From Ted to Tom: The Illustrated Envelopes of Edward Gorey
by: Edward Gorey

Hardcover. NY, New York Review Of Books , 1st, 2025, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. On the envelopes of letters sent to a dear friend, the famed artist and writer Edward Gorey drew dozens of original illustrations now collected in this volume along with marvelously playful selections from the correspondence, all never before seen by the public until now. When Tom Fitzharris met Edward 'Ted' Gorey in 1974, the two quickly struck up a friendship. Over the next year Gorey sent a total of fifty letters to Fitzharris. Every envelope Fitzharris received was illustrated by Gorey, and filled with surprises: typewritten letters with news and opinions from Gorey's life, handwritten note cards with unexpected quotes, sketches, inside jokes, and a host of other joyous miscellany. Assembled here for the first time, these envelopes and their contents deliver all the humor, imagination, gossip, and wonder that came with being Edward Gorey's pen pal. Clean copy.