Illustrated Books/Illustrators / Edward Gorey from Gargoyle Books

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

Garden City, New York: Doubleday/Anchor, 1955. First Thus . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Gorey, Edward. French scholar Bedier's reconstruction of the classic medieval romance, collectible by fans of Edward Gorey since it is another in the series of Anchor paperbacks (#A2) for which he did the cover illustration & typography (though not attributed in book, so missed… 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

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Adama Books, 1986. First Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Gorey, Edward. Small hardback book with semi-glossy decorative paper over boards, containing 50 drawings of whimsical cats by the late Edward Gorey. With only the orig. publication date inside (1973), this is nonetheless the First Reprint Edition from Adama Books from 1986 (Toledano,… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Congdon & Weed, 1983. First Softcover Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Gorey, Edward. Third in a series of collected works of Edward Gorey, this oversized softcover 4to with decorative gray/white/black wrappers featuring Gorey creatures contains 17 of his little books: "The Utter Zoo, The… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bantam-Skylark, 1985. First Paperback . Soft cover. Very Good+. Gorey, Edward. Sequel to the author's "The Curse of the Blue Figurine," with Edward Gorey illustrating the colorful wrappers + frontispiece + maps inside. Orig. published in hardcover in 1983, this is the First Trade Paperback edition (9th printing) from 1985. Condition is… Read more about this item

New York, New York: International Polygonics, Ltd., 1989. First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Gorey, Edward. True crime mystery first published in London in 1936 is revived for new readers in this 1989 First Edition, First Printing, from International Polygonics, part of their Library of Crime Classics. It is collectible as it is yet another example of DJ cover… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999. Reprint 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Gorey, Edward. First Printing of this 1999 reprint of Gorey's very first book, initially published in 1953, copyright renewed in 1981. Hardcover 12mo has brightly decorated paper over boards with a design of Mr. Earbrass playing the harp, a design that is duplicated on… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1958. Paperback Original (PBO) . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Gorey, Edward; Baskin, Leonard. Selections from what Jung referred to as "some of most difficult essays" are included here (see titles on back cover), focusing on his writings on the function & origin of symbols. Never before published , this is an… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1960. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Gorey, Edward; Rombola, John. A Scotsman traces the history of American politics from the days of Jefferson through the contemporary (Eisenhower) administration. Orig. published in 1954, this is the First Mass Market Paperback edition from 1960, and another Anchor paperback… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963. Book Club Edition (BCE) . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. Gorey, Edward; Marriott, Pat. First book in the author's "Wolves Chronicles,'' for young adult (YA) readers, AND an unusual secondary collectible title featuring the artwork of the late, great Edward Gorey, who, though unattributed here, did the… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1982. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Gorey, Edward. T. S. Eliot's playful verses about cats (all of whom were later brought to life in the Broadway musical Cats), are wonderfully illustrated by Edward Gorey. This is the hardcover edition, with a quarter beige cloth-wrapped spine… Read more about this item

Philadelphia/New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1962. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 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.: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1993. First Edition, 2nd Printing 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Gorey, Edward. Another in the author's series of juvenile suspense novels featuring Rose Rita Pottinger & Mrs. Zimmerman, who last appeared in "The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring." Story completed by Brad Strickland after Bellairs' death.… Read more about this item