drawings by Edward
Gorey
THE SALT HERRING
by Charles Cros put into English by Alphonse Allais and with drawings
by Edward Gorey
FLETCHER AND ZENOBIA SAVE THE CIRCUS
LEAVES FROM A MISLAID ALBUM
THE AWDREY-GORE LEGACY
AMPHIGOREY
THE LAVENDER LEOTARD: OR, GOING A LOT TO THE NEW YORK CITY BALLET
THE BLACK DOLL, A SILENT FILM
THE ABANDONED SOCK
THE DISRESPECTFUL SUMMONS
THE LOST LIONS
A LIMERICK
CATEGOR Y: FIFTY DRAWINGS
THE GLORIOUS NOSEBLEED, FIFTH ALPHABET
L'HEURE BLEUE
AMPHIGOREY, TOO
LES PASSEMENTERIES HORRIBLES
THE BROKEN SPOKE
THE LOATHSOME COUPLE
DOGEAR WRYDE POSTCARDS: ALMS FOR OBLIVION SERIES
THE GREEN BEADS
DRACULA, A TOY THEATRE
GOREY POSTERS
DOGEAR WRYDE POSTCARDS: INTERPRETIVE SERIES
DOGEAR WRYDE POSTCARDS: NEGLECTED MURDERESSES SERIES
DANCING CATS AND NEGLECTED MURDERESSES
LES URNES UTILES
F. M. R. A.
LE MELANGE FUNESTE
THE DWINDLING PARTY
THE WATER FLOWERS
THE PRUNE PEOPLE
THE ECLECTIC ABECEDARIUM
AMPHIGOREY ALSO
E. D. WARD; A MERCURIAL BEAR
THE TUNNEL CALAMITY
LES ECHANGES MALANDREUX
THE PRUNE PEOPLE II
THE IMPROVABLE LANDSCAPE
THE RAGING TIDE: OR, THE BLACK DOLL'S IMBROGLIO
Q.R.V.
THE DRIPPING FAUCET; FOURTEEN HUNDRED & FIFTY EIGHT TINY,
TEDIOUS, & TERRIBLE TALES.
DOGEAR WRYDE POSTCARDS: TRAGEDIES TOPIARES SERIES
DOGEAR WRYDE POSTCARDS: MENACED OBJECTS SERIES
THE HELPLESS DOORKNOB: A SHUFFLED STORY
DOGEAR WRYDE POSTCARDS: WHATEVER NEXT? SERIES
THE TUNING FORK
by Eduard Blutig in a translation by Mrs. Regera Dowdy with the
original pictures by O. Mude.
THE STUPID JOKE
by Eduard Blutig in a translation by Mrs. Regera Dowdy with the
original pictures by O. Mude.
THE FRAUGHT SETTEE
LA BALADE TROUBLANTE
THE GRAND PASSION: A NOVEL
THE DOLEFUL DOMESTICITY; ANOTHER NOVEL
THE BETRAYED CONFIDENCE: SEVEN SERIES OF DOGEAR WRYDE POSTCARDS
THE POINTLESS BOOK: OR, NATURE & ART
by Garrod Weedy
THE FLOATING ELEPHANT by Dogear Wryde [and] THE DANCING ROCK
by Ogdred Weary
FIGBASH ACROBATE
by Aedwyrd Gore'
THE RETRIEVED LOCKET
THE UNKNOWN VEGETABLE
THE FANTOD PACK; INTERPRETED BY MADAME GROEDA WEYRD
Q.R.V. UNWMKD. IMPERF.: A DOZEN DOGEAR WRYDE POSTCARDS
Q.R.V. HIKUPTAH: A DOZEN DOGEAR WRYDE POSTCARDS
THE JUST DESSERT: THOUGHTFUL ALPHABET XI
First limited and signed edition: New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997 [issued 1998]. White boards with rose pink, green tea, and brown with black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. Issued in a navy blue slipcase. Limited to 500 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey. A first edition statement appears as part of the colophon page, which is on a tipped-in leaf immediately before the title page.
THE HEADLESS BUST: A MELANCHOLY MEDITATION ON THE FALSE MILLENIUM
First limited and signed edition: New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999 [issued 2000]. White boards with light blue, green tea, and brown with black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. Issued in a green cloth slipcase. Limited to 750 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey. A first edition statement appears as part of the colophon page, which is on a tipped-in leaf immediately before the title page. Each of these copies is accompanied by a Bahhum Bug beanbag cloth doll, representing the Bahhumbug character. Approximately 15 inches in height, with copyright notice on lower leg.
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