The Gashlycrumb Tinies: Collector's Edition

(Hardback)

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The perfectly creepy, amusing book that inspired Tim Burton, Neil Gaiman and Guillermo Del Toro. A is for AMY who fell down the stairs B is for BASIL assaulted by bears C is for CLARA who wasted away... ... and so it goes on, an A to Z of poor little orphans and their untimely ends. (Right up to the unfortunate ZILLA, who simply drank too much gin.) This collector's edition of Edward Gorey's pocket-sized masterpiece comes in a special slipcase with ribbon.

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Gorey was the master of the macabre and The Gashlycrumb Tinies was his masterpiece: a doomladen abecedary of infant disaster and sudden awful endings. For years I had it on my wall as a poster. Now I will have a beautiful object to love. -- Neil Gaiman
EDWARD GOREY. American. A singularity. Prose & images, redolent of Victorian dread and beauty. Influenced Tim Burton. -- Guillermo Del Toro

Author Bio

A truly prodigious and original artist, Edward St. John Gorey (1925-2000) gave to the world more than one hundred books, including The Gashlycrumb Tinies, The Doubtful Guest and The Wuggly Ump; prizewinning set and costume designs for innumerable theatre productions; and a remarkable number of illustrations in publications such as the New Yorker and the New York Times. Gorey's masterful pen and ink illustrations and his ironic, offbeat humour have brought him critical acclaim and an avid following throughout the world.