First edition: New York: Congdon & Weed, Inc. [1983]. White composition boards with gray and black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper. "First Edition" on copyright page.
First limited and signed edition: New York: Congdon & Weed, Inc. [1985]. White composition boards with gray and black pictorial stamping; pictorial dust wrapper; issued in a black slipcase with a white label with black pictorial stamping pasted to front of slipcase. Limited to 250 numbered and 26 lettered copies signed by Edward Gorey. "First Edition" on copyright page; a first edition statement also appears as part of the colophon page, which is a tipped-in leaf immediately before the title page.