Chronological Short-Title Bibliography of Works by Edward Gorey
Prepared by Edward Bradford

This bibliography provides the publisher and the year of the first authorized edition of each work by Gorey; subsequent printings by the same publisher are omitted. Reprints by different publishers and the dates of issue follow immediately after the original listing. Titles issued in other than book form are so indicated.

The Unstrung Harp
    Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1953
    Harcourt Brace, 1999

The Listing Attic
     Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1954

The Doubtful Guest
    Doubleday, 1957
    Dodd, Mead, 1978
    Peter Weed Books, 1993
    Harcourt Brace, 1998

The Object Lesson
    Doubleday, 1958
    Harcourt Brace, 2002

The Bug Book
    Looking Glass Library, 1959
    Epstein and Carroll, 1960
    Adama Books, 1987

The Fatal Lozenge
    Ivan Obolensky, 1960
     Astor-Honor, 1968

The Hapless Child
    Ivan Obolensky, 1961
    Dodd, Mead, 1980
    Peter Weed Books, 1989

The Curious Sofa
    Ivan Obolensky, 1961
    Dodd, Mead, 1980
    Peter Weed Books, 1986
    Harcourt Brace, 1997

The Willowdale Handcar
    Bobbs-Merrill, 1962
    Dodd, Mead, 1979
    Peter Weed Books, 1994
    Harcourt Brace, 2003

The Beastly Baby
    The Fantod Press, 1962
    Peter Weed Books, 1995

The Wuggly Ump
    J.B. Lippincott, 1963
    Young Readers Press, 1966
    Adama Books, 1986

The Vinegar Works
    Simon and Schuster, 1963 – 3 volumes in slipcase

The Gashlycrumb Tinies
    Dodd, Mead 1981
    Beaufort Books, 1986
    Peter Weed Books, 1992?
    Harcourt Brace, 1997

The Insect God
     Beaufort Books, 1986
    Peter Weed Books, 1993

The West Wing

The Nursery Frieze
     The Fantod Press, 1964

The Sinking Spell
    Ivan Obolensky, 1965

The Remembered Visit
     Simon and Schuster, 1965

Three Books from Fantod Press I – 1966 – in yellow envelope
    The Pious Infant
    The Evil Garden
    The Inanimate Tragedy

The Gilded Bat
    Simon and Schuster, 1966
    Dodd, Mead, 1979
    Peter Weed Books, 1994

The Utter Zoo
    Meredith Press, 1967
    Hawthorne, 1974

Fletcher and Zenobia
    Meredith Press, 1967
    Hawthorne, 1973

The Other Statue
    Simon and Schuster, 1968
    Harcourt Brace, 2001

The Blue Aspic
    Meredith Press, 1968
    Hawthorne, 1973

A Gorey Festival. Astor-Honor, 1968 – 4 volumes in slipcase
    The Fatal Lozenge
    The Hapless Child
    The Curious Sofa
    The Sinking Spell

The Iron Tonic
    Albondocani Press, 1969
    Harcourt Brace, 2000

The Epiplectic Bicycle
    Dodd, Mead, 1969
    Congdon & Weed
    Peter Weed Books
    Harcourt Brace, 1998

Three Books from Fantod Press II – 1970 – in fuchsia envelope
    The Chinese Obelisks
    The Osbick Bird
    Donald Has a Difficulty
        Capra Press, 197-
        Harry N. Abrams, 2004

Why We Have Day and Night
    Young Scott Books, 1970
    Capra Press, 1982

The Sopping Thursday
    Gotham Book Mart, 1970
    Capricorn Press, 1971
    Capra Press, 1971

Three Books from Fantod Press III – 1971 – in tan envelope
    The Deranged Cousins
    The Eleventh Episode
    [The Untitled Book]

Fletcher and Zenobia Save the Circus
    Dodd, Mead, 1971

Story for Sara
Albondocani Press, 1971

Leaves from a Mislaid Album
Gotham Book Mart, 1972

The Awdrey-Gore Legacy
     Dodd, Mead, 1972
    Beaufort Books, 1987
    Peter Weed Books, 1993?

Amphigorey
    G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1972
    Multiple reprints in both hardback and paper

The Lavender Leotard
    Gotham Book Mart, 1973

The Black Doll
    Gotham Book Mart, 1973

Fantod IV: 3 Books from Fantod Press – 1973 – in white envelope
    The Abandoned Sock
    The Disrespectful Summons
    The Lost Lions

A Limerick
    Salt-Works Press, 1973

Categor y
    Gotham Book Mart, 1974
    Adama Books, 1986
    Pomegranate Communications, 2006

The Listing Attic/The Unstrung Harp
    Abelard, 1974

The Glorious Nosebleed
    Dodd, Mead, 1975
    Beaufort Books, 1986
    Peter Weed Books, 199-

Amphigorey Too
    G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1975
    Multiple reprints in both hardback and paper

L’Heure Bleue
    The Fantod Press, 1975

Les Passementeries Horribles
     Albondocani Press, 1976

The Broken Spoke
    Dodd, Mead, 1976

Scénes de Ballet, 1976 – postcards

The Loathsome Couple
    Dodd, Mead, 1977
    Beaufort Books, 1986
    Peter Weed Books, 1993

Alms for Oblivion, 1978 – postcards

The Green Beads
     Albondocani Press, 1978

Gorey Posters. Harry N. Abrams, 1979

Dracula: A Toy Theatre. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1979
    Pomegranate Communications, 2002

Interpretive I Series, 1980 – postcards

Dancing Cats/Neglected Murderesses
    Workman Publishing, 1980

Neglected Murderesses, 1980 – postcards

Les Urnes Utiles
    Haltry-Ferguson Publishing, 1980

F.M.R.A.
    Andrew Alpern, 1980

Le Mélange Funeste
     Gotham Book Mart, 1981

The Dwindling Party
     Random House, 1982

The Water Flowers
    Congdon & Weed, 1982
    Beaufort Books, 1986
    Peter Weed Books, 1993

The Prune People
    Albondocani Press, 1983

Gorey Stories
    Samuel French, 1983

The Eclectic Abecedarium
    Anne & David Bromer, 1983
    Adama Books, 1985

E.D. Ward
    Gotham Book Mart, 1983

Amphigorey Also
    Congdon & Weed, 1983
    Harcourt Brace, 1993
    Barnes & Nobel, 2002

The Tunnel Calamity
    G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1984

Les Echanges Malandreux
    Metacom Press, 1985

The Prune People II
    Albondocani Press, 1985

The Improvable Landscape
    Albondocani Press, 1986

The Raging Tide
    Beaufort Books, 1987
    Peter Weed Books, 1995?

Menaced Objects, 1989 – postcards

Tragedies Topiaries, 1989 – postcards

The Helpless Doorknob, 1989 – cards in a box

Q.R.V.
    Anne & David Bromer, 1989
     The Fantod Press, 1990 – renamed The Universal Solvent

The Dripping Faucet
    Metacom Press, 1989

Whatever Next? 1990 – postcards

The Tuning Fork
     The Fantod Press, 1990

The Stupid Joke
    The Fantod Press, 1990

The Fraught Settee
    The Fantod Press, 1990

La Balade Troublante
    The Fantod Press, 1991

Two Novels The Fantod Press, 1992
    The Grand Passion
    The Doleful Domesticity

The Betrayed Confidence
    Parnassus Imprints, 1992

The Pointless Book
    The Fantod Press, 1993

The Floating Elephant/The Dancing Rock, 1993

Figbash Acrobate
     The Fantod Press, 1994

The Retrieved Locket
    The Fantod Press, 1994

The Unknown Vegetable
    The Fantod Press, 1995

The Fantod Pack, 1995 – cards in a box

Q.R.V. Unwmkd. Imperf., 1996 – postcards

Q.R.V. Hikuptah, 1996 – postcards

Thoughtful Alphabet No. 2 (Answer bells), 1996 – broadside

Thoughtful Alphabet No. 3 (Arise betimes), 1996 – broadside

Thoughtful Alphabet No. 4 (Always burn correspondence), 1996 – broadside

Thoughtful Alphabet No. 10 (Allegations) , 1996 – broadside

Thoughtful Alphabet No. 14 (Aurora borealis), 1996 – broadside

Thoughtful Alphabet No. 15 (Appalling banalities), 1996 – broadside

The Just Dessert
    The Fantod Press, 1997

The Deadly Blotter
    The Fantod Press, 1997

The Haunted Tea-Cosy
     Harcourt Brace, 1998

The Headless Bust
    Harcourt Brace, 1999

Ascending Peculiarity
    Harcourt Brace, 2001

The Morning after Christmas, 4 am. Gotham Book Mart, 2001 – broadside

Amphigorey Again
    Harcourt Brace, 2006