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A collector's edition of the most famous vampire novel of all time,
illustrated with the artwork of Edward Gorey. This collector's
edition of Bram Stoker's Dracula is illustrated with artwork that
Edward Gorey created for his stage designs for the novel's Broadway
stage adaptation. The book also features an introduction and
appendices by renowned fantasy editor Marvin Kaye.
Twenty-six curious creaturesfrom the fastidious Ampoo to the
world's one and only Zotefill the pages of The Utter Zoo, an
alphabet from the untamed imagination of Edward Gorey. The
Boggerslosh, the Crunk, and the Dawbis; the Ippagoggy, the
Jelbislup, and the Kwongdzu; the Scrug, the Twibbit, and the
Ulpeach strange and wonderful zoomate displays its own primary
characteristic, described in Gorey's inimitable, droll, rhyming
couplets.
A writer and artist with an instantly recognizable style, Gorey
(American, 19252000) created over one hundred works and was also a
playwright, an award-winning set and costume designer, and the
creator of the animated introduction to the PBS series Mystery!
First published in 1967, The Utter Zoo is a favorite of Gorey fans,
young and old alikeno matter how well they know their ABCs.
An Edward Gorey classic back in print after four decades.
Emblus Fingby's life was changed forever with the unexpected
arrival of the osbick bird. The two became inseparable companions.
Their curious relationship came to an end only with the utmost
display of loyalty. In The Osbick Bird, Edward Gorey examines the
uncertainties of life with his signature humor and
illustrations.
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." Finally, though, "The Iron Tonic" could be seen as Edward
Gorey's version of a winter afternoon in one of the great Russian
novels of the nineteenth century.
Eliot's famous collection of nonsense verse about cats-the
inspiration for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats. This edition
features pen-and-ink drolleries by Edward Gorey throughout.
Fifteen works by the American artist and author provide a journey
into a macabre world.
A new, small-format edition of one of Gorey's "dark masterpieces of
surreal morality" (Vanity Fair) - a witty, disquieting journey
through the alphabet.
Gorey's naughty, hilarious travesty of lust-now reissued in a
special gift edition. "A master of the genre of graphic
storytelling and a brilliant draftsman" (New York Times Book
Review).
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