Saturday, August 21, 2004

The Gorey Deluge

Greetings, Gate! How's the vout, Jack?

This week will be noted down as the Week of the Gorey Deluge. Through various sources I picked up a lot of Edward Gorey books and ephemera:

Written and Illustrated by Edward Gorey:

The Listing Attic, Duell, Sloane & Pearce, 1954, 1st edition
The Other Statue, Simon & Schuster, 1968, 1st edition
The Sopping Thursday, Capricorn Press, 1972, first trade edition
Amphigorey, Putnam, 1972, ? edition: the first four editions are not identified
The Doubtful Guest, Dodd, Mead, 1978, 1st thus
The Eclectic Abecedarium, Adama, 1983, first trade edition

Illustrated by Edward Gorey:

Son of the Martini Cookbook, by Jane Trahey & Daren Pearce, Clovis Press, 1968
Penny Candy, by Edward Fenton, Holt Owlet, 1972

Ephemera:

The Evil Garden, Holiday magazine, 1965
Pen, Pencil & Poison by Oscar Wilde, illustrated by Edward Gorey, Arts & Antiques magazine, December 1984
Announcement card, Antiquarian Book Fair, November 1995, illustration by Edward Gorey.

Miscellaneous:

Gorey Cats: Paper Dolls, Troubadour Press, 1982