New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1993. First edition softcover, 4 x 5 1/2"; Signed limited edition, stiff tan pictorial wrappers issue, number 549 of 600 copies signed by John Updike and Edward Gorey on the colophon, near fine condition. 12 full page drawings by Edward Gorey (Toledano B80c). Original appearance of Updike's essay was in the The New Yorker Magazine. Typically macabre content that's totally appropriate for Gorey drawings, some chapters include: Electrocution, the Dark, Fear of Returns and Santa: The Man.