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Andrew Alpern Collection of Edward Gorey Materials, 1954-2019

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Abstract

A collection of original artwork, published books, printed ephemera, and branded merchandise by the writer and artist Edward Gorey (1925-2000), assembled by Andrew Alpern.

At a Glance

Call No.: MS#1878
Bib ID 12919447 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Alpern, Andrew
Title Andrew Alpern Collection of Edward Gorey Materials, 1954-2019
Physical Description 21.5 linear feet (15 manuscript boxes, 1 record carton, 4 flat boxes, 5 artifact boxes, 1 poster tube, and 2 map case folders)
Language(s) Primarily in English, with a few items in French, German, Italian, and Japanese.
Access You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

The following boxes are located off-site: 3-28. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Arrangement

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in five series. Each series is arranged in chronological order.

Description

Scope and Contents

The Andrew Alpern Collection of Edward Gorey Materials comprises materials by and about the writer and artist Edward Gorey, created between 1954 and 2019, and collected by Alpern from the 1970s through the 2010s. The collection includes materials associated with many of Gorey's professional interests and activities. These include the publication and marketing of Gorey's illustrated books and related ephemera, Gorey's work for theatre and for performing arts organizations, press coverage, and Gorey's publications in periodicals. There is also a small amount of original artwork by Gorey.

The collection also documents the exhibition and sale of Gorey's work to collectors such as Alpern during Gorey's lifetime and after his death. Many—if not the majority—of the items in the collection were purchased by Alpern through the New York City independent bookstore Gotham Book Mart. Receipts and other documentation of these purchases are included in the collection. A small number of auction catalogs, promotional ephemera for exhibitions, and materials related to the Edward Gorey House and the Edward Gorey Charitable Trust are also present.

  • Series I: Original artwork, 1976-1986

    Series I contains etchings, collographs, silkscreen prints, and one original drawing by Edward Gorey. The series also includes three photographic prints of Edward Gorey posing with cats. Some items in the series were formerly framed. Gorey did not select the frames, which were removed for preservation purposes.

  • Series II: Publishing, exhibitions, and sales, 1963-2018

    Series II includes books, Christmas cards and postcards, and other printed ephemera produced by Edward Gorey; various items produced to promote Gorey's printed works; and documentation of their sale to Alpern and other collectors. In addition, the series contains a small amount of printed ephemera produced by Gorey for third parties. Finally, it includes promotional materials for exhibitions of Gorey's work.

    Much of the material in this series was produced by or sold at Gotham Book Mart, a New York City bookstore and gallery that sold much of Gorey's work. The limited edition Christmas cards were printed by Albondocani Press, a private press run by George Bixby, which also produced several of Gorey's books.

  • Series III: Performing arts, circa 1954-2016

    Series III contains materials related to Gorey's work in the performing arts, including theatre, music, dance, and television. It includes items associated with Gorey's work on performing arts productions, notably the Tony award-winning 1977 Broadway revival of Dracula (for which Gorey designed sets and costumes) and the television series Mystery!, as well as various other works written by Gorey. It also includes work created by Gorey to promote other performing arts organizations, such as the New York City Ballet, Cape and Islands Chamber Music, and the Metropolitan Opera. In addition, there are a small number of audio recordings with packaging designed by Gorey, and a poster and program for a 2016 play about Gorey's life.

  • Series IV: Clippings and press, 1954-2019

    Series IV contains clippings and full volumes of periodicals with stories about Edward Gorey, or which include work (both written works and illustrations) by Gorey.

  • Series V: Edward Gorey House and Charitable Trust, 2000-2018

    Series V contains promotional materials for the Edward Gorey House, Gorey's home in Massachusetts, which became a museum after Gorey's death in 2000. It also includes licensed calendars, prints, and other items produced by the Edward Gorey Charitable Trust. Finally, it contains a pendant worn by Gorey, which was left to Andrew Alpern in Gorey's will.

  • Series VI: Additions to the Collection

Using the Collection

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Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

The following boxes are located off-site: 3-28. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

The Edward Gorey Charitable Trust is the sole owner of all copyrights and related rights to the works of Edward Gorey. All inquiries may be directed to representatives of the Trust at trust@edwardgorey.com.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Andrew Alpern Collection of Edward Gorey Materials; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Related Materials

Andrew Alpern collection of Land Deeds: another collection assembled by Alpern, this one of land deeds, also at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University.

Andrew Alpern collection of drawing instruments, 1700-2004: a collection of drawing instruments assembled by Alpern, dating from the eighteenth through twenty-first centuries. At the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Gotham Book Mart records: Records of Gotham Book Mart, the New York City bookstore and gallery where Alpern acquired the bulk of this collection, and which was instrumental in promoting Edward Gorey's work. At the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

Gotham Book Mart Collection of Edward Gorey: Consists primarily of Andreas Brown's records of Doomed Enterprises (a company which handled publishing and licensing Gorey's works), documents relating to the execution of the Edward Gorey estate after 2000, and other documents and artifacts documenting Gorey's public image and legacy. At the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Custodial History

The collection was displayed at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library in 2012 in an exhibition curated by Alpern, titled Gorey Preserved: The Collection of Andrew Alpern.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Andrew Alpern donated the bulk of this collection to the Rare Book and Manuscript Library in April 2010. Smaller groups of materials were added between 2012 and 2019.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Collection-level record describing unprocessed material made public in summer 2018 as part of the Hidden Collections initiative.

This collection was processed by Celeste Brewer. Finding aid written by Celeste Brewer in May-July 2019.

Collection description was based on an item-level inventory provided by the donor. Materials were physically grouped together according to size and format.

The item numbering was assigned by the donor in the collection inventory created prior to its arrival at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Items donated after 2010 were not included in the original inventory, and were not assigned numbers.

Separated Materials

The collection originally included approximately 350 books by or with contributions by Gorey. These were separated from the collection and cataloged individually; they can be located by searching CLIO, the Libraries' catalog, for "Edward Gorey collection of Andrew Alpern."

Subject Headings

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Greeting cards Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
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Gorey, Edward, 1925-2000 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
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History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

New York architect, attorney, and book collector Andrew Alpern is the author of several books on New York City apartment buildings. He also published Edward Gorey's book F.M.R.A. (1980). He has been a generous donor to various libraries and archives.

Edward Gorey (1925-2000) was a prolific writer and artist best known for his illustrated books. He also designed sets and costumes for theatrical productions, including the 1977 Broadway revival of Dracula, and animated the introduction to the PBS television series MYSTERY! (1980-2006).

Gorey was born in Chicago and attended Harvard University, where he roomed with the writer Frank O'Hara. He lived in New York City until 1986, when he moved to Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts. He died in Yarmouth Port in April of 2000. His home is now a museum dedicated to his life and works.

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Series I: Original artwork, 1976-1986

Series I contains etchings, collographs, silkscreen prints, and one original drawing by Edward Gorey. The series also includes three photographic prints of Edward Gorey posing with cats. Some items in the series were formerly framed. Gorey did not select the frames, which were removed for preservation purposes.


Box 3 Folder 1 Item 49 Original photographic print of Edward Gorey in his New York City apartment, 1976 April 27, Signed in ink by the photographer, Jill Krementz.

With a cat around his neck. With two second generation enlarged photographic prints.


Box 2 Folder 1 Item 8 Original drawing of Dracula and Lucy, circa 1977, Black ink on white board, signed by Edward Gorey in ink. Formerly framed in a dark gray molding of rectangular profile, with a light gray beveled mat and a dark gray inner beveled mat. Frame removed 2019 June 20.

Dracula with bat-like wings looking down on a reclining Lucy whose dress mimics Dracula's wings; original invoice in Box 5 Folder 9, "Alpern Gorey Invoices."

Box 2 Folder 11 Item 2 Six etchings, 1977, Numbered 42/120 and signed in pencil by Edward Gorey. Contained within a linen-covered card-stock chemise, laid into a linen-covered solander box with brown leather spine label gold-stamped "Edward Gorey 1977."

Produced in 1977 in an edition of 120 (60 for Gotham Book Mart, 60 for Diogenes Verlag). These are "Child on Cliff," "In the Gymnasium," "Lady Under Elephant Table" (also called "Table Pausing Over a Lady"), "Child and Elephant Table," "Child on Animal" (also called "After the Christening"), and "Insect on Unicycle." Promotional flyer and original invoice in Box 5 Folder 9, "Alpern Gorey Invoices."

Box 2 Folder 2-4 Item 3 Three etchings, 1977, Each numbered and signed in pencil by Edward Gorey. Each formerly framed in a gray small swan molding, with a mat wrapped in gray silk, and an inner dark gray mat with the bevel painted to match. Frame removed 2019 June 20.

Produced in an edition of 120; the etchings are "Table Pausing over a Lady" (11/120), "Insect on Unicycle" (11/120), and "After the Christening" (110/120). Original invoices in Box 5 Folder 9, "Alpern Gorey Invoices."


Box 3 Folder 2 Item 50 Original photographic print of Edward Gorey in his Massachusetts house, circa 1980s, Signed in ink by the photographer, Stephen E. Marsel, and by Edward Gorey.

In shirt and shorts looking out a window with a cat, surrounded by books.


Box 2 Folder 5-6 Item 4 Two etchings, 1986, Each numbered 5/95 and signed in pencil by Edward Gorey. The woman holding a baby was formerly behind linen mat with silver-leaf fillet and framed in large silver-leaf swan molding. Frame removed 2019 June 20.

Two lizard-like creatures with small child; and woman holding up a baby to a seated man with his back turned.


Box 1 Folder 7-17 Item 5 11 etchings of elephants, 1986, Each numbered 5/95 and signed in pencil by Edward Gorey.

Box 1 Folder 2-6 Item 6 Five etchings, 1986, Each numbered 5/95 and signed in pencil by Edward Gorey.

The etchings are "Window Closing on a Bolster," "Child on a Topiary Holding an Animal," "Dog on Rock Scratching Himself," "Bat in a Moon," and "Boy on a Rock with Bottle."


Box 2 Folder 10 Item 1 Elefantômas, 1986 December, Signed by Edward Gorey in ink on the title page, with each of the images numbered and signed by Edward Gorey in pencil. With interleaving sheets and a paper band, all contained in a linen-covered portfolio with ties.

A sequence of nine prints published in December 1986, limited to 26 sets of collagraphs lettered A-Z and ten sets of monoprints numbered I -X. Printed on Arches Cover paper at the atelier of Emily Trevor, Brewster Massachusetts. This is set B.


Box 1 Folder 1 Item 7 Four silkscreen images of elephants, undated, Each printed on a folding card (with envelope), each numbered 4/12 and signed in pencil by Edward Gorey. All contained within a larger foil-lined envelope.

Box 1 Folder 18 Item 10 Photomechanical reproduction of ink and watercolor drawing, undated, Numbered V of 26, signed in pencil by Edward Gorey.

A book-reading man in an armchair with five cats and a tall bookcase.


Box 5 Folder 1 Item 51 Second-generation photographic print of Gorey and cat in box, undated

Box 5 Folder 2 Item 52 Second-generation photographic print of Gorey in full figure at New York State Theatre, undated

Series II: Publishing, exhibitions, and sales, 1963-2018

Series II includes books, Christmas cards and postcards, and other printed ephemera produced by Edward Gorey; various items produced to promote Gorey's printed works; and documentation of their sale to Alpern and other collectors. In addition, the series contains a small amount of printed ephemera produced by Gorey for third parties. Finally, it includes promotional materials for exhibitions of Gorey's work.

Much of the material in this series was produced by or sold at Gotham Book Mart, a New York City bookstore and gallery that sold much of Gorey's work. The limited edition Christmas cards were printed by Albondocani Press, a private press run by George Bixby, which also produced several of Gorey's books.

Series II.1: Books, 1966-2018

Box 5 Folder 3 Item 321 Diogenes Verlag, Meisterwerke internationaler Grafik, Club der Bibliomanen catalog, circa 1960s

Includes Gorey drawing on cover, Gorey books listed, and early Gorey photo (black beard).

Box 5 Folder 4 Item 424 Gorey and Alpern, 1966-2001

Letters from Alpern to Gorey.


Box 17 Folder 1 Item 83 More Gorey promotional package, 1972

Pictorial envelope (once white) containing: untrimmed dust jackets for Amphigorey and The Awdrey-Gore Legacy, the titled card for Leaves From a Mislaid Album, and a single-sheet listing and order form. Gotham Book Mart and Gallery Inc. additional envelope.


Box 5 Folder 5 Item 432 Publisher's envelope for the Fantod Press release of The Chinese Obelisks, Donald Has a Difficulty, and The Osbick Bird, 1970

Cataloged as Three books from the Fantod Press : The Chinese obelisks, The osbick bird, Donald has a difficulty

Box 5 Folder 6 Item 433 Publisher's envelope for the Fantod Press release of The Deranged Cousins, The Eleventh Episode, [The Untitled Book], 1971

Cataloged as Three books from the Fantod Press : The deranged cousins, The eleventh episode, [The untitled book]

Box 5 Folder 7 Item 434 Publisher's envelope for the Fantod Press release of The Abandoned Sock, The Disrespectful Summons, and The Lost Lions, 1973

Cataloged as Fantod IV : three books from the Fantod Press

Box 5 Folder 8 Item 311 Bi-fold flyer with John Locke quote on book people, from Gotham Book Mart, 1973

With Gorey colored drawing of covetous collector on the front and list of new Gorey books inside.

Box 5 Folder 8 Item 312 Bi-fold flyer with John Locke quote on book people, from Gotham Book Mart, 1973

With Gorey colored drawing of covetous collector on the front.

Box 5 Folder 9 Item 426 Alpern Gorey Invoices, 1973-2002

The majority from Gotham Book Mart; also Ampersand Books, Galerie Daniel Keel, and others.

Box 5 Folder 10 Item 557 Linus anno 9 numero 0, 1973 June

Italian comic magazine. Includes Gorey's "The Iron Tonic" (p. 28) translated into Italian.


Box 21 Item 113 Stuffed creature: The Doubtful Guest, 1974, Gray jersey fabric body, white leather and brown fabric eyes, white leather laced sneakers, green-and-white striped and fringed knit scarf, with sewn-on label. Hand lettered and signed by Edward Gorey. This example numbered 40 of an edition of 50.

With an offering flyer with description and story of its creation, original invoice, and its original box with label.


Box 5 Folder 11 Item 425 Gorey Catalogs and Lists, 1974-2010

Folder of catalogs and lists of materials by Gorey offered for sale, and records of Alpern's purchases of these materials.


Box 6 Folder 1 Item 267 Postcard of Doubtful Guest on roller skates with scarf flying, 1978


Box 3 Folder 3 Item 45 The Gorey Collection promotional display component, 1979, Title with a balustrade and urns in black and ochre printing on corrugated cardboard.

For a promotional display by The Toy Works Inc.


Box 6 Folder 2 Item 428 F.M.R.A., 1980-1994

Contains materials relating to the publication in 1980 of Gorey's F.M.R.A. by Andrew Alpern, and the sales of copies by Alpern and George Bixby of Ampersand Books.


Box 24 Item 155 F.M.R.A. stamping die, 1980

"F.M.R.A. - Edward Gorey - Alpern." Used to impress the gold-leafed titles onto the spines of the F.M.R.A. cases #80-76, F#68.


Box 6 Folder 3 Item 313 The New York State Small Press Association book catalog, 1981

With Gorey cover art, Gorey listed on Advisory Board, and Gorey books offered for sale.

Box 6 Folder 4 Item 324 Ampersand Books Catalogue 50: "Modern First Editions", 1981

Including many Gorey items.

Box 6 Folder 5 Item 323 A B I Books, Santa Barbara catalog, 1982, Pencil annotation on first page: "Much sold to Leonard Stanley of Los Angeles."

All Gorey, with Gorey drawing on cover.

Box 6 Folder 6 Item 317 Bookfinders, Atlanta, Georgia, Edward Gorey Catalog #6, 1982 January

Limitation calls for 400 copies in gray cover and 26 lettered copies in yellow cover. This is # V in yellow cover.

Box 6 Folder 6 Item 318 Bookfinders, Atlanta, Georgia, Edward Gorey Catalog #6, 1982 January

Limitation calls for 400 copies in gray cover and 26 lettered copies in yellow cover. This is # 095 in gray cover.

Box 6 Folder 7 Item 320 William Heinemann, London, catalog, 1982 June - 1983 January

Publisher of the English edition of The Dwindling Party. Catalog covers reproduce the book covers in color; two-page spread inside.

Box 6 Folder 8 Item 254 Postcard invitation for "The Dwindling Party" and "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" publication reception and exhibit at Gotham Book Mart, 1982 October 4, Used.

Box 6 Folder 9 Item 319 Capra Press, Santa Barbara catalog, Fall 1983

Includes four Gorey books. Gorey drawing on cover.

Box 6 Folder 10 Item 298 Amphigorey Also celebration at Gotham Book Mart invitation, 1983 November 7

Box 6 Folder 11 Item 512 The Dripping Faucet publication announcement, 1989

Published by Metacom Press, Worcester, Massachusetts.

Box 6 Folder 12 Item 286 The Grand Passion and The Doleful Domesticity postcard prospectus, Gotham Book Mart, 1992

Box 6 Folder 13 Item 435 Publisher's envelope for the Fantod Press release of The Doleful Domesticity and The Grand Passion, 1992

Books cataloged as Two novels from the Fantod Press : The grand passion, The doleful domesticity

Box 6 Folder 14 Item 288 The Dancing Rock and The Floating Elephant postcard prospectus, Gotham Book Mart, 1993 June

Box 6 Folder 15 Item 287 The Pointless Book by Garrod Weedy postcard prospectus, Gotham Book Mart, 1993 June

Box 6 Folder 16 Item 289 The Twelve Terrors of Christmas postcard prospectus, Gotham Book Mart, 1993 December, Unused.


Box 24 Item 114 Stuffed creatures: Figbash, 1994, One in white fabric as a prototype, the other in glazed black fabric to accompany The Raging Tide (q.v. item #594 ), both with closed fingers.

Two examples, hand sewn by Edward Gorey.


Box 6 Folder 17 Item 621 Ædward Goré: Figbash Acrobate, 1994, Miniature paperback book with blue covers. Copy 40 of 500, numbered and signed by Edward Gorey.

Flip book of Figbash in acrobatic poses, published by the Fantod Press.

Box 6 Folder 17 Item 622 Ædward Goré: Figbash Acrobate, 1994, Miniature paperback book with blue covers. Copy K of 26 lettered copies, lettered and signed by Edward Gorey.

Flip book of Figbash in acrobatic poses, published by the Fantod Press.

Box 6 Folder 18 Item 290 The Fantod Pack postcard prospectus, Gotham Book Mart, 1995 December

With Figbash on unicycle.


Box 4 Folder 1 Item 74 The Iron Tonic poster, 2000, Black and ochre printing, with drawings from the book on one side, and promotional copy and illustrations for eight other books on the verso.


Box 6 Folder 19 Item 410 Thoughtful Alphabet VIII / The morning after Christmas, 4 am, 2001, One-page broadside with announcement card and announcement sheet.

Keepsake for The Unknown Edward Gorey Exhibition, Gotham Book Mart.

Box 6 Folder 20 Swann Galleries auction catalog for The Edward Gorey Collection of Samuel Speigel, 2014 May 7

Box 6 Folder 20 Swann Galleries auction catalog for Art, Press, and Illustrated Books, 2014 October 1

Pages 111-139 annotated by Andrew Alpern comparing 2010 appraised value of equivalent items in his Gorey collection with sale prices for items sold by Swann.

Box 6 Folder 21 Bromer Booksellers "The Works of Edward Gorey" catalogue, 2018 April

Published online.


Mapcase 15-J-15 Folder 2 Item 14 Poster: "The light is fading from the day. The rest is darkness and dismay.", undated, Signed in ink by Edward Gorey.

A photostatic enlargement of one of the pages from The Iron Tonic.

Mapcase 15-J-15 Folder 2 Item 23 Poster for Amphigorey Also (Edward Gorey's third compilation), undated, Black and greenish gray printing on paper, signed in ink by Edward Gorey.


Box 3 Folder 4 Item 31 The Dwindling Party poster, undated, Colored cover is glued to a drawn frame on the poster. Black drawing on white background, laminated to board, with an easel support glued to the back.

Point-of-sale poster promoting the pop-up book of this title.


Box 17 Folder 2 Item 41 Gorey X 3: A New Collection for Gorey Fans poster, undated, Black printing on white card stock.

A promotional poster from Addison-Wesley Publishing Company,with mailing envelope printed with a Gorey illustration and "Your GOREY poster has arrived!," an instructional/promotional insert, and a colored press-on label in the form of a red-and-white Santa hat reading "Have a GOREY holiday!"


Box 23 Item 112 Stuffed creature: Bahum Bug, undated, Light gray head and six legs, white collar and cuffs, dark gray suit, light green tie, all printed in black and colors on white fabric.

Sold as a pair with the lettered edition of The Headless Bust.


Box 6 Folder 22 Item 269 Postcard announcing Amphigorey Too, Gotham Book Mart, undated, Green card, unused.

Box 6 Folder 23 The Improvable Landscape postcard prospectus, Albondocani Press/Ampersand Books, undated, Black and white printing on olive green paper. Two copies, unsent.

Box 6 Folder 24 The Green Beads postcard prospectus, Albondocani Press/Ampersand Books, undated, Black and white printing on textured lavender paper.

Box 6 Folder 25 Item 430 Stapled set of photocopies of all 26 of the original drawings that were included in the 26 lettered copies of The Sopping Thursday, undated

One of the lettered copies is included in this collection: cataloged as The sopping Thursday.

Box 6 Folder 26 Item 515 The Eclectic Abecedarium and Q.R.V. publication announcements, undated

Both books were miniature books published by Bromer Booksellers, Bostom, Massachusetts.


Box 22 Two pins, one depicting the Doubtful Guest and another a cat reading a book, undated


Box 4 Folder 2 Item 47 Gorey Hallelujah poster, undated, Printed in black on a yellow background and signed in ink by Edward Gorey.

Promotional point-of-sale poster for Berkley Windhover Paperbacks, with a drawing of ten typically Gorey characters.

Series II.2: Printed ephemera, 1963-1999


Box 6 Folder 27 Item 240 12-page staple-bound Christmas greeting with Gorey drawing on front, 1963

"This copy of the 1963 Christmas Alphabet is given to [blank]", then text. Last page text is "Peace Be With You." ©1963 Donald Weeks.

Box 6 Folder 28 Item 524 The Fantod Pack of Edward Gorey, circa 1969, Neon green and burgundy recto; black and white patterned verso. With yellow-orange instruction sheet. All stored in clear PVC envelope.

A pack of fortune-telling cards similar to Tarot cards, with instruction sheet. Published by Owl Press.


Box 7 Folder 1 Item 567 Leaves from a Mislaid Album, 1972, Cards printed on white paper in black ink, with textured green paper envelope and wrapper. Set 114 of 550.

Cards with black and white drawings of figures (all human, except for one card with the Doubtful Guest). First printing, published by Gotham Book Mart. Seven of the drawings previously appeared in First Person, Fall 1960.

Box 7 Folder 2 Item 316 Swann Galleries, Sale 920 June 7, 1973 catalog, 1973-1975

15 Gorey lots, with priced pages of Gorey lots in Sale 970 December 5, 1974 and Sale 1000 October 16 1975 laid in

Box 7 Folder 3 Item 258 Postcard for Edward Gorey Book List 1974, 1974, Tan card with text on back.

From Gotham Book Mart, with pile of books and cats.

Box 7 Folder 4 Item 119 Children's Book Council 1974 Showcase registration form and bookmark, 1974

With two Gorey drawings. Children's Book Council, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010.

Box 7 Folder 5 Item 216 "Gertrude Stein as a child . . ." Christmas card, Albondocani Press, 1975, One of 400 copies. Signed by Edward Gorey, with envelope, unsent.

Box 7 Folder 6 Item 326 "Ephemera Etcetera," Gotham Book Mart exhibition catalog, 1975 April, Two copies, sent and unsent.

Box 7 Folder 7 Dogear Wryde Postcards: Scènes de Ballet Series, 1976, 10 black and white printed postcards in blank white envelope.

Set of postcards with scenes from fictional ballets, designed by Gorey for the New York City Ballet.

Box 7 Folder 8 Item 118 Limericks for Book Week flyer, 1976

Includes three limericks and five drawings by Gorey. For the Children's Book Council, Inc., 67 Irving Place, NY 10003.

Box 7 Folder 9 Item 262 Long Beach Museum of Art Arts Forum postcard, 1976 September

With dancing Doubtful Guest.

Box 7 Folder 10 Item 268 Postcard with drawing of Edward Gorey by Don Bachardy, circa 1976, Tan card as sent, with a blank variant on a darker tan card.

Used to announce 1976 Edward Gorey catalogue of Gotham Book Mart.

Box 7 Folder 11 Item 219 ". . . from the Great Veiled Bear" Christmas card, Albondocani Press, 1977, One of 450 copies. Inscribed to Andrew by Edward Gorey. Unsent.

Box 7 Folder 12 Item 220 ". . . from the Great Veiled Bear" Christmas card, Albondocani Press, 1977, Inscribed "To Andrew," signed from George [Bixby], with inserted invitation for New Year's Day party, with envelope as sent.

Box 7 Folder 13 Item 299 Invitation to Allegra Kent's Water Beauty Book publication party at Top Of The One Club, 1977 April 5, Folder, grey outside, white inside.

With Gorey drawings of frogs and dancers.

Box 7 Folder 14 Item 263 Perfect for Christmas Gifts: Edward Gorey! postcard, 1977 December, Used.

Gotham Book Mart promotional postcard with Gorey drawing of man with gifts on front.

Box 7 Folder 15 Item 260 "Life's a recipe-less salad That's forever being tossed," Addée Gorrwy, The Postcard Poetess postcard, circa 1977-1980


Box 23 Item 107 Stuffed cat, 1978, with horizontally-striped sweater; black, pink, tan and blue printing on off-white fabric.

Box 23 Item 108 Stuffed cat, 1978, With horizontally-striped sweater; orange, yellow, black, pink, and tan printing on off-white fabric.

Box 23 Item 109 Stuffed cat, 1978, With horizontally-striped sweater; black, pink, gray, tan and turquoise printing on off-white fabric.


Box 22 Item 110 The Gorey Collection Sew-it-Yourself Kits for stuffed cats, 1978, Four individual kits each in a clear vinyl bag with instructions. Four different color combinations.

Printed fabric to be sewn and stuffed to create a stuffed cat creature.


Box 7 Folder 16 Item 221 "Christ Child's song" Christmas card, 1978, Inscribed "To Andrew," signed from George [Bixby], with envelope as sent.

Poem by Reynolds Price, drawing by Robert Dunn. Albondocani Press, one of 400 copies.

Box 7 Folder 17 Item 264 Just Arrived! Our new Edward Gorey Catalogue for 1978-79 postcard, Gotham Book Mart, 1978, Unused.


Box 17 Folder 3 Item 43 I Love A Mystery Week poster, 1978 March 14-17, Black printing on a gray background, three copies, one signed in ink by Edward Gorey.


Box 7 Folder 18 Item 322 Jeffrey H. Weinberg Catalogue Fourteen, 1978 December 10, signed by Ginsburg and photographer Elsa Dorfman and dated.

Includes 14 Gorey items. Allen Ginsburg photograph on cover.


Box 3 Folder 5 Item 33 NY [loves] To Read poster, 1979, Black and red printing on white paper, signed in ink by Edward Gorey.

"For more information, see your librarian," with a polar bear on ice skates.


Box 7 Folder 19 Item 87 Gorey Endings: The Edward Gorey Calendar for 1979, 1979

In pictorial mailing envelope, Workman Publishing, New York.


Box 23 Item 106 Stuffed pig, made by Toy Works, 1979, With tweed jacket, white waistcoat, yellow bow tie and jacket lining, with pale lavender skin.


Box 7 Folder 20 Item 222 "Hertha Strugg's fifth Christmas" Christmas card, Albondocani Press, 1979, One of 450 copies. Inscribed "To Andrew," signed from George [Bixby], with envelope as sent.

Box 7 Folder 21 Item 500 Dogear Wryde Postcards: Interpretive Series, 1979, Thirteen cards, hand-colored and signed by Edward Gorey. Set 3 of 50.

On each card, a scaly creature poses in front of the letter "I," interpreting a one-word caption beginning with that letter.

Box 7 Folder 22 Item 532 The Gashlycrumb Tinies postcards, 1979, Set of 128 black and white printed postcards in plastic case, with additional card describing the set.

Postcards reproducing drawings of The Gashlycrumb Tinies, from Gorey's 1963 book of the same title. Published and distributed by Harvey Hutter & Co., New York.


Box 3 Folder 6 Item 32 "New York Is Book Country" poster, 1979 September 16, Black printing on glazed white paper.


Box 7 Folder 23 Item 271 "New York is Book Country" postcard, sent by New York Bound Bookshop, 1979 September 16

With Gorey drawing on front.

Box 7 Folder 24 Dogear Wryde Postcards: Neglected Murderesses Series, 1980, Twelve black and white postcards in white envelope. Numbered 4 of 250 and signed by Edward Gorey.

Gorey drawings of women on rectos, with descriptions of the murders they committed on versos of cards.

Box 7 Folder 25 Item 88 Gorey Details: The Edward Gorey Calendar for 1980, 1980

In pictorial mailing envelope, Workman Publishing, New York.


Box 23 Item 111 Stuffed frog, 1980, Olive green hands and head with button eyes, white laced sneakers, brown and white socks, gray trousers, and brown turtle-neck sweater with white F (for Frog University). All printed in black and colors on white fabric.


Box 7 Folder 26 Item 223 "White Fruitcake" Christmas card, Albondocani Press, 1980, One of 450 copies. Inscribed "To Andrew," signed from George [Bixby], with inserted invitation for New Year's Open House, with envelope as sent.

Eudora Welty recipe, drawing by Robert Dunn.

Box 7 Folder 27 Item 300 Marriage celebration invitation: Kathy Keskey and Matthew Monahan at Gotham Book Mart Gallery, 1980 March 8

With Fletcher and Zenobia (Gorey drawing of cats).


Box 24 Item 147 Rubber stamps, 1981, Nine rubber stamps mounted on varnished wood blocks with painted black handles.

stamped INK A DINK A DO, the sides stamped ©1981 Edward Gorey. 2 ballet dancers, 4 cats, a bat, a fur-coated man, and The Doubtful Guest.


Box 7 Folder 28 Item 224 "Ettie Lou Stooper does a tinsel dance . . ." Christmas card, Albondocani Press, 1981, One of 450 copies. Inscribed "To Andrew," signed from George [Bixby], with envelope as sent.

Box 7 Folder 29 Item 225 "Ettie Lou Stooper does a tinsel dance . . ." Christmas card, Albondocani Press, 1981, One of 450 copies. Signed by Edward Gorey on the front, with envelope, unsent.

Box 7 Folder 30 Item 226 Hamlen Brook Christmas card, Albondocani Press, 1982, One of 400 copies. Inscribed "To Andrew," signed from George [Bixby].

Poem by Richard Wilbur, drawing by Robert Dunn.

Box 7 Folder 31 Item 157 An Edward Gorey Bestiary 1984 Engagement Calendar, Pomegranate Artbooks, 1983, Cover in colors, some interior drawings with added colors, metal spiral binding.

Box 7 Folder 32 Item 227 "Un cadeau ennuyeux" Christmas card, Albondocani Press, 1983, One of 400 copies. Inscribed "To Andrew," signed from George [Bixby], with inserted invitation for New Year's Open House, with envelope as sent.

Box 7 Folder 33 Item 647 E. D. Ward, A Mercurial Bear: A Dogear Wryde Paper Pastime, 1983, Inscribed to Andrew Alpern by Edward Gorey

Postcard-sized flyers with Gorey drawing of a bear (front and back). Published by Gotham Book Mart

Box 7 Folder 34 Item 246 National Post Card Week postcard, 1984 May 6-12, Signed in ink by Edward Gorey and stamped "11/30 signed".

Box 7 Folder 35 Item 228 "Noël chez les volants des Alpes Dolomites" Christmas card, Albondocani Press, 1985, One of 400 copies. Inscribed "To Andrew," signed from George [Bixby], with envelope as sent.

Box 7 Folder 36 Item 247 National Post Card Week postcard, 1985 May 6-11, Numbered 6/50 and signed in ink by Edward Gorey.

Announcing Gotham Book Mart's Seventh International Post Card Bourse. With Gorey drawing of cats on front.

Box 7 Folder 37 Item 248 National Post Card Week postcard, 1986 May 4-10, Two unused and one used.

Ninth Annual Post Card Week Bourse, with Gorey drawing on front.

Box 7 Folder 38 Item 229 "In Stubbville, Nebraska on December 23, 1911 . . ." Christmas card, Albondocani Press, 1987, One of 400 copies. Inscribed "To Andrew," signed from George [Bixby], with envelope as sent.


Box 8 Folder 1 Item 230 Card with Gorey drawing of cat and woman, 1987, Personal note and greeting, signed Matthew and Kathy Monahan.

Box 8 Folder 2 Item 231 "L'Étoile en Orient" Christmas card, Albondocani Press, 1988, 400 copies. Inscribed "To Andrew," signed from George [Bixby], with envelope as sent.

Box 8 Folder 3 Item 232 "Christmas in the Eggplant Hills" Christmas card, Albondocani Press, 1989, 400 copies. Inscribed "To Andrew," signed from George [Bixby].

Box 8 Folder 4 Item 501 Dogear Wryde Postcards: Menaced Objects Series, 1989, Sixteen cards, numbered and signed by Edward Gorey. Set 4 of 250.

Each card includes a different black and white illustration of inanimate objects in oddly menacing arrangements.

Box 8 Folder 5 Item 504 Dogear Wryde Postcards: Tragédies topiares Series, 1989, Twelve cards, numbered and signed by Edward Gorey. Set 4 of 250.

Each card includes a different black and white illustration of a human posing with (or being attacked by) a topiary.

Box 8 Folder 6 Item 552 The Helpless Doorknob: A Shuffled Story by Edward Gorey, 1989, 20 black and white printed cards with explanatory booklet, in plastic case. Set 4 of 500, numbered and signed by Edward Gorey.

A set of cards with illustrations and captions, which can be rearranged and "read in 2,432,902,069,736,640,000 different ways."

Box 8 Folder 7 Item 249 National Post Card Week postcard, 1989 May 7-13, Unused.

Twelfth Annual Post Card Week Bourse, with Gorey drawing on front.

Box 8 Folder 8 Item 235 "Fruitcake" Christmas card, Albondocani Press, 1990, One of 350 copies. Inscribed "To Andrew," signed from George [Bixby], with envelope as sent and with later red-bordered reprint by Artpost.

Box 8 Folder 9 Item 505 Dogear Wryde Postcards: Whatever Next? Series, 1990, Twelve cards, numbered and signed by Edward Gorey. Set 116 of 250.

Each card includes a different black and white illustration of an empty or blank inanimate object.

Box 8 Folder 10 Item 234 Christmas card for Cape Cod charities, 1990, 2001, With unused envelope, with same as sent in 2001 by Andreas Brown and signed Andreas.

With red and white "NOEL" silhouettes.

Box 8 Folder 11 Item 250 National Post Card Week postcard, 1992 May 3-9, Numbered 18/50 and signed in ink by Edward Gorey.

Fifteenth Annual Post Card Week Bourse, with Gorey drawing on front.


Box 17 Folder 4 Item 140 Gotham Book Mart envelope with 11 Gorey drawings of the Figbash creature, 1993, Used white mailing envelope, printed with rectangles for sender, addressee, and postage.


Box 8 Folder 12 Item 325 Bromer Booksellers Catalogue 77, 1993 July

With various Gorey items, including 2 miniatures.


Box 4 Folder 3 Item 44 American Library Association National Reading Program poster, 1994, Black and colored printing on glazed paper, signed in ink by Edward Gorey.


Box 22 Item 148 Kidstamps rubber stamp set, 1994, Eleven break-apart rubber stamps and peel-off stickers, in clear plastic box.

Gorey Miscellany, Kidstamps, Cleveland, Ohio.


Box 8 Folder 13 Item 251 National Post Card Week postcard, 1994 May 1-7, Unused.

Seventeenth Annual Post Card Week Bourse, with Gorey drawing on front.

Box 8 Folder 14 Item 252 National Post Card Week postcard, 1995 May 7-13, Unused.

Eighteenth Annual Post Card Week Bourse, with Gorey drawing on front.

Box 8 Folder 15 Item 641 The Fantod Pack, interpreted by Madame Groeda Weyrd, 1995, 20 black and white printed cards with interpretative booklet, in gray paper-covered cardboard box with illustration of Figbash on a unicycle on lid. Set Y of 776, lettered and signed by Edward Gorey.

A pack of fortune-telling cards similar to Tarot cards, with interpretative booklet. Published by Gotham Book Mart.

Box 8 Folder 15 Item 642 The Fantod Pack, interpreted by Madame Groeda Weyrd, 1995, 20 black and white printed cards with interpretative booklet, in gray paper-covered cardboard box with illustration of Figbash on a unicycle on lid. Set 725 of 776, numbered and signed by Edward Gorey.

A pack of fortune-telling cards similar to Tarot cards, with interpretative booklet. Published by Gotham Book Mart.

Box 8 Folder 16 Item 408 Edgar Allan Poe Awards Dinner Fiftieth Anniversary program, Mystery Writers of America, 1995, Small program card, large publicity card, and 80-page paperback program book.

All with full-page Gorey drawings.

Box 8 Folder 17 Item 253 National Post Card Week postcard, 1996 May 5-11, Numbered 32/50 and signed in ink by Edward Gorey.

Nineteenth Annual Post Card Week Bourse, with Gorey drawing on front.

Box 8 Folder 18 Item 648 Q.R.V. Hikuptah: A Dozen Dogear Wryde Postcards, 1996, 12 black and white printed postcards in white printed envelope, signed "Dogear Wyrde" by Edward Gorey. Bottom left of envelope is stamped "Y" and hand-watercolored in blue.

Set of postcards with illustrations and rhyming couplets about Q.R.V.

Box 8 Folder 18 Item 649 Q.R.V. Hikuptah: A Dozen Dogear Wryde Postcards, 1996, 12 black and white printed postcards in white printed envelope, signed "Dogear Wyrde" by Edward Gorey.

Set of postcards with illustrations and rhyming couplets about Q.R.V.

Box 8 Folder 19 Item 650 Q.R.V. Unwmkd. Imperf.: A Dozen Dogear Wryde Postcards, 1996, 12 black and white printed postcards in white printed envelope, signed "Dogear Wyrde" by Edward Gorey. Bottom left of envelope is stamped "Y" and hand-watercolored in red.

Set of postcards with illustrations and rhyming couplets about Q.R.V.

Box 8 Folder 19 Item 651 Q.R.V. Unwmkd. Imperf.: A Dozen Dogear Wryde Postcards, 1996, 12 black and white printed postcards in white printed envelope, signed "Dogear Wyrde" by Edward Gorey.

Set of postcards with illustrations and rhyming couplets about Q.R.V.

Box 8 Folder 20 Item 158 Funeral Consumers Alliance publications, 1996, A clear plastic envelope containing various publications of the Funeral Consumers Alliance.

Including a 16-page booklet titled "Before I Go, You Should Know: My Funeral and Final Plans," with illustrations by Edward Gorey, with a Gorey-illustrated refrigerator magnet titled "Matters of Life and Death" inside.

Box 8 Folder 21 Thoughtful Alphabet XVII / The Deadly Blotter postcard prospectus, Gotham Book Mart, 1997

Box 8 Folder 22 Item 159 "Flash!" foldout invitation to a dinner and auction to benefit The Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, Massachusetts., 1998 October 10, Lighter ink, unsigned.

Showing a flasher with a green frog on his top hat, opening his long coat to reveal the event information.

Box 8 Folder 22 Item 159A "Flash!" foldout invitation to a dinner and auction to benefit The Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, Massachusetts., 1998 October 10, Darker ink, signed [?] by Edward Gorey.

Showing a flasher with a green frog on his top hat, opening his long coat to reveal the event information.

Box 8 Folder 23 Item 270 California Antiquarian Book Fair postcard promoting Gotham Book Mart booth, 1999 February 12-14, Used.

With Gorey drawing on front.

Box 8 Folder 24 Item 84 "Cool It with Books This Summer and Every Summer" Children's Book Council promotional package, undated

Includes a poster with a colored Gorey drawing, a smaller two-faced easel card version of the same image, a monochrome blank certificate for reading achievement with a different drawing, and a blank membership card with a third drawing.

Box 8 Folder 25 Item 89 Cranberry Moose, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts menu, undated, Black printing on textured cream card stock.

Hand lettered restaurant menu with an oval cover illustration showing a moose as an elegant waiter.


Box 22 Item 124 I Love Cats t-shirt, undated, Black and white printing on light blue fabric.

Dancing cat with lettering.

Box 22 Item 127 2nd New York Small Press Book Fair t-shirt, undated, Blue printing on white fabric, hand signed in red ink by Gorey.

Man contemplating a pile of large books.


Box 9 Folder 1 Item 217 Gorey dancing cat Christmas card, Congdon and Weed, undated, With envelope, unsent.

Box 9 Folder 2 Item 218 Gorey dancing cats as jesters Christmas card, Dodd, Mead and Company, undated, With envelope, unsent.

Box 9 Folder 3 Item 233 Christmas card reprinting early Gorey drawing, undated

Drawing from the collection of Tom and Connie Salmon, Kinloch, Keswick, Virginia.

Box 9 Folder 4 Item 241 Postcard with color photograph of three cats at Gotham Book Mart, undated, Unused.

Cats photograph on front, with Gorey drawing on back.

Box 9 Folder 5 Item 265 Welcome to the wonderful world of Edward Gorey! postcard, undated

with Dracula-and-Lucy drawing on front. Postcard is an announcement, not for mailing.

Box 9 Folder 6 Item 314 Galerie Daniel Keel, Zurich catalog, undated

Various artists, includes five graphics by Gorey.

Box 9 Folder 7 Item 708 Christmas card with illustration from The Very Fine Clock by Muriel Spark, undated, Black and white printed illustration with red frame, signed by Edward Gorey. With cream colored envelope, unsent.

Box 9 Folder 8 Two small Gotham Book Mart envelopes, undated, White paper, with prices written on fronts.

Box 9 Folder 9 Christmas tiger bookmark, undated

With color drawing of a yellow and black tiger, whose stripes spell out "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year." Signed (?) by Edward Gorey.

Box 9 Folder 10 The Crestwood Carolers Christmas card, by Artpost, undated

Box 9 Folder 11 Christmas at Hugglebee Pond Christmas card, by Artpost, undated

Box 9 Folder 12 Christmas card with Gorey drawing of a man in a fur-lined coat anxiously carrying a large stack of gifts, published by Gotham Book Mart, undated

Box 9 Folder 13 Christmas card with full-color illustration of three men in fur-lined coats standing around a Christmas tree inside a bell jar, undated

Printed by Gotham Book Mart.

Subseries II.3: Exhibitions, 1965-2012

Box 9 Folder 14 Item 279 Postcard announcing exhibition of Gorey drawings at the California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, 1965 December 1-23, Signed in ink by Edward Gorey.

With elaborate drawing of many people on front.

Box 9 Folder 15 Gotham Book Mart Gallery promotional postcard for Drawings by Edward Gorey exhibition, 1972, Black and white printing on white paper.

Exhibition held 1972 December 18-1973 January 20.

Box 9 Folder 16 Item 327 Plain and Coloured Drawings by Edward Gorey, Graham Gallery, New York exhibition catalog, 1974 April-May

With newspaper ad and typed list of 46 items, four priced in pencil.

Box 9 Folder 17 Item 328 Problem Pictures: Edward Gorey exhibition promotional card, Graham Gallery, New York, 1975 December

With newspaper ad and review glued in, and second clean copy.


Box 23 Item 126 LBMA Arts Forum t-shirt, 1976 September, Black printing on light tan fabric.

Lettering on the flying scarf of a dancing Doubtful Guest figure.


Box 9 Folder 18 Item 297 Christmas 1979 exhibition at Graham Gallery announcement, 1979 December

With Gorey thermographed drawing of snake and two mice. 1014 Madison Avenue, preview Tuesday, December 19th.


Box 4 Folder 4 Item 15 Edward Gorey: The First British Exhibition poster, 1979 February-March

Francis Kyle Gallery, London. With invitation to opening.


Box 9 Folder 19 Item 278 Galerie Daniel Keel, Zürich postcard announcing Edward Gorey exhibition, 1979 May 10-June 9

Box 9 Folder 20 Item 330 Phantasmagorey Too: The World of Edward Gorey, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston exhibition catalog, 1979 November-December

Five pages (back blank), signed by Gorey on the front.


Box 4 Folder 5 Item 36 Work In Stoppage poster, 1981 August 10-September 8, black printing on rough white paper, signed in ink by Edward Gorey

Drawings, Books, Etc by Edward Gorey. Sturgis Library, Barnstable, Massachusetts exhibition.


Box 9 Folder 21 Item 37 Work In Stoppage postcard, 1981 August 10-September 8, black printing on rough white paper, signed in ink by Edward Gorey

Drawings, Books, Etc by Edward Gorey, Sturgis Library, Barnstable, Massachusetts exhibition. With promotional card in envelope (unsent).


Box 4 Folder 6 Item 34 Gorey Stories exhibition poster, 1984 October 26 - 1985 March 17, Two copies.

Books and Drawings by Edward Gorey, The Minneapolis Institute of Art.


Box 9 Folder 22 Item 427 Gotham Book Mart, 1985-2002

Clippings and exhibition promotional materials from or related to Gotham Book Mart.

Box 9 Folder 23 Item 255 Postcard invitation for Gorey exhibition at Gotham Book Mart, "now through February 28, 1986", circa 1986, Used.

Box 9 Folder 24 Item 272 "Edward Gorey New Work etc." postcard, circa 1990, Used.

With Gorey drawing "Le Fauteuil" on front. Through March 17, 1990, Gotham Book Mart.

Box 9 Folder 25 Item 273 "Edward Gorey New Work etc." postcard, circa 1991, Used.

With elephant and bottle, Through March 23, 1991, Gotham Book Mart.

Box 9 Folder 26 Item 274 "Edward Gorey New Work etc." postcard, circa 1993, Used.

With fur-coated man. Through March 20, 1993, Gotham Book Mart.

Box 9 Folder 27 Item 275 Edward Gorey: A Retrospective Including New Work postcard, circa 1994

With Gertrude Stein. Through January 1994, Gotham Book Mart.

Box 9 Folder 28 Item 276 Edward Gorey: A Retrospective Including New Work postcard, circa 1995

With Great Veiled Bear. Through January 1995, Gotham Book Mart.

Box 9 Folder 29 Item 277 Edward Gorey: A Retrospective Including New Work postcard, circa 1996

With Fruitcake. Through February 1996, Gotham Book Mart.

Box 9 Folder 30 Item 541 Gorey World: Paintings, Drawings, & Mysterious Objects by Edward Gorey exhibition catalog, 1996, Staple-bound softcover booklet. One of 776 copies.

From the Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco

Box 9 Folder 31 Looking for Edward Gorey, University of Hawai'i Art Gallery, 2010 September 26-December 10

Exhibition catalog for Musings of Mystery and Alphabets of Agony: The Work of Edward Gorey, with fold-out poster signed by Andreas Brown and John A. Carroll and exhibition brochure.


Box 3 Folder 7 Gorey Preserved: The Collection of Andrew Alpern poster, 2012

Made by the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, for exhibition curated by Alpern.


Box 9 Folder 32 CD of Andrew Alpern interview with Susan Teltser-Schwarz on "Focus on the Arts," WFDU-FM, 2012 May

Discussing "Gorey Preserved" exhibition. With associated correspondence.


Box 17 Folder 5 New York Review of Books Fiction Issue, 2012 July 12

With Gorey illustration and information about Gorey Preserved exhibition on page 64.


Box 9 Folder 33 Item 73 One-page press release for Dracula exhibition at the Gotham Book Mart, undated

Box 9 Folder 34 Item 77 "The Cottage of Content" and Seascapes exhibition opening invitation, undated

An exhibition held at the Yale Center for British Art, Tuesday, November 1 (no year).

Box 9 Folder 35 Item 266 Dodd Mead's Cheer-Up World postcard, undated

With drawings on the front by Gorey and others, and list of books by all the artists on the back [announcement, not for mailing].

Series III: Performing arts, circa 1954-2016

Series III contains materials related to Gorey's work in the performing arts, including theatre, music, dance, and television. It includes items associated with Gorey's work on performing arts productions, notably the Tony award-winning 1977 Broadway revival of Dracula (for which Gorey designed sets and costumes) and the television series Mystery!, as well as various other works written by Gorey. It also includes work created by Gorey to promote other performing arts organizations, such as the New York City Ballet, Cape and Islands Chamber Music, and the Metropolitan Opera. In addition, there are a small number of audio recordings with packaging designed by Gorey, and a poster and program for a 2016 play about Gorey's life.


Box 25 Item 304 Odd Songs and a Poem LP record, circa 1954

Performed by Cyril Ritchard, with Elaine Dunn, accompanied by Stuart Ross at the piano. Gorey jacket drawings, Dolphin Records, New York 22, NY.

Box 25 Item 303 You Read to Me, I'll Read to You by John Ciardi LP record, 1962, In original shrink wrap.

Gorey jacket drawings (same as book), Spoken Arts Inc, New Rochelle, New York.

Box 25 Item 301 The Dream World of Dion McGregor LP record, 1964

Compilation and notes by Jules L. Green, jacket illustrations by Gorey (same as book), Decca.


Mapcase 15-J-15 Folder 2 Item 46 Poster for The Wrong Box, by Columbia Pictures, 1966

Includes three Gorey colored drawings, together with multipage promotional booklet with Gorey drawings.


Box 9 Folder 36 Item 393 New York City Ballet 50th season program, 1970 April 21 - June 14

With Gorey illustrations, including first appearance of The Lavender Leotard.


Box 25 Rumpelstiltskin: A Folktale retold by Edith H. Tarcov, 1973

Album sleeve illustrations by Edward Gorey.


Box 9 Folder 37 Item 70 Program for Dracula, The Nantucket Stage Company, Cyrus Peirce Theatre, 1973 Summer


Mapcase 15-J-15 Folder 2 Item 16 Trinity Square Repertory Company, Lillian Hellman Tribute poster, 1975 November-December, Black, tan, and red printing on heavy glazed white stock, signed in ink by Edward Gorey.

Another Part of the Forest, The Little Foxes.


Box 25 Item 302 The Hapless Child and other Inscrutable Stories LP record, 1976

Music by Michael Mantler, Words by Edward Gorey, Watt Works, New York. Gorey drawings on cover.


Box 18 Folder 1 Item 416 Scrapbook 1: Dracula, 1976-1980, 2002

1. Metropolitan Diary, The New York Times, December 27, 1976 2. Page of small ads and articles 3. "Dracula at its Gorey-ist," The Boston Globe, September 28, 1977 4. "A Pain in The Neck," New York Magazine, September 19, 1977 5. "I Never Drink . . Wine," by Liz Smith, Daily News, October 24, 1977 6. Al Hirschfield caricature of Frank Langella as Dracula, New York Times 7. Full page ad, New York Magazine, September 28, 1977 8. "`Dracula' bats good," by Earl Wilson 9. Postcard with Dracula/Lucy drawing 10. Four small photos of Gorey 11. "Langella is Count Dracula down to the teeth" by Douglas Watt, Daily News, October 21, 1977 12. "Theater: `Dracula,' Elegant But Bloodless on Broadway," by Richard Eder, New York Times 13. "`Dracula' is pure escape, great fun," by Martin Gottfried, New York Post, October 21, 1977 14. The Theatre: Out of Dublin, by Brendan Gill, The New Yorker 15. Two ads quoting reviews 16. "Edward Gorey Onstage," by Peter Andrews, Horizon, November 1977 17. "Gorey on `Dracula' - I did it for the money," by Barry Cunningham, New York Times 18. "Kinky Count" by T.E. Kalem, Time Magazine October 31, 1977 19. "Gothics by Gorey," Newsweek, October 31, 1977 20. "Dracula Lives!," Newsweek, October 31, 1977 21. "Gorey Scenes from Transylvania," The Soho Weekly News, October 27, 1977 22. "Dingbat" by John Simon, New York Magazine 23. Full page illustration and caption, After Dark December 1977 24. "Home Beat: Going Batty" by Joan Kron, New York Times, January 19, 1978 25. Article on Tonys, mentioning Gorey win, New York Times, June 5, 1978 26. Dracula Kona Tiki ad, New York Magazine, June 5, 1978 27. "Dracupuncture, Transylvanian Style" by Richard Philp, After Dark, March 1978 28. Dracula Won 1978 Tony Award, ad in New York Times 29. Color photo of London production set, Sunday Times [London] Magazine, November 26, 1978 30. Al Hirschfield caricature of Jean LeClerc as Dracula with article, New York Times, July 27, 1979 31. "Dracula to Close Jan. 6," New York Times, 1980 32. Ad for Dracula Damask wallcovering and fabric 33. Postcard (2 copies to show both sides): He's Back (image of Dracula in coffin), September 2002 34. "The Toast of Broadway [Frank Langella]," Syracuse University Alumni News, Winter 1978 35. Dracula-themed ad for Risom/Burr Desk Collection 36. Count Dracula as Early Rumanian Freedom Fighter by John Darnton, New York Times, December 16, 1979 37. Romanian Library. . .Cultural Boon, by Louise D'Onofrio 38. "Count Dracula - Vampire or Patriot?" by Robert Brody, Eastside Courier, December 30, 1976 39. "The Enduring Fascination of Dracula" by John J. O'Connor, New York Times 40. "A Blooming Mystery Story" by Ron Alexander, New York Times, April 26, 1980 41. ad for The Passion of Dracula at the Cherry Lane Theatre, September 16, 1977 42. "Theater: Dracula Up in the Air," by Richard Eder [review of The Passion of Dracula] New York Times 43. Press release for Vampirism: A Brief Exploration, March 21, 1977 44. Three stick-on labels titled Dracula, with Gorey drawing 45. Dracula Commands Your Presence, promotional invitation/flyer to a Dracula opening night benefit for The Parks Council


Box 9 Folder 38 Item 102 Frank Langella in Dracula souvenir booklet, Johnray Publishing, New York, 1977

Box 9 Folder 39 Item 69 Playbill for Dracula, 1977 October 1

At Martin Beck Theatre. With New York Times review and interview of actor Richard Kavanaugh (played Renfield) of February 17, 1978 laid in.

Box 9 Folder 40 Item 95 Invitation to the opening night of Dracula and an after-theater dinner party, 1977 October 20

For the benefit of The Parks Council. With related material in the original addressed envelope.

Box 9 Folder 41 Item 395 Gorey Stories program, 1977 December

With flyer. At WPA Theatre, 138 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Opened December 8, 1977.

Box 9 Folder 42 Item 53 Two original photographic prints from television images of Gorey being interviewed by Dick Cavett,, 1977 December 19 or November 30

Photos taken by Andrew Alpern, with contact sheet and negatives in sleeves.

Box 9 Folder 43 Item 423 Gorey Theater, 1977-2009

Articles and clippings related to Gorey's involvement with theatrical performances.


Box 4 Folder 7 Item 11 Frank Langella in Dracula poster, circa 1977-1978, Black printing on textured glazed white paper, signed in ink by Edward Gorey.

Martin Beck Theatre, 302 West 45th St.


Box 3 Folder 8 Item 12 Dracula poster, circa 1977-1978, Black printing on textured glazed white paper on board, signed in ink by Edward Gorey.

Martin Beck Theatre, 302 West 45th St.


Box 23 Item 96 I saw Dracula! t-shirt, circa 1977-1978, Black, white, and red printing on gray fabric.

Dracula standing behind Lucy, with two drops of blood above them.

Box 23 Item 97 I saw Dracula! t-shirt, circa 1977-1978, Black, white, and red printing on gray fabric.

Dracula flying over a swooning Lucy, with two drops of blood above them.


Box 22 Item 98 Dracula Damask fabric memo sample from Kirk Brummel Associates, circa 1977-1978, Dark gray, medium gray, and white printing on light gray fabric.

Repeat design of bat, woman, and draped vines.


Box 20 Item 103 Dracula pendant, circa 1977-1978, Cut from a flat sheet of brush-finished silver, with cut-out lettering and soldered double hanging loop.


Mapcase 15-J-15 Folder 1 Item 9 Original photographic reproductions of original sketch designs and finished drawings for Dracula, 1978, Portfolio of 28 sheets. Some with Gorey's signature, some with his annotations, many of the reproductions stamped in red © Edward Gorey. This is numbered 5/10 on a Dracula-design card that serves as a title sheet.

For the sets, costumes, and related materials for the 1977 Broadway production of Dracula, all done by Edward Gorey, with the original invoice dated 1/27/78. Ten such portfolios were produced by the Gotham Book Mart early in 1978.


Box 9 Folder 44 Item 76 New York City Ballet flyer, 1978, Front with white-on-black dancer's feet in five positions, back with schedule and ticket-ordering information.


Box 3 Folder 9 Item 35 Gorey Stories poster, 1978, black and white printing on a tan background, signed in ink by Edward Gorey.

An Entertainment with Music, Booth Theatre, 222 West 45 Street, New York City.


Box 4 Folder 8 Item 99 Dracula Damask vinylized wallpaper sample from Kirk Brummel Associates, 1978, Dark gray, medium gray, and white printing on embossed silver moiré ground.

Repeat design of bat, woman, and draped vines. With press release.


Box 9 Folder 45 Item 71 Playbill for Dracula with Terence Stamp, Shaftesbury Theatre, London, circa 1978 September 13

Box 9 Folder 46 Item 72 Promotional flyer for Terence Stamp in Dracula at the Shaftsbury Theatre, London, circa 1978 September 13, Front with "standard" poster image, back with performance times and ticket prices.

Box 9 Folder 47 Item 396 Gorey Stories opening night Playbill, the Booth Theatre, 1978 October 30


Box 10 Folder 1 Item 397 Gorey Stories Playbill, the Booth Theatre, 1978 October

With group cast photo (including Gorey) on page 46 instead of individual photos.


Box 23 Item 104 Stuffed bat, 1980, With red plastic jewel eyes, rich black printing on white fabric.

Box 23 Item 105 Stuffed bat, 1980, With red plastic jewel eyes, grayish black printing on white fabric.


Box 25 Item 305 Gorey by Grimes, Stories by Edward Gorey LP record, 1980

Performed by Tammy Grimes with music, Caedmon, New York. Photo of Gorey in a wood box on the cover, liner notes by Linda Stevens.

Box 25 Item 306 Gorey by Grimes, Stories by Edward Gorey audiocassette, 1980, In original sealed package.

Performed by Tammy Grimes with music, Caedmon, New York. Photo of Gorey in a wood box on the cover.


Box 4 Folder 9 Item 19 Atlantic Theatre Company poster for The Importance of Being Earnest, circa 1981, White and lavender on a black background, numbered 8/60 and signed in ink by Edward Gorey.

Box 4 Folder 10 Item 20 Atlantic Theatre Company poster for Late Night Cabaret, circa 1981, White and yellow on a black background, numbered 22/60 and signed in ink by Edward Gorey.

Box 4 Folder 11 Item 21 Atlantic Theatre Company poster for Diary of a Scoundrel, circa 1981, White and green on a black background, numbered 37/60 and signed in ink by Edward Gorey.

With a gate-fold promotional flyer.


Box 10 Folder 2 Atlantic Theatre Company Second Season in Barnstable promotional pamphlet, 1981, Black and white printing on cream colored paper. Tri-fold pamphlet.

Illustrations by Gorey throughout.


Box 4 Folder 12 Item 18 Atlantic Theatre Company poster for Second Season in Barnstable, 1981 July 2 - August 22, White and red on a black background, numbered 48/250 and signed in ink by Edward Gorey.


Box 27 Item 25 Mystery! G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown The Divine Detective poster, 1982, Black and colors on a mottled background; signed in ink by Edward Gorey.

Box 27 Item 28 Mystery! Sweeney Todd poster, 1982, Black line drawing with white lettering and red blood dripping from a folding razor, on a black background.


Box 4 Folder 13 Item 24 "Mystery! So entertaining - it's criminal," poster, circa 1982, Black and colors on paper.


Box 10 Folder 3 Item 78 ALLeGOREY program, Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta, Georgia, 1982 April 24

With printed pink ticket stub.

Box 10 Folder 4 Item 392 Agnes of God Playbill, 1982 December

Includes promotional page for Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, with three Gorey drawings from the book.

Box 10 Folder 5 Item 399 Steaming Playbill, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 1982 December

Three Gorey drawings of cats on page 22.


Box 27 Item 26 "Mystery! So entertaining - it's criminal," poster, 1982-1983, Printed in black on a vivid yellow paper; signed in ink by Edward Gorey.

Box 27 Item 27 "Mystery! So entertaining - it's criminal," poster, 1982-1983, Printed in black on white paper; signed in ink by Edward Gorey.


Box 23 Item 134 The Metropolitan Opera, 1883-1983 t-shirt, 1983, Blue and black printing on gray fabric.

Two elaborately costumed opera singers, each with shield, spear, and helmet, surmounted by "Happy Birthday" in five languages.


Box 22 Item 150 The Metropolitan Opera, 1883-1983 greeting cards, 1983, 14 (of an original 20) copies, with envelopes, of a fold-over greeting card.

Printed with a multi-color design in honor of the company's 100th birthday.


Box 10 Folder 6 Gorey Stories: A Musical Entertainment script, 1983, Staple-bound book with blue cover.

French's Musical Library published edition, by Samuel French, Inc., New York.


Box 4 Folder 14 Item 17 Poster for Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1983 April 14-30, Black, green, and tan on heavy white stock, signed in ink by Edward Gorey and inscribed "For Andrew."


Box 10 Folder 7 Item 391 Program for Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1983 April 14-30

Box 10 Folder 8 Item 281 Postcard invitation for Cape and Islands Chamber Music Festival poster viewing at Gotham Book Mart, 1984 June 26, Used.


Mapcase 15-J-15 Folder 2 Item 13 Cape And Islands Chamber Music Festival Fifth Season poster, 1984 August, Black line and pale watercolors on heavy white stock showing a flute, cello, and harpsichord trio. Numbered 27/100 and signed in ink by Edward Gorey.


Box 10 Folder 9 Item 285 Cape and Islands Chamber Music newsletter, 1984 Fall


Box 17 Folder 6 Item 75 Symphonies For Youth flyer, 1985

A series of programs of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, illustrated with frog musicians.


Box 10 Folder 10 Item 282A Cape and Islands Chamber Music, Sixth season, August 1985, benefit evening invitation, 1985 April 3


Box 4 Folder 15 Item 30 Tinned Lettuce poster, 1985 April 17-27, Numbered 13/100 and signed in ink by Edward Gorey.

As noted on the poster, Tinned Lettuce was a musical written and designed by Gorey.


Box 10 Folder 11 Item 402 Tinned Lettuce program, 1985 April-May

With promotional postcard (printed on paper) and New York Times review of May 1, 1985. Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, 725 Broadway, New York City.

Box 10 Folder 12 Item 282 Cape and Islands Chamber Music, Sixth season flyer, 1985 August

Including announcement of limited edition sale of posters designed by Edward Gorey.

Box 10 Folder 13 Item 283A Cape and Islands Chamber Music, Seventh season fundraising appeal, 1986

Box 10 Folder 13 Item 283 Cape and Islands Chamber Music, Seventh season flyer, 1986 August

Box 10 Folder 14 Item 400 Lost Shoelaces program, Woods Hole Community Hall, 1987 August, Signed in ink by Edward Gorey.

Box 10 Folder 14 Item 401 Lost Shoelaces postcard, Woods Hole Community Hall,, 1987 August, Signed in ink by Edward Gorey.


Box 4 Folder 16 Item 38 Lost Shoelaces poster, 1987 August, black printing on white card stock, signed in ink by Edward Gorey.

A Musical Entertainment Devised and Designed by Edward Gorey, Woods Hole Community Hall.


Box 10 Folder 15 Item 39 Lost Shoelaces flyer, 1987 August, Black printing on goldenrod paper, signed in ink by Edward Gorey.

A Musical Entertainment Devised and Designed by Edward Gorey, Woods Hole Community Hall.


Box 17 Folder 7 Item 86 The American Quilter's Society wall calendar, 1993

January shows a quilt done by Claudia Edmonds incorporating nine Gorey drawings from Mystery!, with one of them on the cover.


Box 10 Folder 16 Item 259 Postcard for Amphigorey: A Musicale, 1994 April-May, One copy as sent, one unused.

April 9th - May 22nd 1994, Q. R. V. Company, The Perry Street Theatre.

Box 10 Folder 16 Item 394 Amphigorey: a Musicale program, 1994 April-May

Opened April 16, 1994, Perry Street Theatre.

Box 10 Folder 17 Item 261 Postcard for Chinese Gossip, Theater on the Bay, Trading Post Corners, Bourne, 1994 July-August

Box 10 Folder 18 Item 602 Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra Sounds of Summer Pops program, 1996 July 6

With cover illustration by Edward Gorey.


Box 22 Item 308 The Freeze: One False Move CD, 1999


Box 10 Folder 19 Item 398 The Gorey Details Playbill, 2000 October 20

The Century Theater, 111 East 15 Street, New York City. With ticket stub, Mel Gussow New York Times article October 16, 2000, and other review quotes.


Box 25 Item 309 The Hapless Child and other Inscrutable Stories CD, circa 2001

Music by Michael Mantler, words and artwork by Edward Gorey. A WATT Production.


Box 22 Item 307 The Gorey End, The Tiger Lillies with the Kronos Quartet, 2003

Covers, notes, and disc labeling, with additional color photocopy of the [included] illustrated booklet.


Box 2 Folder 7 Gorey: The Secret Lives of Edward Gorey poster, 2016 December

Designed by Russell Warren-Fisher.


Box 10 Folder 20 Gorey: The Secret Lives of Edward Gorey Playbill, presented by the Life Jacket Theatre Company at the Sheen Center in New York City, 2016 December

With a souvenir bookmark and ticket stub, plus printed reviews.


Box 4 Folder 17 Item 22 Atlantic Theatre Company poster for A History of the American Film, undated, White and turquoise on a black background, numbered 26/60 and signed in ink by Edward Gorey.


Box 3 Folder 10 Item 29 New York City Ballet poster, undated, White lettering and drawings on a black background, paper laminated to board, signed in ink by Edward Gorey.

Dancer's feet in first through fifth positions, separated by lines.


Box 10 Folder 21 Item 79 Eglevsky Ballet Company flyer, undated

With Gorey cover illustration and brief biographical paragraph inside.

Box 10 Folder 21 Item 81 Eglevsky Ballet Company program, undated

Presented by The Nantucket Stage Company, with sets and costumes by Gorey. The broadside includes a Gorey set design for Swan Lake.


Box 20 Item 90 Mystery! decorative object, undated, Black ceramic, the top whitened to show the carving, with brown felt on the bottom.

A coffin with removable lid, carved in relief with a woman wearing a bat hat, holding a sign inscribed MYSTERY!, carrying a fan with a skeleton on it, and standing on a skull, flanked by two dogs.

Box 20 Item 91 Mystery! coffee mug, undated

Gorey design of three croquet players and three rocks. Changes when heated in use by hot beverage.

Box 20 Item 92 Coffee mug, undated

Gorey design of woman on couch with plant and heavy curtain. Changes when heated in use by hot beverage.


Box 10 Folder 22 Item 93 Mystery! promotional package, undated

Folder with colored Gorey drawing on front, containing 13 press releases, four photographs (one of Gorey with Gene Shalit), newspaper clipping, and booklet.


Box 4 Folder 18 Item 101 Dracula Festoons coated wallpaper sample from Kirk Brummel Associates, undated, Medium gray printing on pale gray paper.

Repeat design of draped vines.


Box 10 Folder 23 Item 115 New York City Ballet Faux Pas Series notecards, undated, 12 cards (two sets of six different designs) in box with clear plastic cover.

Box 10 Folder 23 Item 116 New York City Ballet correspondence notecards with drawings of dancers, undated, 12 cards (three each of four different designs) in box with clear plastic cover.


Box 23 Item 123 Mystery! t-shirt, undated, Six black figures and red title in black frame on white fabric.


Box 22 Item 125 Gorey Stories t-shirt, undated, Blue printing on tan fabric.

With two winged creatures.

Box 22 Item 130 New York City Ballet t-shirt, undated, Orange printing on yellow fabric.

Dancer's feet in first through fifth positions, separated by lines and lettering.


Box 23 Item 131 New York City Ballet t-shirt, undated, White printing on red fabric, with dark blue sleeves and neck trim. Long sleeves.

Dancer's feet in first through fifth positions, separated by lines and lettering.

Box 23 Item 132 New York City Ballet t-shirt, undated, Light red printing on cream fabric, with long sleeves.

A dancer's shoe en pointe, with lettering on one of the straps, and with a small cat peeking out from inside the toe.

Box 23 Item 133 New York Kitty Ballet t-shirt, undated, Dark blue printing on light blue fabric.

With two dancing cats.

Box 23 Item 135 The Tenor Metropolitan Opera t-shirt, undated, Black printing on orange fabric.

Elaborately costumed man with moustache in high-heeled boots.

Box 23 Item 136 The Bass Metropolitan Opera t-shirt, undated, Black printing on blue-green fabric.

Sinister-looking bearded man in full-length fur-trimmed coat and many rings.

Box 23 Item 137 The Contralto Metropolitan Opera t-shirt, undated, Black printing on dark violet-red fabric.

Intense, elaborately costumed woman with high hairdo and a dagger.

Box 23 Item 138 The Soprano Metropolitan Opera t-shirt, undated, Black printing on pink fabric.

Singing woman in elaborate full-length dress, with a long string of pearls, holding a closed fan.


Box 22 Item 139 New York City Ballet plastic bags, undated, Black printing on opaque white plastic, to appear as white printing on a black background. (Three identical.)

Dancer's feet in first through fifth positions, separated by lines and lettering.


Box 23 Item 141 New York City Ballet pot holder, undated, Light green and black printing on wheat fabric with orange trimming, and quilted back with white polka dots.

A dancer's shoe en pointe, with lettering on one of the straps, and with a small cat peeking out from inside the toe.

Box 23 Item 142 New York Kitty Ballet pot holder, undated, Black and white printing on padded blue fabric.

Dancing cat in toque with mixing spoon and bowl.


Box 24 Item 143 The Metropolitan Opera shower curtain, undated, Black and white printing on clear heavy vinyl.

Symmetrical design done for the Metropolitan Opera, but without lettering. Showing a moustached Egyptian man with fan, and small child with torch, attending a scantily-clad bejeweled woman between Egyptian columns and an arch of snakes holding a ribbon.


Box 20 Item 144 Mystery! coffee mug, undated, The title and wine in red, the rest in black on glazed white ceramic.

Showing a standing woman, a man seated at a small round table with an empty chair and a half-filled wine glass, and a woman's body and a wine glass on the floor.

Box 20 Item 145 New York City Ballet coffee mug, undated, Brown printing on glazed white ceramic.

Five dancers in various poses, one en pointe.


Box 24 Item 146 New York City Ballet drink cups, undated, 12 clear plastic cups.

Half showing a female dancer, half a male dancer, each printed in a different color. Including names of ballets, composers, etc.


Box 10 Folder 24 Item 149 Two sets of playing cards titled "Rehearsal" and "Performance", undated, In a black plastic box with clear plastic cover.

One set shows a kohl-eyed ballerina in a dress, performing en pointe. The other set shows a plain dancer in leg warmers with a rose on her scarf.


Box 20 Item 151 New York City Ballet pins, undated, 10 circular pins (one fitted with a chain and a mirror back instead of the customary pin) of standard laminated form, all with black backgrounds, printed in white.

Showing dancers in various poses, three with color.

Box 20 Item 152 New York Kitty Ballet pins, undated, Two circular pins, each printed in black and white; one on a yellow background, the other on a dark pink background.

Each with a different dancing cat.

Box 20 Item 153 Gorey Stories pins, undated, Four circular pins, all printed in white on a black background.

Each showing a dog with wings, two titled "Opening Night," two titled "O the of it all."

Box 20 Item 154 Pins, undated, Five circular pins, all of standard laminated form.

Each for a performance of Gorey material. "Tinned Lettuce" and "Chinese Gossip" as drawings on a black background; "Lost Shoelaces," "Stuffed Elephants," and "Blithering Christmas" as drawings on a white background.

Series IV: Clippings and press, 1954-2019

Series IV contains clippings and full volumes of periodicals with stories about Edward Gorey, or which include work (both written works and illustrations) by Gorey.

Subseries IV.1: About Gorey, 1954-2015


Box 18 Folder 1 Item 417 Scrapbook 2, 1954, 1975-1982

1. "Les Mystères de Constantinople," The New York Review of Books, February 20, 1975 et seq 2. "Edward Gorey's Tantalizing Turns of the Screw" by Selma Lanes, New Boston Review, Vol 1, No. III 3. "Edward Gorey Inhabits an Odd World of Tiny Drawings, Fussy Cats and `Doomed Enterprises'," People Weekly, July 3, 1978 4. Sales of Furs to Men Gaining as Season Starts by Barbara Ettorre [with Gorey illustrations], New York Times 5. New York Times article on men in furs with Gorey photograph 6. "He fancies furs for men" by Eugenia Sheppard, [Gorey photo and drawing] New York Post, Oct 26, 1978 7. Small article on Gorey's fur coats, New York Magazine April 30, 1979 8. "That oft-passing, silent stranger emerges as the admirable Gorey," by Diane Judge, NYPost, Oct 22, 1978 9. "Edward Gorey" by Sally A. Lodge, Publishers Weekly, November 26, 1982 10. Photocopy of TLS, 26 November 1966 11. "A House for Count Dracula Designed in Goreyland," by Phyllis Funke, Los Angeles Times, Sept 24, 1978 12." The Great Bore Competition," by Patricia Arbuthnot, House and Garden, June 1984 13. Title page drawing, The New York Review of Books Christmas Issue, December 16, 1982 14. Title page and other drawings, New York Times Book Review Christmas, November 25, 1979 15. Ad for "What Nigel Knew" 16. Two original photos of TV screen showing Gorey on Dick Cavett show 17. "If everybody lived forever . . .," by Mike Lipton [Gorey drawing], TV Guide, July 12, 1980 18. "The Darkwater Hall Mystery" by Kingsley Amis [Gorey drawing] Playboy, May 1978 19. "`Gorey Stories,' Exquisite Playlets," by Mel Gussow, New York Times, December 1977 20. "New Tales of Gore(y)" by Frances Herridge, New York Post, October 19, 1978 21. "What's in Store" photo of Gorey and set from Gorey Stories at Lord and Taylor 22. "And the subject is: Style" by Linda Stevens 23. "People: Edward Gorey and his flying Chinese dogs," Women's Wear Daily, September 3, 1978 24. Three small clippings relating to Gorey Stories 25. "`Gorey Stories' could drive an author and a director batty," by John Corry, New York Times June 23, 1977, w/ ad 26. Caricature of Gorey Stories cast, City News, October 29, 1978 27. "Gorey Story a Dull Evening" by John Correy, City News, October 31, 1978 28. "Staged `Gorey' looks pale," by Clive Barnes, New York Post, October 31, 1978 29. `Gorey Stories' [notes that the show closed Monday night] Women's Wear Daily, November 1, 1978 30. A Gorey Halloween ad for program on Channel 7 31. "And the subject is: Style" by Linda Stevens, New York Post, October 22, 1978 32. Book mark for NY State Small Press Assoc. with Gorey drawing 33. "Edward Gorey: A Taste for the Terrible," by Dale Harris, The Soho Weekly News, October 26, 1978 34. Postcard advertising Gorey Stories 35. Postcard advertising exhibition of drawings and sketches for Gorey Stories at Gotham Book Mart 36. Double-sided page of Gorey Stories reviews, issued by Gotham Book Mart 37. Four Christmas greeting cards with Gorey drawings, published by Book-of-the-Month Club, 1954 38. Two Christmas greeting cards (w/ envelopes) 39. "Artists' Greetings," The New York Times Magazine, December 24, 1978 40. Four promotional flyers for events produced by the Mohonk Mountain House and Murder Ink in 1977, 1978, 1981 and [undated] 41. The Happy Ending: The Best of National Lampoon #4 42. I want to say knockwurst [Gorey drawing], TV Guide, November 20, 1982 43. Announcement of film benefit at Gotham Book Mart 44. "And `G' Is for Gorey Who Here Tells His Story," by Jan Hodenfield, New York Post, January 10, 1973 45. Exhibition announcement card and print price list issued by Gotham Book Mart 46. "A Very Tragic Story Including Five Big Dance Numbers" [Gorey drawing], TV Guide, December 11, 1976 47. "Mr. Nice Guy . . . By a Wire" [Gorey drawing], TV Guide, February 19, 1977


Box 11 Folder 1 Print XI:4, 1958 January-February

Includes two-page spread on Edward Gorey's cover art for Doubleday Anchor Books, pages 44-45.


Box 17 Folder 8 Item 66 The New York Herald Tribune clipping: Review by Haskel Frankel of "The Vinegar Works" by Edward Gorey, 1963 August 25


Box 19 Folder 1 Item 418 Scrapbook 3, 1965-1979, 1988

1. Edward Gorey by Jerrold Alpern, May 24, 1967, photocopy of college paper w/ professor's comments 2. Commentary, January 1979, reviews of Amphigorey and The Awdrey-Gore Legacy 3. "Edward Gorey: An American Gothic," by Thomas M. McDade, American Book Collector, May 1971 4. "Edward Gorey: Had the Vapours Lately?," by James R. Mellow, New York Times December 31, 1972 5. Limericks typed out from The Listing Attic 6. Movies Wardore Edgy Gorey drawing with caption for The Soho Weekly News 7. Drawing of flying creature as logo for The Soho Weekly News 8. Drawing of man contemplating pile of large books in The Soho Weekly News 9. "Gorey, Glory Hallelujah," short illustrated article on Doubtful Guest doll, New York Magazine 10. "The Glorious Nosebleed," serialized in The Soho Weekly News, beginning March 14, 1974 11. Gorey drawing as ad for subscriptions to The Soho Weekly News 12. "The Green Beads" serialized in The Soho Weekly News, beginning Vol 2 No 1. (one drawing different from version published as a book) 13. "The Loathsome Couple" serialized in The Soho Weekly News, beginning Vol 2 No 17 (two alternate last drawings) 14. "The Pious Infant" as published in Evergreen Review, March 1965 (photocopy) 15. Photocopy of "The Disparaged Draftsman" by Edward Glorey [a parody] 16. Ad with Gorey drawing and clipping mentioning Gorey 17. New York Magazine article on Doubtful Guest doll as reprinted by Gotham Book Mart 18. Postcard with drawing of Gorey 19. Postcard of Doubtful Guest for LBMA Arts Forum, September 1976, signed in ink by Edward Gorey 20. "The Incredible Revenge of Edward Gorey," by Alexander Theroux, Esquire, June 1974 21. Bookmark with Gorey drawings, Gotham Book Mart 22. Postcard by Addée Gorrwy, The Postcard Poetess 23. "Gotham Book Mart Thins Its Shelves," by Thomas Lask, New York Times, April 24, 1975 24. "New Mexico State U.: Major Book Purchase from Gotham," American Bookman, March 24, 1975 25. Two ads for The Soho Weekly News with photo of girls wearing Gorey-designed T-shirt 26. "A Chthonian Christmas," Esquire, December 1966 27. Christmas by Jonathan Schwartz [two Gorey drawings], New York Times Magazine, December 19, 1976 28. "Edward Gorey for Christmas" one-page listing by Gotham Book Mart 29. "The Grand Passion," New York Times Magazine, June 20, 1976 30. Letter to the Editor of The Soho Weekly News from Suzy Conway ["an Edward Gorey maniac"] 31. "Disaster at the Degenerates' Ball," by Ken Sandler, City News, October 9, 1978 32. Ad for New York is Book Country, September 16, 1979 33. Short article and ad for Christmas 1979 exhibit at Graham Gallery 34. Hallowe'en drawing, New York Times, October 31, 1979 35. "An American Original" by Carol Stevens [photocopy], Print, January/February 1988

Box 19 Folder 2 Item 419 Scrapbook 4, 1968-1978

1. postcard with drawing of Gorey 2. Alpern bookplate 3. original photograph of Gorey in full fig during a ballet intermission at the New York State Theatre, inscribed For Andrew and signed Edward Gorey [barely visible at bottom edge of photo] 4. original color photo of Gorey and a cat in a wood box 5. original color photo of Gorey in a wood box with cat on top 6. What is Life [Gorey color drawing] Playboy, December 1976 7. Portrait of the Artists as a Furry Creature [four photos of Gorey in four different fur coats plus drawing of/by Gorey in fur coat] New York Times, January 11, 1978 8. Out Style photos of three men (one is Gorey) in fur coats 9. photo of Gorey in huge fur coat, scarf and hat 10. A Gorey Story by Robert Cooke Goolrick, New Times, March 19, 1976 11. ad for B Altman and Co with Gorey drawing 12. Edward Gorey: Had the Vapours Lately? by James R. Mellow, New York Times December 31, 1972 13. two drawings of ballet dancers and two ads for Graham Gallery 14. The City Ballet Fan Extraordinaire by Anna Kisselgoff, New York Times, November 13, 1973 15. Unionization in Academe Gorey OpEd drawing, New York Times, February 2, 1973 16. Gorey OpEd drawing, New York Times, December 9, 1972 17. Gorey OpEd drawing, New York Times, December 28, 1972 18. Gorey drawing Most, New York Times 19. Gorey drawing How, New York Times 20. Gorey OdEd drawing of lemmings and vice, New York Times, September 28, 1971 21. Bicentennial Time, Gorey drawing of postage stamp (with others), New York Times, October 31, 1971 22. Gorey OpEd drawing of man reaching up to statue, New York Times 23. Gorey OpEd drawing of boy lighting firecracker, New York Times, June 30, 1972 24. Patriotism - An interpretation by Edward Gorey, New York Times, September 29, 1970 25. Gorey drawing with woman on pedestal and as balloon, New York Times 26. Gorey drawing of woman within torus desk, New York Times 27. Gorey drawing on pot smoker young man floating in the smoke, New York Times, December 14, 1973 28. Gorey drawing of funeral party standing around the open grave with the coffin in it, New York Times 29. Gorey drawing of doors opening from reading books, New York Times, October 2, 1971 30. Gorey small of plane with name on side: Ripoff Tours, New York Times 31. Gorey drawing of large man in wooden shoes, New York Times, March 11, 1972 32. Gorey drawing of maiden being stalked within cave drawn as a mouth, New York Times 33. Gorey drawing of illuminated FUN sign with switched-off hippie types, New York Times, July 22, 1971 34. Gorey drawing of morose dog and man, What Might Have Been, New York Times 35. Gorey drawing of couple at bus stop refusing death as a beggar, New York Times, September 24, 1974 36. Gorey drawing of small children with a bomb or rocket heeded towards them, New York Times 37. Gorey drawing of people and huge rib bones in bleak landscape, New York Times, December 24, 1974 38. Gorey drawing of man in chair with drink and watermelon as bomb, New York Times, September 29, 1973 39. Gorey drawing of three conservatives in chairs and two hippies on floor with "love" floating through the air, New York Times, January 12, 1973 40. Dessert at the Belevedere Gorey drawing of hotel desk and people, Playboy, January 1973 41. ad for Grande Dames of Detection, New York Times, November 4, 1973 42. postcard from Gotham Book Mart Sorry if we left you hanging telling of Fall 1973 priced order list 43. postcard for Gotham Book Mart with stack of books and three cats 44. elaborate postcard for exhibition of Gorey drawings at Gotham Book Mart, 18 Dec 1972 - 20 Jan 1973 45. book list with Gorey color drawing of book collector and John Locke quote on books 46. drawing of fearsome women The New York Times Book Review, September 17, 1972 47. two ads for olivetti: A calculator is not a toy, and We sell answers, not just machines New York Times 48. obit for William Targ, New York Times, July 25, 1999 49. article on publication party for The Glorious Nosebleed with many photographs, the first showing William Targ, Edward Gorey, Andreas Brown, and Mrs. Targ, The Soho Weekly News, April 3, 1978 50. map showing towns of Tedium, Ennui, Apathy, etc, by Charles Slackman (Goreyesque) New York Times, New York Magazine, April 14, 1975 51. Harvard Offers Thieves a Self-Help Course with two Gorey draawings, New York Times, July 20, 1975 52. B Altman and Co ad showing man in plaid suit with potted plant, The New Yorker, April 22, 1974 53. Paper Back Talk, New York Times, October 12, 1975 54. The Peanut Cook-Book, with Gorey chef in toque, ad in New York Times 55. Gorey Sets Spice Eglevsky `Swan Lake' by Don McDonagh, New York Times November 3, 1975 56. card of Rumplestilskin little people figures to pop out and set up 57. Post Cards Come Home Again mentioning Gorey post card collecting, New York Times, November 5, 1976 58. two ads for New York City Ballet with Gorey drawings, New York Times, January 11 and 18, 1976 59. large ad for New York City Ballet with Gorey drawing and limerick, New York Times, February 1976 60. Gorey design for dollar bill as colored rhinoceros, Avant Garde #3, May 1968 61. two drawings of men throwing darts at dummy-board figures, New York Times (to The Filthy Rich article) 62. two Gorey ads and one small announcement 63. Gorey Letter to the Editor on Oreo cookies tasting funny in New York and his giving up buying them here, New York Magazine, December 18, 1978 64. Gorey drawing of man at a buffet, New York Times, December 8, 1976 65. squib on Amphigorey Too, with drawing, New York Times 66. The Filthy Rich by Mark R. Horowitz, New York Times, November 27, 1976 67. photo of Gorey with cat on his shoulder 68. Gorey Turns His Talent to WindowShudders by Georgia Dullea, New York Times June 3, 1978, with twelve original color photographs of the window installation taken by Andrew Alpern 69. The Wedding Racket by Peregrine Pace, Look Magazine June 10, 1969 70. The Gorey Details, Harpers and Queen, November 1978 (photocopy) 71. very large publicity postcard for Light Metres by Felicia Lamport


Box 11 Folder 2 Item 655 New York Times review of "The Shrinking of Treehorn", 1972 March 5

Book cataloged as The shrinking of Treehorn

Box 11 Folder 3 Item 372 GRAPHIS, No. 163, 1973

Includes illustrated article on Gorey with text and captions in English, German, and French. Together with reprint of the article stapled into a printed gray folder.

Box 11 Folder 4 Item 332 Commencement and Reunions 1974, 1974

Published by Yale Daily News. Includes on page 23 "Best Bets" calling attention to "Phantasmagorey, The Work of Edward Gorey," an exhibition in the Sterling Library's Book Room, with two illustrations.


Box 17 Folder 9 Item 341 New Boston Review, Volume I Number III, Winter Issue,, 1975

Includes "Edward Gorey's Tantalizing Turns of the Screw," by Selma Lanes, with three illustrations, pages 4-6


Box 11 Folder 5 Item 346 New Times, 1976 March 19

includes "A Gorey Story" by Robert Cook Goolrick, with full-page color photo of Gorey in a wooden box with cat on top, pages 54-58

Box 11 Folder 6 Item 380 Current Biography, 1976 November

Cover photo of Gorey with cats. First Gorey biography of at least three pages.

Box 11 Folder 7 Item 390 Al Goldstein's National Screw, 1977 February, Two copies

Includes a Gorey parody on page 52 done in the Gorey style, titled "The Disparaged Draftsman by Edward Glorey"


Box 17 Folder 10 Item 59 The New York Times Magazine, 1977 October 16

Containing a well-illustrated article by Mel Gussow titled "Gorey Goes Batty" that is equally about Edward Gorey and the then-current Broadway production of Dracula. With a duplicate tear sheet of the article.


Box 11 Folder 8 Item 369 Newsweek, 1977 October 31

Includes "Dracula Lives," pages 74-78 and "Gothics by Gorey," page 81

Box 11 Folder 9 Item 368 Horizon, 1977 November

Includes "Edward Gorey Onstage" by Peter Andrews pages 12-15

Box 11 Folder 10 Item 367 After Dark, 1978 March

Includes "Dracupuncture, Transylvanian Style" by Richard Philp, pages 62-67

Box 11 Folder 11 Item 378 The Lion and the Unicorn, Vol.2 No.1, 1978 Spring

Includes "An Interview with Edward St. John Gorey at the Gotham Book Mart" by Jane Merrill Filstrup, pages 17-37

Box 11 Folder 12 Item 360 People Weekly, 1978 July 3

Includes "Edward Gorey Inhabits an Odd World of Tiny Drawings, Fussy Cats and `Doomed Enterprises'," pages 70-73

Box 11 Folder 13 Item 362 "Meet the man who makes children do terrible things," by Tania Brassey, The Sunday Times [London], 1978 August 13

With photo and five drawings

Box 11 Folder 14 Item 65 "Edward Gorey: A Taste for the Terrible," by Dale Harris, Soho Weekly News, 1978 October 26

An article about Gorey. Illustrated with a Gorey drawing and a corresponding photograph showing the cast of the Gorey Stories stage production (then just opened), plus a photograph of Gorey.

Box 11 Folder 15 Item 374 Harpers and Queen, 1978 November

Includes an illustrated article "The Gorey Details" pages 306-308

Box 11 Folder 16 Item 421 Gorey Articles, 1978-2002

Originals and photocopies of various published articles about Gorey and his work.


Box 12 Folder 1 Item 349 Boston Magazine, 1980 September

Includes interview with Gorey and three photos of him with unusual expressions, pages 77-97

Box 12 Folder 2 Item 362 Cape Arts Number 5, 1982 Early Summer

Includes photo and drawings inside the front cover previewing the Gorey article in issue Number 6 (below)

Box 12 Folder 3 Item 363 Cape Arts Number 6, 1982 Late Summer

Includes cover photomontage and "Edward Gorey: An Appreciation" by Paul and Lily Giambara, pages 31-40

Box 12 Folder 4 Item 67 The Boston Globe Magazine clipping: "Categorically Gorey" by Richard Dyer, 1984 April 1

Box 12 Folder 5 Item 381 American Book Collector, 1985 May-June

Edward Gorey Checklist compiled by P. Matthew Monahan, with Gorey illustration on the cover (also article on "newly refurbished" Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia).

Box 12 Folder 5 Item 382 American Book Collector, 1985 November-December

Continuation of Edward Gorey Checklist compiled by P. Matthew Monahan


Box 17 Folder 11 Item 58 The New York Times Book Review, Christmas Books 1990, 1990

With the title "A Gorey Christmas," the cover drawing shows a distinctly odd Gorey group decorating a Christmas tree. Additional Gorey drawings are scattered within, and nine writers each write a short piece interpreting one of the Gorey drawings.


Box 12 Folder 6 Item 163 "Getaways with Murder," by Alessandra Stanley, The New York Times Weekend section, 1992 October 9

Box 12 Folder 7 Item 389 The New Yorker, 1992 November 9

Includes "Edward Gorey and the Tao of Nonsense" by Stephen Schiff on page 84, with a photograph of Gorey by Richard Avedon and a two-page illustrated story, "Serious Life: A Cruise"

Box 12 Folder 8 Item 371 PURR: a gun to the head in print, 1995 Spring

Includes an illustrated interview with Gorey by Simon Henwood, pages 16-24, and a color photograph of Gorey in from of his Cape Cod house on the back cover. Blue Eyed Dog Publishing, London.

Box 12 Folder 9 Item 386 Warped Reality, #4, 1996

Includes an article on Gorey with one small (Figbash with horn) and three full-page Gorey drawings (Thoughtful Alphabets No. 3, 4, and 15).


Box 17 Folder 12 Item 68 SPEAK Magazine, "A Gorey Encounter" by Ed Pinsent, 1997 Fall

Interview with Gorey, illustrated with published drawings and two small poster designs of very limited distribution.


Box 12 Folder 10 Item 385 Biblio: Exploring the World of Books Volume 3 Number 1, 1998 January

Includes a 6-page illustrated article "Edward Gorey's Fiendish Fables and Bizarre Allegories"

Box 12 Folder 11 Item 164 "A Gorey Halloween: Dead Letter Writer," by Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 1998 October 29

Box 12 Folder 12 Materials related to Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey, edited by Karen Wilkin, 2001

Published by Harcourt, New York. With correspondence between Alpern and Karen Wilkin, invitation to Tibor de Nagy Gallery exhibition of selected work by Edward Gorey, and book publication party invitation.

Box 12 Folder 13 Color photocopy of Illustration magazine clipping, "Postcards from the Edge: Card Sets and Series by Edward Gorey," by Edward Bradford, 2012 Spring

Box 12 Folder 14 MOE, a Japanese magazine, including article titled "Edward Gorey: Elegant Enigmas", 2015 March

Subseries IV.2: Contributions by Gorey, 1961-2019

Box 12 Folder 15 Item 120 First Person promotional booklet, circa 1961

For a special issue, with a Gorey drawing. First Person, Boston 1, Massachusetts.


Box 17 Folder 13 Item 729 "The Rats of Rutland Grange" by Edmund Wilson, illustrated by Edward Gorey., 1961 December

Clipping from Esquire magazine.


Box 12 Folder 16 Item 336 Friends, 1963 May

With illustration for "Forsooth, the Enemy Doth Approach", page 15

Box 12 Folder 16 Item 337 Friends, 1963 November

With illustration for "Upside-Down World of Children," pp 26-27

Box 12 Folder 16 Item 338 Friends, 1964 May

With two illustrations for "They Don't Take Pictures Like These Any More," pages 14-15

Box 12 Folder 16 Item 339 Friends, 1965 February

With illustration of many dogs chasing one fox for "North Carolina's Horseless Fox Hunt," pages 20-21

Box 12 Folder 17 Item 361 Evergreen Review No. 35, 1965 March

Includes "The Pious Infant," pages 22-25

Box 12 Folder 18 Item 340 Friends, 1965 April

With illustrations for "Shoot the Moon," pages 2-3.


Box 13 Folder 1 Item 379 The Kenyon Review, 1966 November

Cover and two full-page illustrations by Gorey

Box 13 Folder 2 Item 54 The Case of the Heavy Reader, circa 1967, A six-page gate-fold pamphlet with covers simulating a book, signed on the cover by Edward Gorey.

A promotional piece for Esquire magazine with three Gorey drawings.

Box 13 Folder 3 Item 375 Consumption Vol. 1 No. 1, 1967 Fall

Cover drawing by Gorey

Box 13 Folder 4 Item 160 "The only real live bookstore in New York," by David Dempsey, from Holiday vol. 46 no. 5, 1969 November

Magazine article reprint.

Box 13 Folder 5 Item 359 The Atlantic Monthly, 1971 May

Includes six illustrations to "Welcome to Charnel Castle" by J.P. Donleavy, pages 79-95

Box 13 Folder 6 Item 353 National Lampoon, 1971 December

Includes colored cover drawing

Box 13 Folder 6 Item 351 National Lampoon, 1972 July

Includes "The Abandoned Sock," pages 65-67

Box 13 Folder 7 Item 356 The Best of National Lampoon #3, 1973

Includes "The Disrespectful Summons"

Box 13 Folder 8 Item 355 The National Lampoon Encyclopedia of Humor, 1973

Includes "The Lost Lions," pages 100-102, and individual drawings throughout

Box 13 Folder 9 Item 358 The Atlantic Monthly, 1973 February

Includes two illustrations for "The Dublin Social Scene" by Mary Manning, pages 78-81

Box 13 Folder 10 Item 350 National Lampoon, 1973 March

Includes "The Happy Ending," pages 65-69

Box 13 Folder 11 Item 357 The Atlantic Monthly, 1973 October

Includes illustrations for "The Blind Harper" by Mary Manning, pages 81-90

Box 13 Folder 12 Item 373 das da, Nr. 1 1974, 1973 December 27

German political and skin magazine, including a two-page spread of "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" translated into rhyming German.

Box 13 Folder 13 Item 209 New York Times clipping on Fonthill, by by Aubrey Menen, 1974

Book's cover was designed by Edward Gorey. Book catalogued as Fonthill ; a comedy

Box 13 Folder 14 Item 354 National Lampoon Comics, 1974

Includes "The Abandoned Sock"

Box 13 Folder 15 Item 366 Dance Magazine, 1974 January

Includes "Balletgorey" by Tobi Tobias, pages 67-71

Box 13 Folder 16 Item 352 National Lampoon, 1974 June

Includes colored cover drawing and "The Worsted Monster, pages 27-30


Box 14 Folder 1 Item 342 Antæus, Special Fiction Issue, 1974 Spring/Summer

Includes "Five Instant Lives" by Hoard Moss with three Gorey drawings; and some fragments by Lewis Carroll with six Gorey drawings.

Box 14 Folder 2 Item 365 Publishers Weekly, 1975 May 19

Includes color cover drawing

Box 14 Folder 3 Item 347 Sports Illustrated, 1976 June 14

Includes "Cycling Cards," pages 44-49

Box 14 Folder 4 Item 343 Antæus, 1976 Autumn

Includes "English Summer, A Gothic Romance" by Raymond Chandler, illustrated by Gorey

Box 14 Folder 5 Item 422 Gorey Drawings, 1976-1999

Folder of published tear sheets and clippings incorporating Gorey drawings, with some originals and some photocopies.

Box 14 Folder 6 Item 333 The Performing Arts at UCLA, 1977-78, 1977

A schedule of performances and arts doings at the University of California with ticket order form, illustrated throughout with Gorey drawings.

Box 14 Folder 7 Item 384 Ballet Review, Volume 6 Number 2, 1977-1978

Gorey cover drawing, with related material laid in


Box 17 Folder 14 Item 56 The New York Review of Books 15th Anniversary Issue, 1978 October 12

With a large Gorey cover drawing showing an elaborate number 15 embellished with two reading people and a cat on a book.


Box 14 Folder 8 Item 161 Ben Kahn presents "the premier showing of the Edward Gorey fur collection for men" at Sardi's, 1979 May 17, Press releases and invitation, with mailing envelope as sent.

With four Gorey drawings.

Box 14 Folder 9 Item 376 TV Guide, 1980 July 12-18

"If everybody lived forever . . ." page 34, with colored Gorey drawing, with World Trade Center postcard asking about the significance of the drawing

Box 14 Folder 10 Item 335 Drawing, 1980 July-August

Includes one Gorey drawing, page 28


Box 17 Folder 15 Item 64 The New York Times Book Review clipping: review by Robert Nisbet of "The Hour of our Death" by Philippe Ariès, 1981 February 22

Illustrated with a drawing by Gorey of the dance of death.


Box 14 Folder 11 Item 364 Harper's, 1982 October

Includes two illustrations for "Revenge" by Alexander Theroux, pages 26-31


Box 15 Folder 1 Item 377 TV Guide, 1982 November 20-26

The Actor Who Wouldn't Say `Spaghetti', page 14, with colored Gorey drawing


Box 17 Folder 16 Item 42 The New York Review of Books 20th Anniversary Issue poster, circa 1983, Black and red printing on white paper, signed in ink by Edward Gorey.

With a Gorey illustration.

Box 17 Folder 17 Item 57 The New York Review of Books 20th Anniversary Issue, 1983 October 27

with a Gorey cover illustration showing two characteristically Goreyesque creatures of indeterminate species pushing a number 20 on wheels through a blizzard of books, with a muse on top showing the way.


Box 15 Folder 2 Item 407 Art and Antiques clipping, 1984 December

"Pen, Pencil, and Poison" by Oscar Wilde, with illustrations by Edward Gorey.


Box 17 Folder 18 Item 60 The New York Times Magazine clipping, 1984 December 23

A full-page color illustration depicting a family around a Christmas tree with a video cassette player, each thinking of what he would watch.

Box 17 Folder 18 Item 61 The New York Times Magazine clipping, 1985 March 17

"Back Home," by Edward Gorey: four colored illustrations with captions showing people back home with the results of their travels.

Box 17 Folder 19 Item 55 Los Angeles Times Calendar, 1986 March 2, 92-page Sunday supplement, signed in ink by Edward Gorey.

With a large Gorey cover drawing showing a funeral procession, to illustrate an article (starting on page 52) about a ballet titled Murder by the American Ballet Theatre. Also with a sidebar titled "Edward Gorey's Danse Macabre" that includes a photograph of Gorey with a cat on his shoulder.

Box 17 Folder 18 Item 62 The New York Times Magazine clipping, 1986 March 16

"Being Brave Abroad," by Edward Gorey. Four colored illustrations with captions showing risky travel experiences.

Box 17 Folder 20 Item 85 Carlson and Turner Books 1988 calendar, 1988

With a drawing titled "The Missing Book," showing two men and a bookcase with one empty spot. Signed in pencil by Edward Gorey.


Box 15 Folder 3 Item 344 Print, 1988 January-February

Includes colored cover drawing and well-illustrated article titled "An American Original" by Carol Stevens, pages 49-63


Box 17 Folder 18 Item 63 "Signs of Spring" New York Times Magazine clipping, 1988 April 24

Four colored illustrations with captions showing curious springtime occurrences.


Box 15 Folder 4 Item 370 Small Press: The Magazine of Independent Publishing, 1992 Winter

Includes colored Gorey drawing on cover and many black-and-white drawings within the magazine

Box 15 Folder 5 Item 348 Sports Illustrated, 1993 June 19

Includes colored drawing of baseball players, page 21

Box 15 Folder 6 Item 388 Your Company, 1994 Winter

Includes "A House Divided" with one small and one full-page colored Gorey drawing

Box 15 Folder 7 Item 345 Worth, 1994 February

Includes small color photo of Gorey (page 11) and four-panel colored drawing of imprudent buyer of a flamboyant red dress (page 128)

Box 15 Folder 8 Item 387 Scenario: The Magazine of Screenwriting Art, Vol. 4 No. 1, 1998 Spring

Includes Gorey's screenplay "The Black Doll" with Gorey illustrations, pages 154-170; "Writing Black Doll: A Talk with Edward Gorey," by Annie Nocenti, pages 171-177; and editorial mention on page 3.

Box 15 Folder 9 Item 669 New York Times obituary for Felicia Lamport, formerly laid into The Remembered Visit: A Story Taken from Life, by Edward Gorey, 1999 December 25

Book cataloged as The remembered visit ; a story taken from life


Box 17 Folder 21 New York Review of Books clippings with illustrations by Edward Gorey, 2008-2012


Box 15 Folder 10 "Church of the Trump of Doom" Gorey cartoon color photocopy, with commentary by Andrew Alpern, 2019

Box 15 Folder 11 Item 80 Flyer for New York Times Fall Children's Book Section, undated

With Gorey cover illustration showing arched stone bridge, titled "There don't seem to be as many trolls under bridges as there used to be." (reprinted in F.M.R.A., q.v.).


Box 22 Item 128 Soho Weekly News t-shirt, undated, On yellow fabric.

Black flying clawed creature encircled by a red banner with yellow letters.

Box 22 Item 129 Soho Weekly News t-shirt, undated, On light blue fabric.

Black flying clawed creature encircled by a red banner with light blue letters.


Box 15 Folder 12 Item 334 Town and Country's Select Guide to the Ins and Outs of Tennis, undated

With Gorey colored cover drawing.

Box 15 Folder 13 Item 710 Clipping of advertisement for Belle, a novel by Michael Stewart, undated

With Gorey illustration.

Series V: Edward Gorey House and Charitable Trust, 2000-2018

Series V contains promotional materials for the Edward Gorey House, Gorey's home in Massachusetts, which became a museum after Gorey's death in 2000. It also includes licensed calendars, prints, and other items produced by the Edward Gorey Charitable Trust. Finally, it contains a pendant worn by Gorey, which was left to Andrew Alpern in Gorey's will.

Box 15 Folder 14 Item 414 Edward Gorey memorial gathering program, 2000 June 5, Four-page folder and insert page.

For memorial gathering in Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, with two Gorey drawings.

Box 15 Folder 15 Item 413 Edward St. John Gorey memorial broadside, 2000, Two-sided broadside. Recto: name and dates and six photos of Gorey from age 2 to age 53; verso: The Ballad of Barnaby and 10 critical quotes.

Produced shortly after Gorey's death.

Box 15 Folder 16 Item 415 Postcard for third anniversary of Eileen McMahon and Co., 2000, Colored Gorey drawing on recto and uncolored drawing on verso.

One example issued early in 2000 and a second copy with a memorial sticker added later in the year, after Gorey's death.

McMahon was Gorey's literary agent.

Box 15 Folder 17 Item 420 Edward Gorey 1925-2000, 2000-2007

Folder of obituaries and other articles and materials published as a result of his death, assembled by Andrew Alpern.

Box 15 Folder 18 Item 412 A Gathering of Friends to Celebrate the Life of Robert L.B. Tobin program, circa 2000

Memorial program folder with a Gorey proscenium drawing on the front and a photograph of Tobin on the inside, with Tobin obituary and related article laid in.

Tobin was a friend of Gorey who died two weeks after Gorey did.

Box 15 Folder 19 Item 82 Edward Gorey House brochure, circa 2000s


Box 23 Item 121 Handmade silk tie, circa 2000s, Printed in gray and black on a medium blue ground, lined in black silk.

With an overall pattern of seated smiling cats and the figure of a man [Edward Gorey] in a long fur coat and tennis sneakers, viewed from behind. Bearing a black silk label embroidered in white. Made by Gallery Partners Ltd.

Box 23 Item 122 Handmade silk tie, circa 2000s, Printed in gray and black on a pale gray ground, lined in black silk.

With a design of various figures and animals in a strange landscape with a pattern of clouds above. Bearing a black silk label embroidered in white. Estate of Edward Gorey. Made by Gallery Partners Ltd.


Box 16 Folder 1 Item 117 A Gorey Year: 365 Days of the Art and Words of Edward Gorey desk calendar, 2001, Individual sheets, padded, on a black plastic desk holder, boxed.

Box 16 Folder 2 Item 165 Invitation to a preview opening of the Edward Gorey House, A Gorey Affair, 2002 June 15, Multi-fold invitation with response card, directions, and return envelope, all within a mailing envelope.

Box 16 Folder 3 Item 291 Edward Gorey House Alphabet Auction announcement, 2002 October 5, With envelopes.

Box 16 Folder 4 Item 242 The Year of the Elephant postcard, 2003

Announcing exhibition opening March 1, 2003 at the Edward Gorey House.

Box 16 Folder 5 Item 243 "S is for SAVE" postcard, 2003, Used.

For Second Annual Alphabet Auction, October 4, 2003. Gorey drawings both sides.


Box 3 Folder 11 Item 40 Elephant House, or, The Home of Edward Gorey poster, 2003 September 29-November 29, Numbered 116/200 and signed in ink by Kevin McDermott.

An exhibition of photographs by Kevin McDermott from the new book, Gotham Book Mart and Gallery.


Box 16 Folder 6 Item 292 Second Annual Alphabet Auction announcement, "Who IS Edward Gorey?", 2003 October 4, In the form of an auction paddle, with folder and with return card and envelopes.

Box 16 Folder 7 Item 237 Christmas card with colorful carol singers, circa 2003, Inscribed and signed "Andrew, Best for 2004, Ray [Giordano]"

Box 16 Folder 8 Item 244 Third Annual Alphabet Auction save the date postcard and invitations, 2004 October 9, Used.

Gorey drawings both sides.

Box 16 Folder 8 Item 293 Third Annual Alphabet Auction announcement, 2004 October 9, With cards and envelopes.


Box 19 Folder 9 Item 245 Fourth Annual Alphabet Auction save the date postcard, 2005 October 1, Unused.

Gorey drawings both sides.


Box 16 Folder 9 Item 294 Fourth Annual Gorey Affair and Alphabet Auction announcement, 2005 October 1

Box 16 Folder 10 Item 238 Dinner triptych Christmas card, circa 2005, Inscribed and signed "Andrew! Best for 2006! Andreas [Brown]"

Box 16 Folder 11 Item 295 Edward Gorey House News! promotional newsletter, 2006, With website pages laid in.


Box 26 Four laser cels of illustrations by Edward Gorey, 2008


Box 2 Folder 9 Laser cel illustration by Edward Gorey, 2008


Box 16 Folder 12 Item 296 The 8th Annual Goreyfest is A House Party invitation, 2009 October 17, With return card and return envelope, in mailing envelope as sent.

Box 16 Folder 13 Item 239 Christmas card with colorful alligator on ice skates (Gazebo, detail), 2009, Inscribed "Let me know when I can be of help, Best, Andreas [Brown]," with envelope.

Box 16 Folder 14 9th Annual Goreyfest and Gala invitation, 2010 October

With reply card and stamped return envelope, as sent


Box 17 Folder 22 "Some Things are Scary" print, circa 2010s

Original artwork owned by San Diego State University.


Box 2 Folder 8 "A Limerick by Edward Gorey" print, circa 2010s

Black and white printed four-panel illustration showing Little Zooks being shot into a pond.


Box 16 Folder 15 Edward Gorey Wrap It Up Pomegranate Art Piece Puzzle, circa 2010s

100-piece puzzle with a Gorey illustration of a family covering a dead tree with wrapping paper.

Box 16 Folder 16 The Gashlycrumb Tinies 50th anniversary desk calendar, published by Pomegranate, 2012


Box 17 Folder 23 "Seventeen cats on the front steps of 82 Maple Street" print, 2012

with Signals catalog in which it was sold, along with other items with licensed Gorey imagery.


Box 16 Folder 17 Edward Gorey sticker book, published by Pomegranate Kids, 2012

Featuring more than 150 reusable stickers!


Box 17 Folder 24 Edward Gorey 2013 calendar, published by Pomegranate, 2012

Box 17 Folder 24 Edward Gorey 2015 calendar, published by Pomegranate, 2014


Box 16 Folder 18 Gorey Creatures 2015 calendar, published by Pomegranate, 2014


Box 17 Folder 24 Edward Gorey 2019 calendar, published by Pomegranate, 2018


Box 16 Folder 19 Edward Gorey 2019 miniature wall calendar, published by Pomegranate, 2018

Box 16 Folder 20 Edward Gorey 2019 Engagement Calendar, published by Pomegranate, 2018


Box 20 Item 48 Pendant, undated, A heavy metal (brass?) pendant apparently of great age, of primitive cross-like design (Ethiopian?), with holes and incised decoration with a (later?) rolled soldered loop at the top, on a piece of black cord, in a commercial black-plush-covered jeweler's box bearing a printed label on the bottom reading The Edward Gorey Estate #, with the typed number AA-1.

This pendant belonged to Edward Gorey and was worn by him. It was given to Andrew Alpern by the Gorey estate in accordance with Mr. Gorey's wishes.


Box 16 Folder 21 Item 236 Christmas card with colored Gorey cat wearing very long red and white scarf, undated, Inscribed to Andrew and signed The "G.B.M. Gang."

Box 16 Folder 22 Postcard-sized color print of a purple bear on a unicycle, undated

Series VI: Additions to the Collection

2020

Game:


Box 28 "Mystery! Motive for Murder" A Game by Bruce Glassco, 2015

Magazine:

Box 28 MOE Japanese Manga Magazine , December 2019

Catalogs:

Box 28 35 Minature Books in Designer Bindings. Boston: Anne & David Bromer, 1987

Box 28 Specific Collisions Curated by Melissa Gordon. New York: Marianne Boesky Gallery, 2013

Auction Catalogs:

Box 28 Swan Galleries, 4 June 2019

Box 28 Swann Galleries, 10 December 2019