Edward Gorey’s Dracula Toy Theatre draws from his haunting set and Tony Award winning costume designs for the 1977 Broadway revival of Hamilton Deane’s stage adaptation of Dracula by Bram Stoker. Found at the Merril Collection!
#edwardgorey #dracula #RareBooks #GothicArt #MerrilCollection
Two first editions of Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea at the Merril Collection. American edition signed and dedicated to the Merril, UK edition on the right. Earthsea’s archipelago setting and thoughtful magic make these books genre-defining classics.
#Earthsea #RareBooks #MerrilCollection
Amazing! Fantastic! Astounding! Science Fiction and the Pulp Magazines. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Amazing Stories, see original pulp art, decades-old magazines, books, and more. February 16 – May 3, 2026.
#ScienceFiction #PulpMagazines #AmazingStories #LiteraryHistory #MerrilCollection
My haul from the Friends of the Merril Collection book sale this weekend, featuring a complimentary copy of @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social Issue 0 from editor @obrackenbury.bsky.social!
#bookhaul #merrilcollection #swordandsorcery
A page from my sketchbooks with notes and examples of interesting ink techniques by the artist Frank Frazetta
Just spent an afternoon in the Sci& fantasy collection here the Toronto public library surrounded by two frazetta original ink artworks and a book with some of his sketchbook images... #masterstudy #inkdrawing @frazettagirls.bsky.social 🕯️🕯️🕯️to the master. #tpl #merrilcollection
