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Edward Gorey pretty much made a successful career out of being an eccentric. Reclusive, a nearly obsessive fan of ballet, sneakered and fur-coat garbed, and with a house full of cats, his graphic art and illustrated poetry projected such an oddly distinctive ambience that many people thought that he was either British and/or had lived and died in the late Victorian age. In fact, he was American born and raised, lived from 1925 - 2000, hardly ever traveled far from his New England home, and was a dedicated follower of the soap operas on daytime television.
In his early career, in the 1950s, he self-published a number of small (literally) single-work volumes which he wrote an illustrated himself. These volumes sport such interesting titles as "The Unstrung Harp," "The Doubtful Guest," "The Listing Attic," and "The Curious Sofa." Much of his work has a slightly uneasy macabre cast to it, frequently with morbid outcomes, although any violence is nearly always suggestive rather than outright. Since his death many of these small books have been re-released in modern, UPC adorned editions, and the original limited editions have been known to fetch some significant collectors' prices.
The "Amphigory" books are collections of several of these short pieces into a few larger volumes. This one, "Amphigory Too" volume, contains 20 inimitable Gorey works, and is the second of three collections published during Gorey's lifetime, the other two being:
.. "Amphigory" .. "Amphigory Also"
The fourth volume, "Amphigory Again" is a posthumous collection of his work. The volumes are not connected in any way other than all being Gorey's work, and may be enjoyed independently, and in any order.Read more ›
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Wonderful collection of twenty Gorey works, most of which I have reviewed individually (qv). With their Gothic art work and strange storylines, these vary - in my opinion - from *5 to *3. Gorey includes a couple of little tales translated from French, with his illustrations. 1) The Beastly Baby: "capable of making only two sorts of noises, both of them nasty" - its owners are forever foiled by officious people, when they attempt to abandon it. Until one day... 2)The Nursery Frieze: Rows of strange, black (cow?)like creatures, interposed with most un-nursery type words - chalcedony; plumbago; wapentake... 3) The Pious Infant: My favourite of the whole book, following a sanctimonious little tot : "He used to go through books and carefully blot out any places where there was a frivolous mention of the Deity." But when he goes out in the snow to give his bread pudding to an unfortunate widow, he meets a sorry end... 4) The Evil Garden (very 'Little Shop of Horrors') - expect scary plants and creatures in this pleasant park: "Alexa watches while her Aunt Is pulled feet first inside a plant." 5) The Inanimate Story : a kind of Greek tragedy where the players include needles, buttons and a pen nib. 6)The Gilded Bat: A ballerina's rise to fame 7)The Iron Tonic : (or A Winter Afternoon in a Lonely Valley) - Very bleak and strange, set near a sanatorium ("It's known the skating pond conceals A family of enormous eels") 8)The Osbick Bird: Very reminiscent of Edward Lear's nonsense verse - tale of Emblus Fingby and his feathered friend ("The years passed by in pressing weeds And making bell-pulls out of beads.) 9) The Chinese Obelisks (printed in both rudimentary sketch form and finished version.Read more ›
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The gluing on the spine is a bit weak. The collection inside is splendid though. The sizing of the pages chosen perfect as well. Great quality of print as I was able to compare the reproduction with the originals showing here in Chicago at Loyola. Recommended but would purchase hardcover instead.
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The contents of Gorey's collections with personal rates for each work:
AMPHIGOREY: The Unstrung Harp (1953) ========================= ****1/2 The Listing Attic (1954) ========================= ***** The Doubtful Guest (1957) ======================== ****1/2 The Object-Lesson (1958) ========================= **** The Bug Book (1959) ============================== ***1/2 The Fatal Lozenge (1960) ========================= ***** The Hapless Child (1961) ========================= ***** The Curious Sofa (1961) ========================== ****1/2 The Willowdale Handcar (1962) ==================== ****1/2 The Gashlycrumb Tinies (1963) ==================== ***** The Insect God (1963) ============================ ***** The West Wing (1963) ============================= ***1/2 The Wuggly Ump (1963) ============================ ****1/2 The Sinking Spell (1964) ========================= ****1/2 The Remembered Visit (1965) ====================== ****
AMPHIGOREY TOO: The Beastly Baby (1962) =================== ***** The Nursery Frieza (1964) ================= - The Pious Infant (1966) =================== ****1/2 The Evil Garden (1966) ==================== ****1/2 The Inanimate Tragedy (1966) ============== **** The Gilded Bat (1966) ===================== **** The Iron Tonic (1969) ===================== **** The Osbick Bird (1970) ==================== ****1/2 The Chinese Obelisks (Sketch) (1970) ====== *** The Chinese Obelisks (1970) =============== **** The Deranged Cousins (1970) =============== ****1/2 The Eleventh Episode (1971) =============== **** The Untitled Book (1971) ================== ***1/2 The Lavander Leotard =====================...Read more ›
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