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BOOKS by Edward Gorey

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The gashlycrumb tinies, or, After the outing

The gashlycrumb tinies, or, After the outing more books like this

by Edward Gorey

An alphabetical phantasmagoria in which a succession of infants meet dreadful ends.

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Amphigorey Also

Amphigorey Also more books like this

by Edward Gorey

Edward Gorey's unique and whimsical drawings accompany verses such as "The Glorious Nosebleed", "The Utter Zoo", "The Epileptic Bicycle", and fourteen other selections.

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Amphigorey Again

Amphigorey Again more books like this

by Edward Gorey

Figbash is acrobatic, topiaries are tragic, hippopotami are admonitory, and galoshes are remorseful in this celebration of a unique talent that never fails to delight, amuse, and confound readers. This latest collection displays in glorious abundance the offbeat characters and droll humor of Edward Gorey.

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Amphigorey Too

Amphigorey Too more books like this

by Edward Gorey

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Doubtful Guest

Doubtful Guest more books like this

by Edward Gorey

An allegory, illustrated with Gorey's eccentric, mysterious, and completely wonderful drawings.

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Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey

Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey more books like this

by Edward Gorey, Karen Wilkin (Editor)

Edited by one of the authors of THE WORLD OF EDWARD GOREY, this volume is comprised of excerpts from interviews with and autobiographical writings by illustrator Gorey, and is accented with a number of previously unpublished drawings and sketches, along with little-seen photographs.

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The Curious Sofa: A Pornographic Work by Ogdred Weary

The Curious Sofa: A Pornographic Work by Ogdred Weary more books like this

by Edward Gorey

A satire on erotic literature follows the experiences of Alice as she joins a group of unusual people whose actions are enigmatically implied.

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Epiplectic Bicycle

Epiplectic Bicycle more books like this

by Edward Gorey

Follows Embley and Yewbert as they discover an unoccupied bicycle and set off on a series of adventures.

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The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas

The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas more books like this

by Edward Gorey

In his Preface to "A Christmas Carol", Charles Dickens wrote that he tried "to raise the Ghost of an Idea" with readers and trusted that it would "haunt their house pleasantly". In December 1997, 154 Christmases later, the "New York Times Magazine" asked its own Edward Gorey to refurbish this enduring morality tale. The result is this "dispirited ...

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The Gilded Bat

The Gilded Bat more books like this

by Edward Gorey

A tale of baroque beauty about the passion of art and price of immortality.

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Amphigorey: Fifteen Books more books like this

by Edward Gorey (Illustrator)

A collection of the Edward Gorey`s haunting and surreal graphic stories and verses.

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You Read to Me, I'll Read to You more books like this

by John Ciardi, Edward Gorey (Illustrator)

"Thirty-five imaginative and humorous poems for an adult and a child to read aloud together. . . . The entertaining verses are varied as to length, rhythm, and subject and are illustrated with harmoniously amusing drawings".--Booklist.

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The Unstrung Harp: Or Mr. Earbrass Writes a Novel more books like this

by Edward Gorey

A neurasthenic, genteel, reclusive bachelor, Mr. Earbrass enters the world of letters in this comic Gorey work.

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Hapless Child more books like this

by Edward Gorey

This sorry tale of petite Charlotte Sophia's catastrophic, short life is classic Gorey. The poor child is orphaned and treated mercilessly by schoolmates and ruffians alike, and only barely survives--for a time, anyway--by the skin of her baby teeth. Even her doll suffers a grusome end. The little girl's journeiy is perfect fodder for Edward Gorey ...

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The Bell, the Book, and the Spellbinder more books like this

by Brad Strickland, Edward Gorey (Illustrator)

The further adventures of Johnny Dixon and his friends Fergie and Professor Childermass. When Fergie borrows a book from the library, she is unaware that the tome has been enchanted by the evil sorcerer Jarmyn Thanatos. As Fergie falls under Thanatos's spell, she endangers not only her own life but those of Johnny and the professor as well.

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The Twelve Terrors of Christmas

by John Updike, Edward Gorey (Illustrator)

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The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation for the False Millennium more books like this

by Edward Gorey

Gorey's millennial tale features the cast of characters from THE HAUNTED TEA COZY.

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The Hand of the Necromancer more books like this

by Brad Strickland, John Bellairs

Professor Childermass lends a collection of his bizarre objects to the Gudge Museum, and in exchange they give a job to his young friend, Johnny Dixon. One day while working at the museum, Johnny meets the mysterious Mattheus Mergal who insists that Johnny show him the objects lent by the professor. Johnny and Professor Childermass soon discover ...

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The Dwindling Party more books like this

by Edward Gorey

Pop-up illustrations and verses divulge how, one by one, six members of the MacFizzet family monstrously disappear during a visit to Hickyacket Hall, leaving behind only young Neville, who expects "it was all for the best."

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Amphigorey more books like this

by Edward Gorey

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The Iron Tonic: Or, a Winter Afternoon in Lonely Valley more books like this

by Edward Gorey

It's difficult to say what The Iron Tonic is about, although it is 'known the skating pond conceals a family of enormous eels', and that 'the light is fading from the day. The rest is darkness and dismay'. Whatever it is about, though, The Iron Tonic could be seen as Edward Gorey's version of a winter afternoon in one of the great Russian novels ...

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The Other Statue more books like this

by Edward Gorey

The annual charity fete at Backwater Hall in Mortshire is disrupted by the mysterious death of Lord Wherewithal and the theft of the Lisping Elbow. Confusion and misgivings abound. And, alas, the Earl of Thump's stuffed thisby is found disemboweled by the edge of the lake. Dr. Belgravius and his nephew, Luke Touchpaper, attempt to tie the loose ...

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Men and Gods: Myths and Legends of the Ancient Greeks more books like this

by Rex Warner, Edward Gorey (Illustrator)

Originally published in 1959, this memorable modern work re-creates the classic stories and beloved myths of ancient Greece, including tales of Jason and the Argonauts and Theseus and the Minotaur, among many others. Ppen-and-ink sketches offer a visual interpretation of these great myths.

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The Haunted Looking Glass more books like this

by Edward Gorey (Illustrator)

"The Haunted Looking Glass" is the late Edward Gorey's selection of his favorite tales of ghosts, ghouls, and grisly goings-on. It includes stories by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, M. R. James, W. W. Jacobs, and L. P. Hartley, among other masters of the fine art of making the flesh creep, all accompanied by Gorey's inimitable illustrations. ...

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The Eclectic Abecedarium more books like this

by Edward Gorey

Edward Gorey's first miniature book, The Eclectic Abecedarium is an illustrated adventure through the English alphabet, accompanied by rhyming adventure through the English alphabet, accompanied by rhyming couplets penned by Gorey, who described his creations as "literary nonsense." Inspired by popular moral primers for children, Gorey created an ...

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