From Ted to Tom: the Illustrated Envelopes of Edward Gorey

Gorey, Edward

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Author
Gorey, Edward
Publish Date
02/04/2025
Book Type
Hardcover
Publisher Name
NYRB
Number of Pages
248
Edition
Illustrated
ISBN-10
1681379058
ISBN-13
9781681379050
SKU
9781681379050

Description

On the envelopes of letters sent to a dear friend, the famed artist and writer Edward Gorey drew dozens of original illustrations—illustrations now collected in this volume along with marvelously playful selections from the correspondence, all never before seen by the public until now.

From Ted to Tom will be published in the centenary year of Edward Gorey's birth.


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.