Mark Dery

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Missouri

The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey

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 EventsFrom The Gashlycrumb Tinies to The Doubtful Guest, Edward Gorey's wickedly funny and deliciously sinister little books have influenced our culture in innumerable ways, from the works of Tim Burton and Neil Gaiman to Lemony Snicket. Some even call him the Grandfather of Goth. But who was this man, who lived with over twenty thousand books and six cats, who roomed with Frank O'Hara at Harvard, and was known - in the late 1940s, no less - to traipse around in full-length fur coats, clanking bracelets, and an Edwardian beard? An eccentric, a gregarious recluse, an enigmatic auteur of whimsically morbid masterpieces, yes - but who was the real Edward Gorey behind the Oscar Wildean pose? He published over a hundred books and illustrated works by Samuel Beckett, T.S. Eliot, Edward Lear, John Updike, Charles Dickens, Hilaire Belloc, Muriel Spark, Bram Stoker, Gilbert & Sullivan, and others. At the same time, he was a deeply complicated and conflicted individual, a man whose art reflected his obsessions with the disquieting and the darkly hilarious. Based on newly uncovered correspondence and interviews with personalities as diverse as John Ashbery, Donald Hall, Lemony Snicket, Neil Gaiman, and Anna Sui, Born to be Posthumous draws back the curtain on the eccentric genius and mysterious life of Edward Gorey.

Born to Be Posthumous

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Edward Gorey

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Pennsylvania

Amphigorey Also

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Maryland

A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas

Gorey has never been funnier or more "impossible to resist" (Boston Herald) than in this peculiar retelling of Charles Dickens'sA Christmas Carol.


The Haunted Tea-Cosy

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T.S. Eliot + Edward Gorey + Cats = Wonderful!!!

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Arizona

A collection of T. S. Eliot's poems which concern cats including Mr. Mistoffelees, and Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, Illustrated Edition

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T. S. Eliot

Florida

Wear on dust jacket and foxing, see photos.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

New York

Star-Spangled Supernatural Stories

Haunted America

Michigan

Ghost Stories Chosen by Edward Gorey

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.

ALGERNON BLACKWOOD, "The Empty House"
W.F. HARVEY, "August Heat"
CHARLES DICKENS, "The Signalman"
L.P. HARTLEY, "A Visitor from Down Under"
R.H. MALDEN, "The Thirteenth Tree"
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, "The Body-Snatcher"
E. NESBIT, "Man-Size in Marble"
BRAM STOKER, "The Judge's House"
TOM HOOD, "The Shadow of a Shade"
W.W. JACOBS, "The Monkey's Paw,"
WILKIE COLLINS, "The Dream Woman"
M.R. JAMES, "Casting the Runes"

The Haunted Looking Glass

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Simon, the foundling from The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, arrives in London to meet an old friend and pursue the study of painting. Instead he finds himself unwittingly in the middle of a wicked crew's fiendish caper to overthrow the good King James and the Duke and Duchess of Battersea. With the help of his friend Sophie and the resourceful waif Dido, Simon narrowly escapes a series of madcap close calls and dangerous run-ins. In a time and place where villains do nothing halfway, Simon is faced with wild wolves, poisoned pies, kidnapping, and a wrecked ship. This is a cleverly contrived tale of intrigue and misadventure.


ISBN 13: 9780440409045

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Nebraska

Black Hearts in Battersea

This is for Gorey fans! A classy take on CYO mysteries as only Gorey could create. There is a yellowing on the outside that doesn't detract- actually adds a warmth and would still make a great gift. Inside is nice, clean and tight. 6 7/8" x 8 7/8". Seen this for $50 and up.

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Mark Dery

Born to Be Posthumous

Edward Gorey

Amphigorey Also

Edward Gorey

The Haunted Tea-Cosy

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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, Illustrated Edition

T. S. Eliot; Edward Gorey

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, Illustrated Edition

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Haunted America

Edward Gorey (Introduction by)

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Joan Aiken

Black Hearts in Battersea

Edward Gorey

The Raging Tide: or, The Black Doll's Imbroglio