N is for Newsletter

One of the more difficult to obtain Edward Gorey collectibles is N is for Newsletter, a privately published newsletter "about alphabet books and alphabet memorabilia for collectors and dealers". Published in New York from June 1993 through December 1993 (issued April 1994), this short lived newsletter contains three original alphabets by Edward Gorey which have not been published anywhere else. The first issue has an interview with Mr. Gorey by co-publisher Gretchen Adkins on the front page. Including the interview, Mr. Gorey appears in four of the six issues.

When contacted by Ms. Adkins, Mr. Gorey was very gracious and generous, offering several previously unpublished (and unillustrated) alphabets for publication: The Yellow Thingummy(in issue #4), The Uncaught Window: A scrambled alphabet in a single sentence (in issue #5) and The Arsenical Bun (in issue #6). Illustrating the alphabet, The Arsenical Bun in the final issue are three tiny skeletons by Mr. Gorey. The newsletter has advertising from several well known book dealers, but was not widely circulated.