New Releases by Edward Gorey

The critic Edmund Wilson, the first of many to extol Gorey''s work, described his world as "poisonous and poetic." Gorey made an indelible imprint on noir fiction; this journal is illustrated with characters from his many books and includes the text from his Thoughtful Alphabets.

Profiles of 16 decisive struggles from ancient and modern times. Gripping accounts range from Alexander the Great''s overthrow of the Persian empire in the 4th century BC to World War II''s Battle of Midway. Pratt depicts the circumstances leading up to the decisive clashes, the personalities involved, and the historically important aftermath. 27 maps.

The late illustrator, theater designer, and author offers a macabre and surreal look at winter.

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.

The inhabitants of the ever-so-popular "Haunted Tea Cozy" return in a new holiday tale looking forward to the turn of the millennium. Full color.

The Quingawaga and Mork, Fidknop and Ampoo are among the fantastical imaginings of Edward Gorey''s Utter Zoo Alphabet. The twenty-six postcards (one for each letter of the alphabet) feature Gorey''s illustrations of unusual and biologically questionable creatures, each one described by a typically witty Gorey couplet.

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").

In his Preface to "A Christmas Carol", Charles Dickens wrote that he tried "to raise the Ghost of an Idea" with readers and trusted that it would "haunt their house pleasantly". In December 1997, 154 Christmases later, the "New York Times Magazine" asked its own Edward Gorey to refurbish this enduring morality tale. The result is this "dispirited and distasteful diversion for Christmas". Illustrations.

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).

Offers a tongue in cheek description of a horrible baby, whose family is unable to get rid of it until an eagle carries it off

Stretches out to reveal a strange creature, long thought extinct, roaming through a tunnel between two small English towns.

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”

A script for a silent motion picture which was never made. Unlike Gorey''s other works, this book contains no illustrations.