{"title":"Books by Edward Gorey","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"amphigorey","title":"Amphigorey","description":"An illustrated collection of 15 macabre short stories.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In this gorgeously detailed volume, American artist and author Edward Gorey accents amphigory (nonsense verse or composition) with his signature cross-hatched pen-and-ink drawings. A mix of poetry and prose, light-hearted and decidedly more morbid storytelling, the book is sure to satisfy both fans of art and lovers of short stories alike.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Stories included:\u003cbr\u003e \"The Unstrung Harp\"\u003cbr\u003e \"The Listing Attic\"\u003cbr\u003e \"The Doubtful Guest\"\u003cbr\u003e \"The Object Lesson\"\u003cbr\u003e \"The Bug Book\"\u003cbr\u003e \"The Fatal Lozenge\"\u003cbr\u003e \"The Hapless Child\"\u003cbr\u003e \"The Curious Sofa\"\u003cbr\u003e \"The Willowdale Handcar\"\u003cbr\u003e \"The Gashlycrumb Tinies\"\u003cbr\u003e \"The Insect God\"\u003cbr\u003e \"The West Wing\"\u003cbr\u003e \"The Wuggly Ump\"\u003cbr\u003e \"The Sinking Spell\"\u003cbr\u003e \"The Remembered Visit\"","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46355935199404,"sku":"9780399504334","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/5952643482330.jpg?v=1781629547"},{"product_id":"amphigorey-too","title":"Amphigorey Too","description":"This follow-up to the darkly humorous \u003ci\u003eAmphigorey\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Some of the 20 stories in this collection include:\u003cbr\u003e “The Beastly Baby”\u003cbr\u003e“The Pious Infant” \u003cbr\u003e “The Evil Garden”\u003cbr\u003e “The Inanimate Tragedy”\u003cbr\u003e“The Osbick Bird”\u003cbr\u003e“The Deranged Cousins” \u003cbr\u003e“The Abandoned Sock”\u003cbr\u003e“Story for Sara”\u003cbr\u003e“A Limerick”","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46355935232172,"sku":"9780399504204","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/5951343482330.jpg?v=1781629549"},{"product_id":"fantod-pack","title":"Fantod Pack","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Edward Gorey's trademark sense of impending doom is nowhere more darkly humorous than in this, his version of a tarot card deck. Each of the 20 cards forecasts a list of outcomes for the user ranging from the merely unpleasant (loss of hair, breakage, thwarted ambitions) to the downright horrible (catarrh, spasms, shriveling). The 32-page booklet provides interpretation of the cards courtesy of one Madame Groeda Weyrd, who Gorey tells us Òis of mixed Finnish and Egyptian extraction, has devoted her life to divination, and is the author of, among a shelf of other works, Floating Tambourines, a collection of esoteric verse, and The Future Speaks Through Entrails.Ó Who but Gorey to make mirth from a kaleidoscope of catastrophe?\" --Publishers website.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pomegranate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46355957776556,"sku":"9780764942242","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/9179023482460.jpg?v=1781630256"},{"product_id":"edward-gorey-sticker-book","title":"Edward Gorey Sticker Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere are a few things you should know about the artist Edward Gorey, the creator of the creatures in this sticker book! Mr. Gorey (American, 19252000) wrote and illustrated over 100 books; he also designed stage sets and costumes, wrote plays, and created the animated introduction for a TV series calledMystery!He drew a zoosize menagerie of fantastic beastssome creepy, others lovable, others monstrous or just plain oddas well as a slew of peculiar people. His characters are instantly recognizable, because he always drew them in a penandink crosshatch style. Gorey gave his creatures wonderful, playful names; for example, figbash and wuggly ump. His stories often involved mystery and intrigue; people disappearing and other bizarre mishaps. And Edward Gorey loved the ballet and was VERY fond of catssomething you might already have guessed. Lucky you! With this sticker book, you get to play with 50 of Goreys characters from several of his books, includingThe Black Doll,Category,Dancing Cats,The Doubtful Guest,The Epiplectic Bicycle, andThe Gashlycrumb Tinies. There are 185 stickers in all, with images of Count Dracula, iceskating polar bears and alligators, several figbashes in ballet slippers, children astride weird dogs, and more. Have fun stickering! 8 page softcover book with 185 reusable paper stickers (50 different designs) featuring artwork by Edward Gorey.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pomegranate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46355978125484,"sku":"9780764963438","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/9390983482460.jpg?v=1781630654"},{"product_id":"edward-gorey-coloring-book","title":"Edward Gorey Coloring Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eCasebound book with a special lay-flat binding and sturdy, flexible cover. 56 pages with 25 images to color on high-quality paper. Size: 8 x 11 in. Coloring pages are blank on the back so they can be cut out and displayed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pomegranate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46355983728812,"sku":"9780764979446","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/9551063482460.jpg?v=1781630705"},{"product_id":"gashlycrumb-tinies","title":"Gashlycrumb Tinies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"B is for Basil assaulted by bears. C is for Clara who wasted away. D is for Desmond thrown out of a sleigh. . . \"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA striking small-format illustrated edition of one of Edward Gorey's \"dark masterpieces of surreal morality\" (Vanity Fair)--a witty, disquieting journey through the alphabet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46355995459756,"sku":"9780151003082","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/20575433482241.jpg?v=1781631047"},{"product_id":"elegant-enigmas-the-art-of-edward-gorey","title":"Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe delightful tales and theatrical drawings of Edward Gorey (American, 19252000) reflect a special kind of genius for what is left unwritten and unseen. In Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey, more than 175 reproductions include samples from Goreys books, illustrations produced for other writers, theatrical sets and costume designs, and a wealth of individual pieces, many never before published. Sketches, typewritten manuscripts, doodles, and musings join the generous selection of finished works.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pomegranate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46356002078892,"sku":"9780764948046","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/9237063482460.jpg?v=1781631245"},{"product_id":"floating-worlds","title":"Floating Worlds","description":"Edward Gorey and Peter Neumeyer met in the summer of 1968. Gorey had been contracted by Addison-Wesley to illustrate \"Donald and the...,\" a childrens story written by Neumeyer. On their first encounter, Neumeyer managed to dislocate Goreys shoulder when he grabbed his arm to keep him from falling into the ocean. In a hospital waiting room, they pored over Goreys drawings for the first time together, and Gorey infused the situation with much hilarity. This was the beginning of an invigorating friendship, fueled by a wealth of letters and postcards that sped between the two men through the fall of 1969.\u003cp\u003eThose letters, published here for the first time, are remarkable in their quantity and their content. While the creative collaborations of Gorey and Neumeyer centered on illustrated books, they held wide-ranging interests; both were erudite, voracious readers, and they sent each other many volumes. Reading their discussions of these books, one marvels at the beauty of thoughtful (and merry) discourse driven by intellectual curiosity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe letters also paint an intimate portrait of Edward Gorey, a man often mischaracterized as macabre or even ghoulish. His gentleness, humility, and brilliance--interwoven with his distinctive humor--shine in these letters; his deft artistic hand is evident on the decorated envelopes addressed to Neumeyer, 38 of which are reproduced here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the time of their correspondence, Peter Neumeyer was teaching at Harvard University and at SUNY Stony Brook, on Long Island. His acumen and compassion, expressed in his discerning, often provocative missives, reveal him to be an ideal creative and intellectual ally for Gorey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than anything else, \"Floating Worlds\" is the moving memoir of an extraordinary friendship. Gorey wrote that he felt they were part of the same family, and I dont mean just metaphorically. I guess that even more than I think of you as a friend,\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pomegranate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46356125843628,"sku":"9780764959479","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/9351393482460.jpg?v=1781633038"},{"product_id":"west-wing","title":"West Wing","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1963, The West Wing is one of Edward Gorey's classic books. This wordless tale unfolds through thirty-one mysterious drawings that carry the viewer from room to room via long corridors. Peeling wallpaper hangs to the floor, a candle held by invisible hands casts light into the dark, and odd characters appear unbidden. The viewer wonders: What's haunting this building? And who left that boulder on the table? First released as part of The Vinegar Works: Three Volumes of Moral Instruction (which included The Gashlycrumb Tinies and The Insect God) this book is undoubtedly a cautionary tale. Stop. Do not enter. Unless you dare to find out what's happening in The West Wing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pomegranate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46356520730796,"sku":"9781087501260","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/4903353482575.jpg?v=1781639719"},{"product_id":"willowdale-handcar","title":"Willowdale Handcar","description":"In this enigmatic, surreal, wonderfully entertaining tale, three mysterious figures set out from Willowdale, traveling by handcar. On the way to nowhere in particular they pass a number of odd characters and observe a series of baffling phenomena, from a house burning down in a field to a palatial mansion perched precariously on a bluff.\u003cbr\u003e At once deeply vexing and utterly hilarious, darkly mysterious and amusingly absurd, The Willowdale Handcar is vintage Edward Gorey.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46356541374636,"sku":"9780151010356","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/20648173482241.jpg?v=1781639953"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.carlemuseum.org\/collections\/books-by-edward-gorey.oembed","provider":"The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}