First edition: New York: Workman Publishing [1980]. Stiff white wrappers with multi-colored pictorial stamping. "First printing March 1980 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on the copyright page.
First limited and signed edition: New York: Workman Publishing (actually Gotham Book Mart) [l980]. Blue wrappers with black pictorial stamping. Limited to 500 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey. "First printing March 1980 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on copyright page. Note: The Workman Publishing Company's sheets were used to produce this edition with the addition of a tipped-in colophon leaf and newly designed wrappers.
First English edition: London: J. M. Dent and Sons, Ltd. [1980]. Stiff white wrappers with multi-colored pictorial stamping. "First published in Great Britain in 1980" on copyright page. Note: Sheets from the American edition were used for this edition, with the substitution of the Dent title page and copyright notice.