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Amphigoreyby Edward John GoreyISBN 0399504338 (0-399-50433-8)
Softcover, Perigee
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Amphigorey'Book summary:The title of this deliciously creepy collection of Gorey's work stems from the word amphigory, meaning a nonsense verse or composition. As always, Gorey's painstakingly cross- hatched pen and ink drawings are perfectly suited to his oddball verse and prose. The first book of 15, "The Unstrung Harp," describes the writing process of novelist Mr. Clavius Frederick Earbrass: "He must be mad to go on enduring the unexquisite agony of writing when it all turns out drivel." In "The Listing Attic," you'll find a set of quirky limericks such as "A certain young man, it was noted, / Went about in the heat thickly coated; / He said, 'You may scoff, / But I shan't take it off; / Underneath I am horribly bloated.' "
Many of Gorey's tales involve untimely deaths and dreadful mishaps, but much like tragic Irish ballads with their perky rhythms and melodies, they come off as strangely lighthearted. "The Gashlycrumb Tinies," for example, begins like this: "A is for AMY who fell down the stairs, B is for BASIL assaulted by bears," and so on. An eccentric, funny book for either the uninitiated or diehard Gorey fans. [via]
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Amphigorey Againby Edward GoreyISBN 0156030217 (0-15-603021-7)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Amphigorey Again'Book summary:This latest collection displays in glorious abundance the offbeat characters and droll humor of Edward Gorey. Figbash is acrobatic, topiaries are tragic, hippopotami are admonitory, and galoshes are remorseful in this celebra- tion of a unique talent that never fails to delight, amuse, and confound.Amphigorey Again contains previously uncollected work and two unpublished stories"The Izzard Book," a quirky riff on the letter Z , and "La Malle Saignante," a bilingual homage to early French silent serial movies. Rough sketches and unfin- ished panels show an ironic and singular mind at work.[via]More editions of Amphigorey Again:
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Amphigorey Alsoby Edward GoreyISBN 0156056720 (0-15-605672-0)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Amphigorey Also'Book summary:Here is Gorey, doing what Gorey does best--and what only Gorey can do: droll, cracked Victorian pen-and-ink takeoffs on melodramas and primers, bicycles and divas, allegories and crime. [via]
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Amphigorey Tooby Edward John GoreyISBN 0399504206 (0-399-50420-6)
Softcover, Perigee
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Amphigorey Too'Book summary:Sept., 1977 G.P. Putnam/Berkley Windhover over-sized softcover, third printing. Humor and illustrations by wonderfully quirky Edward Gorey. [via]
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Ascending Peculiarity : Edward Gorey on Edward Goreyby Edward Gorey, Karen WilkinISBN 015601291X (0-15-601291-X)
Softcover, Harcourt Trade Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ascending Peculiarity : Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey'Book summary:A vivid self-portrait in words of one of the great American[via]
artists of the twentieth century. Designed to appeal to Gorey lovers as well as
those seeking an introduction to his work, Ascending Peculiarity includes reproductions of previously unpublished drawings and photographs. Edited by Karen Wilkin.
Edward Gorey's extraordinary and disconcerting books are avidly sought and treasured throughout the world, but until now little has been known about the man himself. While he was notoriously protective of his privacy, Gorey did grant dozens of interviews over the course of his life. And as the conversations collected in this book demonstrate, he proved to be unfailingly charming, gracious, and fascinating.
Here is Gorey in his own words, ruminating on everything from French symbolist poetry to soap operas, from George Balanchine and the unique beauty of ballet to Victorian photographs of dead children. We meet the artist in his ramshackle book-lined studio in Manhattan and his equally bizarre house on Cape Cod. We listen as he describes his legendary upbringing and vast range of influences, as well as how he managed to work amid all his cats.More editions of Ascending Peculiarity : Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey:
The Awdrey-Gore Legacyby Edward GoreyISBN 0926637126 (0-926637-12-6)
Hardcover, Peter Weed
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The Awkward Ageby Henry JamesISBN 1417913169 (1-4179-1316-9)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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The Betrayed Confidenceby Edward GoreyISBN 0940160528 (0-940160-52-8)
Softcover, Parnassus Imprints
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Brer Rabbit and His Tricksby Ennis Rees, Edward GoreyISBN 1562825771 (1-56282-577-1)
Softcover, Disney Pr
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Cautionary Tales for Childrenby Hilaire Belloc, B. T. B.ISBN 071560046X (0-7156-0046-X)
Hardcover, Duckworth
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Cautionary Tales for Childrenby Edward Gorey, Hilaire BellocISBN 0151007152 (0-15-100715-2)
Hardcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cautionary Tales for Children'Book summary:For readers of any age, a witty and strikingly irreverent collection of moral guidanceMost notable among prolific English satirist Hilaire Belloc's writings are the sharp and clever admonishments he composed for children. Collected here and illustrated to wonderful haunting effect by Edward Gorey, these short, funny pieces offer moral instruction for all types of mischief makersfrom a certain young Jim, "who ran away from his nurse and was eaten by a lion," to the tale of Matilda, "who told lies and was burned to death and add up to a delightful read for any fan of Roald Dahl or Shel Silverstein.[via]More editions of Cautionary Tales for Children:
Collected Travel Writingsby Henry James, Myra JehlenISBN 1931082308 (1-931082-30-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Curious Sofaby Edward Gorey, Ogdred WearyISBN 0151003076 (0-15-100307-6)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Curious Sofa'Book summary:As the New York Times writes of Edward Gorey, "His satires (often of tawdry Victorian mysteries) are not mere commentaries on the manners and mores of a distant age; they are inventive narratives about evil adults, mischievous children, illicit lovers and improbable beasts." Or, in the case of The Curious Sofa, improbable furniture. As Gorey tells us on the cover, this is "a pornographic work" (pornographic horror, in fact) with a picture on every page. And yet there's nary a nipple (nor a drop of blood) in sight. (For those who want some extras to pass around there's a 10-copy assortment with The Gashlycrumb Tinies.) [via]
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The Curse of the Blue Figurineby John BellairsISBN 0140380051 (0-14-038005-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Curse of the Blue Figurine'Book summary:John Bellairs, the name in Gothic mysteries for middle graders, wrote terrifying tales full of adventure, attitude, and alarm. For years, young readers have crept, crawled, and gone bump in the night with the unlikely heroes of these Gothic novels: Lewis Barnavelt, Johnny Dixon, and Anthony Monday. Now, the ten top-selling titles feature an updated cover look. Loyal fans and enticed newcomers will love the series even more with this haunting new look![via]More editions of The Curse of the Blue Figurine:
- The Curse of the Blue Figurine: ISBN 0142402583 (0-14-240258-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Curse of the Blue Figurine: ISBN 084467138X (0-8446-7138-X)
Hardcover, Peter Smith Pub Inc - The Curse of the Blue Figurine: ISBN 0553155407 (0-553-15540-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books - The Curse of the Blue Figurine: ISBN 0803711190 (0-8037-1119-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA - The Curse of the Blue Figurine: ISBN 0803712650 (0-8037-1265-0)
Hardcover, Dial Books for Young Readers - The Curse of the Blue Figurine: ISBN 0140380051 (0-14-038005-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
- The Curse of the Blue Figurine: ISBN 0142402583 (0-14-240258-3)
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The Doubtful Guestby Edward GoreyISBN 0151003130 (0-15-100313-0)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Doubtful Guest'Book summary:Originally published in 1957, The Doubtful Guest serves as a prime example of the beauty, eccentricity, and brilliance of Edward Gorey's work. If the book was read aloud without revealing the accompanying black-and-white drawings, you might guess the tale came from the quirky genius of Dr. Seuss. The rhyming couplets and nonsensical verse (about an even more nonsensical creature) feel familiar, but in Gorey's skilled hands, the experience becomes altogether new.
The doubtful guest shows up unannounced and unwelcome, yet its presence is accepted after only a brief interlude of screaming. The staid, pale, Victorian inhabitants of the mansion alternately stare and glare at the doubtful guest as it tears out whole chapters from books, peels the soles of its white canvas shoes, and broods while lying on the floor ("inconveniently close to the drawing-room door"). Strangely, or rather, typically, as this is a Gorey book, the stymied occupants never ask the guest to leave--and in 17 years it has still "shown no intention of going away." Maintaining a matter-of-fact tone in spite of true oddity is pure, delicious Gorey, and his trademark drawings are not to be missed. The ghostly, stark, and undeniably amusing illustrations make The Doubtful Guest an entrancing tale in which reserved, insular lives meet with the unexpected and bizarre. (Ages 5 and older) [via]
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Draculaby Bram Stoker, Glennis ByronISBN 1551111365 (1-55111-136-5)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dracula'Book summary:Dracula, by Bram Stoker, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
- New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars
- Biographies of the authors
- Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events
- Footnotes and endnotes
- Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work
- Comments by other famous authors
- Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations
- Bibliographies for further reading
- Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate
All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.Count Dracula has inspired countless movies, books, and plays. But few, if any, have been fully faithful to Bram Stoker's original, best-selling novel of mystery and horror, love and death, sin and redemption. Dracula chronicles the vampire's journey from Transylvania to the nighttime streets of London. There, he searches for the blood of strong men and beautiful women while his enemies plot to rid the world of his frightful power.
Today's critics see Dracula as a virtual textbook on Victorian repression of the erotic and fear of female sexuality. In it, Stoker created a new word for terror, a new myth to feed our nightmares, and a character who will outlive us all.[via]Brooke Allen is a book critic whose work has appeared in numerous publications including The Atlantic Monthly, The New Criterion, The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, and The Hudson Review. A collection of her essays, Twentieth-Century Attitudes, will be published in 2003.More editions of Dracula:
- Dracula: ISBN 1593080042 (1-59308-004-2)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - Dracula: ISBN 1593081146 (1-59308-114-6)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - Dracula: ISBN 1840681284 (1-84068-128-4)
Softcover, Creation Books - Dracula: ISBN 185326086X (1-85326-086-X)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc - Dracula: ISBN 1897217420 (1-897217-42-0)
Softcover, Coscom Entertainment - Dracula: ISBN 1561563730 (1-56156-373-0)
Hardcover, Kidsbooks - Dracula: ISBN 159308160X (1-59308-160-X)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - Dracula: ISBN 1933652357 (1-933652-35-7)
Hardcover, Bed Book - Dracula: ISBN 1551350009 (1-55135-000-9)
Hardcover, Transylvania Pr - Dracula: ISBN 1561385158 (1-56138-515-8)
Hardcover, Courage Books - Dracula: ISBN 1582791872 (1-58279-187-2)
Hardcover, Trident Press International - Dracula: ISBN 159679240X (1-59679-240-X)
Hardcover, Spotlight - Dracula: ISBN 0893757829 (0-89375-782-9)
Softcover, Troll Communications Llc - Dracula: ISBN 8420636673 (84-206-3667-3)
Softcover, Alianza Editorial Sa - Dracula: ISBN 3895080969 (3-89508-096-9)
Hardcover, Koenemann Verlagsgesellschaft - Dracula: ISBN 8484035832 (84-8403-583-2)
Hardcover, Edimat Libros - Dracula: ISBN 1551111365 (1-55111-136-5)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
Draculaby Steven P. JonesISBN 0944735479 (0-944735-47-9)
Softcover, Heroes World
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Draculaby Tim Wynne-Jones, Bram Stoker, Laszlo GalISBN 1550139002 (1-55013-900-2)
Hardcover, Key Porter Kids
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Edward Gorey - The Gashlycrumb Tinies: 1998 Deluxe Engagement BookISBN 076490096X (0-7649-0096-X)
Hardcover, Pomegranate
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Elephant House Or, the Home of Edward Goreyby Edward Gorey, Kevin McDermottISBN 0764924958 (0-7649-2495-8)
Hardcover, Pomegranate
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Epiplectic Bicycleby Edward GoreyISBN 0151003149 (0-15-100314-9)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Epiplectic Bicycle'Book summary:A charming burlesque concerning an intrepid voyage of epic proportions by the incredibly sophisticated . . . stylish and inventive Edward Gorey (New York Observer). Now available in a special gift edition.[via]More editions of Epiplectic Bicycle:
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Gashlycrumb Tiniesby Edward GoreyISBN 0926637010 (0-926637-01-0)
Hardcover, Peter Weed
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gashlycrumb Tinies'Book summary:"A is for Amy who fell down the stairs. B is for Basil assaulted by bears. C is for Clara who wasted away. D is for Desmond thrown out of a sleigh..." The rhyming couplets of this grim abecedarian are familiar, of course, to devotees of macabre humor, but the darkly crosshatched drawings are (as Poe put it) "the soul of the plot." Several years went by during which The Gashlycrumb Tinies: Or, After the Outing was not available in a small hardcover edition like this one, which is the true format for Edward Gorey's specialty, the adult picture book. (For those who wish to share the gloom there's a 10-copy assortment with The Curious Sofa.) [via]
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The Gashlycrumb Tinies: Or, After the Outingby Edward GoreyISBN 0151003084 (0-15-100308-4)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gashlycrumb Tinies: Or, After the Outing'Book summary:"A is for Amy who fell down the stairs. B is for Basil assaulted by bears. C is for Clara who wasted away. D is for Desmond thrown out of a sleigh..." The rhyming couplets of this grim abecedarian are familiar, of course, to devotees of macabre humor, but the darkly crosshatched drawings are (as Poe put it) "the soul of the plot." Several years went by during which The Gashlycrumb Tinies: Or, After the Outing was not available in a small hardcover edition like this one, which is the true format for Edward Gorey's specialty, the adult picture book. (For those who wish to share the gloom there's a 10-copy assortment with The Curious Sofa.) [via]
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The Gilded Batby Edward GoreyISBN 0396076882 (0-396-07688-2)
Hardcover, Dodd, Mead
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The Glorious Nosebleedby Edward GoreyISBN 0396070310 (0-396-07031-0)
Hardcover, Dodd, Mead
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The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmasby Edward GoreyISBN 0151004153 (0-15-100415-3)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas'Book summary:Edward Gorey's first book in 25 years, The Haunted Tea-Cosy is a classic work from that magnificently morbid master. The plot of this "dispirited and distasteful diversion for Christmas" revolves around one Edmund Gravel, an Edwardian Scrooge whose attempt to slice a stale fruitcake unleashes an assortment of guilt-inducing ghosts. There's the Spectre of Christmas That Never Was, who directs our hero's attention to a cowering orphan in a graveyard (along with some other, lower-key bits of pathos: "In the high street of the village Reverend Flannel lost his tuning-fork.") The Spectre of Christmas That Isn't also chips in with a kidnapping, a domestic dispute, and a return to the aforementioned graveyard: "To the south, in the cemetery a wrong coffin in a newly dug grave was found to contain rolls of used wallpaper." Like the Dickensian miser upon whom he's based, Gravel is transformed by this ghoulish guided tour. He renounces his life of solitude and invites all of Lower Spigot to a party, featuring "a cake taller than anything else in the room, a conflation of Chartres Cathedral and the Stupa at Borobudur iced in dazzling white sugar" (not pictured, alas). Gorey's illustrations for The Haunted Tea-Cosy are looser and less elaborately cross-hatched than some of his earlier creations. But like the text, these oddly stilted and very Anglophiliac scenes remain a model of delicious, deadpan hilarity. --James Marcus [via]
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The Haunted Tea-Cozyby Edward GoreyISBN 0151004331 (0-15-100433-1)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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The Headless Bustby Edward GoreyISBN 0747550395 (0-7475-5039-5)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Headless Bust'Book summary:With The Headless Bust, Edmund Gravel and the Bahum Bug from Gorey's "Dispirited and Distasteful" Christmas tale, The Haunted Tea-Cosy, have returned to usher in the New Year. The story, told in verse, takes up just after Edmund's riotous party. He and the Bug are whisked off to a faraway village for another round of strange and vaguely eerie encounters. Fans of Gorey's distinctive ink drawings, tending toward the well-dressed and slightly mad, will not be disappointed--they make for an engrossing book with or without the accompanying deliciously odd text. ("Reversing at a tango tea/ In Snogg's Casino-not-on-Sea/ L-- tripped and cried, 'I am afraid/ They tampered with the marmalade.'") There is also plenty to be had for aficionados of the mysterious little rituals, mentioned nonchalantly, that seem so logical to the inhabitants of Gorey's bizarre world--the Bandage Folder's Ball being a head-cocking highlight. The Headless Bust is perfect for a winter's read by the fireplace, just before drifting off into fruitcake-induced dreams. --Ali Davis [via]
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The Headless Bust : A Melancholy Meditation for the False Millenniumby Edward GoreyISBN 0151005141 (0-15-100514-1)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Headless Bust : A Melancholy Meditation for the False Millennium'Book summary:With The Headless Bust, Edmund Gravel and the Bahum Bug from Gorey's "Dispirited and Distasteful" Christmas tale, The Haunted Tea-Cosy, have returned to usher in the New Year. The story, told in verse, takes up just after Edmund's riotous party. He and the Bug are whisked off to a faraway village for another round of strange and vaguely eerie encounters. Fans of Gorey's distinctive ink drawings, tending toward the well-dressed and slightly mad, will not be disappointed--they make for an engrossing book with or without the accompanying deliciously odd text. ("Reversing at a tango tea/ In Snogg's Casino-not-on-Sea/ L-- tripped and cried, 'I am afraid/ They tampered with the marmalade.'") There is also plenty to be had for aficionados of the mysterious little rituals, mentioned nonchalantly, that seem so logical to the inhabitants of Gorey's bizarre world--the Bandage Folder's Ball being a head-cocking highlight. The Headless Bust is perfect for a winter's read by the fireplace, just before drifting off into fruitcake-induced dreams. --Ali Davis [via]
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The Illustrated Old Possum: Old Possum's Book of Practical Catsby T. S. Eliot, Nicolas BentleyISBN 0571067751 (0-571-06775-1)
Hardcover, Faber
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Illustrated Old Possum: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats'Book summary:An engaging collection of humorous poems. These verses, originally composed to amuse Eliots intimate friends, have proven irresistible to cat lovers, lovers of nonsense, and admirers of Eliot throughout the English-speaking world. Enough ferocious fancy and parody to knock the spots off most cat books and most...verses (Time). Drawings by Nicolas Bentley.[via]More editions of The Illustrated Old Possum: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats:
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The Iron Tonic: Or, a Winter Afternoon in Lonely Valleyby Edward GoreyISBN 0151004374 (0-15-100437-4)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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The Object-Lessonby Edward GoreyISBN 0151007098 (0-15-100709-8)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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Old Possums Book of Practical Catsby T. S. EliotISBN 1417617047 (1-4176-1704-7)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Old Possums Book of Practical Cats'Book summary: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.[via]More editions of Old Possums Book of Practical Cats:
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Softcover, Harcourt - Old Possums Book of Practical Cats: ISBN 0151686572 (0-15-168657-2)
Hardcover, Harcourt Childrens Books - Old Possums Book of Practical Cats: ISBN 0848822579 (0-8488-2257-9)
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Old Possums Book of Practical Catsby Edward Gorey, T. S. EliotISBN 0151686564 (0-15-168656-4)
Hardcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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The phenomenal worldwide success in the 1980s of the musical Cats refuelled interest in T.S. Eliot's classic Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats on which the stage extravaganza was based. Old Possum's Book, originally published in 1939 and dedicated to Eliot's godchildren, contains a delightful rogues' gallery of felines, including the Rum Tum Tugger cat whose "disobliging ways are a matter of habit", Mr Mistoffelees "The Original Conjuring Cat" and Macavity: The Mystery Cat "the master criminal who can defy the law". Loved by generations of children and adults alike, Old Possum is perhaps most remarkable for having been written almost as an aside, a plaything, by Eliot, as a distraction from the internal religious and philosophical wranglings he charted in Four Quartets.
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.A warm and witty collection of free-verse poems, which demand to be read aloud and given full dramatic import, this edition of Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats has been reissued by Faber and Faber Limited in a slim pocket-sized edition, with original tongue-in-cheek illustrations by Nicolas Bentley. --Catherine Taylor [via]
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The Other Statueby Edward GoreyISBN 0151006962 (0-15-100696-2)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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Selected Storiesby Edward GoreyISBN 0940322684 (0-940322-68-4)
Softcover, New York Review of Books
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Treehorn Times Threeby Florence P. HeiseISBN 044040553X (0-440-40553-X)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The Treehorn Trilogy : The Shrinking of Treehorn, Treehorn's Treasure, and Treehorn's Wishby Florence Parry Heide, Edward GoreyISBN 0810959941 (0-8109-5994-1)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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The War of the Worldsby H. G. WellsISBN 1416523693 (1-4165-2369-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The War of the Worlds'Book summary:This is the granddaddy of all alien invasion stories, first published by H.G. Wells in 1898. The novel begins ominously, as the lone voice of a narrator tells readers that "No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's..."
Things then progress from a series of seemingly mundane reports about odd atmospheric disturbances taking place on Mars to the arrival of Martians just outside of London. At first the Martians seem laughable, hardly able to move in Earth's comparatively heavy gravity even enough to raise themselves out of the pit created when their spaceship landed. But soon the Martians reveal their true nature as death machines 100-feet tall rise up from the pit and begin laying waste to the surrounding land. Wells quickly moves the story from the countryside to the evacuation of London itself and the loss of all hope as England's military suffers defeat after defeat. With horror his narrator describes how the Martians suck the blood from living humans for sustenance, and how it's clear that man is not being conquered so much a corralled. --Craig E. Engler [via]
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The War Of The Worldsby Edward Gorey, H. G. WellsISBN 1590171586 (1-59017-158-6)
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War of the Worldsby Martin A. DanahayISBN 1551113538 (1-55111-353-8)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'War of the Worlds'Book summary:This is the granddaddy of all alien invasion stories, first published by H.G. Wells in 1898. The novel begins ominously, as the lone voice of a narrator tells readers that "No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's..."
Things then progress from a series of seemingly mundane reports about odd atmospheric disturbances taking place on Mars to the arrival of Martians just outside of London. At first the Martians seem laughable, hardly able to move in Earth's comparatively heavy gravity even enough to raise themselves out of the pit created when their spaceship landed. But soon the Martians reveal their true nature as death machines 100-feet tall rise up from the pit and begin laying waste to the surrounding land. Wells quickly moves the story from the countryside to the evacuation of London itself and the loss of all hope as England's military suffers defeat after defeat. With horror his narrator describes how the Martians suck the blood from living humans for sustenance, and how it's clear that man is not being conquered so much a corralled. --Craig E. Engler [via]
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The War of the Worlds: Level 5, Penguin Readersby Orson WellsISBN 1405806389 (1-4058-0638-9)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The War of the Worlds: Level 5, Penguin Readers'Book summary:A metal object falls from the sky over the south of England, and strange creatures come out. But they are not human - they are fighting machines from Mars. When another object falls, and then another, people start to worry. Are the Martians trying to take over the Earth? [via]
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What Maisie Knewby Henry JamesISBN 1421994240 (1-4219-9424-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'What Maisie Knew'Book summary:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...Mrs. Wix's, during these hours, Sir Claude was--and most of all through long pauses--the perpetual, the insurmountable theme. It all took them back to the first flush of his marriage and to the place he held in the schoolroom at that crisis of love and pain; only he had himself blown to a much bigger balloon the large consciousness he then filled out. They went through it all again, and indeed while the interval dragged by the very weight of its charm they went, in spite of defences and suspicions, through everything. Their intensified clutch of the future throbbed like a clock ticking seconds; but this was a timepiece that inevitably, as well, at the best, rang occasionally a portentous hour. Oh there were several of these, and two or three of the worst on the old city-wall where everything else so made for peace. There was nothing in the world Maisie more wanted than to be as nice to Mrs. Wix as Sir Claude had desired; but it was exactly because this fell in with her inveterate instinct of keeping the peace that the instinct itself was quickened. From the moment it was quickened, however, it found other work, and that was how, to begin with, she produced the very complication she most sought to avert. What she had essentially done, these days, had been to read the unspoken into the spoken; so that thus, with accumulations, it had become more definite to her that the unspoken was, unspeakably, the completeness of the sacrifice of Mrs. Beale. There were times when every minute that Sir Claude stayed away was like a nail in Mrs. Beale's coffin. That brought back to Maisie--it was a roundabout way--the beauty and antiquity of her connexion with the flower of the Overmores as well as that lady's own grace and charm, her peculiar prettiness and... [via]
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The World of Edward Goreyby Clifford Ross, Karen WilkinISBN 0810990830 (0-8109-9083-0)
Softcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The World of Edward Gorey'Book summary:Edward Gorey is an author and an illustrator who has carved a unique niche creating macabre graphic novels that are part satire and part social commentary--comics for adults. Though often relating lurid tales of Victorian crime, Gorey eschews blood and gore in favor of atmosphere and humor. Here the editors have collected a representative sample of his work. Ross, an artist, and Wilkin, an art critic, also provide a useful introductory essay on Gorey's work and an informative interview with him. The book includes a complete bibliography and photographs of Gorey's library and studio. [via]
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La Guerra De Los Mundos/ The War of the Worldsby H. G. Wells, Ramiro de MaeztuISBN 840805922X (84-08-05922-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Guerra De Los Mundos / the War of the Worlds'Book summary:Han legado del espacio exterior. De Marte, para ser exactos. Equipados con terribles máquinas, los invasores aterrizan en nuestro planeta y empiezan a sembrar el terror y la destrucción. Su único objetivo es conquistar la Tierra y convertir a los humanos en sus esclavos, y parece que nada ni nadie podrá detenerlos. Éste es el inicio de una de las guerras más importantes en la historia de la humanidad cuyas repercusiones harán que la Tierra nunca más vuelva a ser la misma. [via]
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Old Possums Katzenbuch: Englisch Und Deutschby T. S. EliotISBN 3518010107 (3-518-01010-7)
Hardcover, Suhrkamp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Old Possums Katzenbuch: Englisch Und Deutsch'Book summary:BIBLIOTHEK SUHRKAMP - ELIOT, T.S., Old Possums Katzenbuch. Englisch und Deutsch. 1. A. Fkft., Suhrkamp, 1977. Mit acht Ill. v. Kurt Steinel. 113 S. OPbd.- Bibliothek Suhrkamp, Bd. 10. - Gutes Ex. [via]
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