Author: Edward GoreyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780140129038
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Amphigorey Also
Author: Edward GoreyPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780156056724
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Drawings (including thirty-two pages in color), captions, and verse showcasing Gorey's unique talents and humor. "The Glorious Nosebleed," "The Utter Zoo," "The Epiplectic Bicycle," and fourteen other selections.
Amphigorey Again
Author: Edward GoreyPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780156030212
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
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.
Amphigorey Too
Author: Edward GoreyPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780399504204
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This follow-up to the darkly humorous Amphigorey is wittier, more macabre, and more wondrous than ever. Master illustrator and iconic gothic storyteller Edward Gorey gives his fans 20 more nonsensically and mind-bending tales that draw fans and unsuspecting newcomers into a world only he can create. Gorey’s pen-and-ink drawings spur the imagination and satisfy fans of art and the good storytelling. Some of the 20 stories in this collection include: “The Beastly Baby” “The Pious Infant” “The Evil Garden” “The Inanimate Tragedy” “The Osbick Bird” “The Deranged Cousins” “The Abandoned Sock” “Story for Sara” “A Limerick”
Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey
Author: Mark DeryPublisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008329826
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The definitive biography of Edward Gorey, the eccentric master of macabre nonsense. ’A genius book about a bookish genius’ Daniel Handler, author of A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Epiplectic Bicycle
Author: Edward GoreyPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780151003143
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The story of an intrepid voyage of epic proportion with a hero unequaled in the annals of literature. Gorey is "a man of enormous erudition . . . an artist and writer of genius" ("The New Yorker").
Author: Edward Gorey
Author: Clifford RossThe Unstrung Harp, Or, Mr. Earbrass Writes a Novel
Author: Edward GoreyPublisher: Harper
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Called "a small masterpiece" by the "Times Literary Supplement, " this book, originally published in 1953, takes a look at the literary life and its attendant woes: isolation, writer's block, professional jealousy, and plain boredom. Illustrations.
Edward Gorey
Author: Steven HellerPublisher: Pomegranate Communications
ISBN: 9780764971471
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Examines dozens of examples of the book art of Edward Gorey, who initially illustrated paperback covers and dust jackets for the likes of Joseph Conrad, Henry James and Charles Dickens, establishing a pen-and-ink hand-lettered style that would challenge prevailing American publishing standards and help define his publisher's visual identity. His prodigious output of hundreds of jackets and covers evidenced his flair for design and his ability to portray the essence of the books that came his way.
