Gorey, Edward 1925-2000

Overview

Works:	1,411 works in 2,764 publications in 6 languages and 74,169 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Juvenile works Poetry Science fiction Detective and mystery fiction Humorous poetry History Fantasy fiction War fiction Novels
Roles:	Author, Illustrator, Editor, Creator, Other, Signer, Artist, Instrumentalist, Designer, Author of introduction, Lyricist, Set designer
Classifications:	PR5774, FIC

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Edward Gorey

Born to be posthumous : the eccentric life and mysterious genius of Edward Gorey by Mark Dery( Book )
Ascending peculiarity : Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey : interviews by Edward Gorey( Book )
Elegant enigmas : the art of Edward Gorey by Karen Wilkin( Book )
The strange case of Edward Gorey by Alexander Theroux( Book )
Edward Gorey : his book cover art & design by Steven Heller( Book )

Gorey's worlds by Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art( Book )
Floating worlds : the letters of Edward Gorey & Peter F. Neumeyer by Edward Gorey( Book )
The broken spoke by Edward Gorey( Book )
Gorey posters by Edward Gorey( Book )
Amphigorey too by Edward Gorey( Book )
Amphigorey also by Edward Gorey( Book )
The Gorey end by Martyn Jacques( Recording )
The world of Edward Gorey by Clifford Ross( Book )
The black doll : a silent screenplay by Edward Gorey( Book )
Category : fifty drawings by Edward Gorey( Book )
The betrayed confidence : seven series of Dogear Wryde postcards by Edward Gorey( Book )
Category : fifty drawings by Edward Gorey( Book )
Thoughtful alphabets : The just dessert & The deadly blotter by Edward Gorey( Book )
The lost lions by Edward Gorey( Book )
L'heure bleue by Edward Gorey( Book )

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Most widely held works by Edward Gorey

The house with a clock in its walls by John Bellairs( Book )

26 editions published between 1973 and 2018 in English and German and held by 3,114 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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! Orphaned Lewis Barnavelt comes to live with his Uncle Jonathan and quickly learns that both his uncle and his next-door neighbor are witches on a quest to discover the terrifying clock ticking within the walls of Jonathan's house. Can the three of them save the world from certain destruction?

Old Possum's book of practical cats by T. S Eliot( Book )

22 editions published between 1967 and 2015 in English and held by 2,327 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

These playful verses by a celebrated poet have delighted readers and cat lovers around the world ever since they were gathered for publication in 1939. As Valerie Eliot has pointed out, there are a number of references to cats in T.S. Eliot's work, but it was to his godchildren, particularly Tom Faber and Alison Tandy, in the 1930s, that he first revealed himself as "Old Possum" and for whom he composed his poems; later inspired Andrew Lloyd Webber's legendary musical "Cats"

The shrinking of Treehorn by Florence Parry Heide( Book )

33 editions published between 1971 and 2017 in 6 languages and held by 1,486 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A boy discovers he is shrinking but does not know the cause or cure

Basic writings on politics and philosophy by Karl Marx( Book )

1 edition published in 1959 in English and held by 1,371 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The American transcendentalists : their prose and poetry by Perry Miller( Book )

1 edition published in 1957 in English and held by 1,358 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Anthology of works by New England writers of the early 1800's

You read to me, I'll read to you by John Ciardi( Book )

11 editions published between 1932 and 1987 in English and held by 1,326 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Humorous poems to read aloud to children alternating with poems beginning readers can read themselves. Grades 1-4

The spell of the sorcerer's skull by John Bellairs( Book )

7 editions published between 1984 and 2004 in English and held by 1,239 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The disappearance of Professor Childermass prompts Johnny Dixon to search for clues--a tiny skull among them--which unleash demonic forces and lead Johnny to a confrontation with terror on a deserted Maine island

The war of the worlds by H. G Wells( Book )

8 editions published between 1926 and 2005 in English and held by 1,100 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When a Martian spacecraft lands on Woking Common, mankind is terrorized by aliens in tall, armored capsules which stalk the countryside on three legs. The machines wreak havoc on London and the Southern Counties, and survivors are driven underground. Scientist John Nicholson tells how he was plunged into a paralyzing nightmare of stark terror, savage madness and utter destruction

Summer switch by Mary Rodgers( Book )

2 editions published between 1982 and 1984 in English and held by 1,045 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A boy and his father literally find themselves in each other's shoes

The ghost in the mirror by John Bellairs( Book )

4 editions published between 1993 and 1994 in English and held by 997 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Rose Rita Pottinger and Mrs. Zimmermann are transported back to 1828 to save the Weiss family from being destroyed by a wicked wizard

The eyes of the killer robot by John Bellairs( Book )

11 editions published between 1986 and 1998 in English and held by 977 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thirteen-year-old Johnny Dixon is put in jeopardy when he and Professor Childermass try to find a robot made many years ago by an evil wizard

A documentary history of art by Elizabeth Basye Gilmore Holt( Book )

in English and held by 929 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Volume 1. The theoretical & practical writings of the artists, architects, clerics & philosophers of the tenth through the sixteenth centuries, which provide the background to the artistic life of the time

Treehorn's treasure by Florence Parry Heide( Book )

18 editions published between 1981 and 2011 in 6 languages and held by 881 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"For one brief day the leaves of the maple tree in Treehorn's backyard turn into dollar bills." -- Title page verso

The trolley to yesterday by John Bellairs( Book )

5 editions published between 1989 and 2004 in English and held by 874 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Johnny Dixon and Professor Childermass discover a trolley which transports them back to Constantinople in 1453 as the Turks are invading the Byzantine Empire

Echoes of bats and men by Donald R Griffin( Book )

1 edition published in 1959 in English and held by 870 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A billion for Boris by Mary Rodgers( Book )

1 edition published in 1974 in English and held by 843 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When they discover an old TV that plays tomorrow's programs, fourteen-year-old Annabel and her fifteen-year-old friend Boris try to use it to help mankind and earn money to renovate Boris' eccentric mother

The mansion in the mist by John Bellairs( Book )

7 editions published between 1992 and 2004 in English and held by 836 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

While spending the summer in an old house on a desolate Canadian island, Anthony Monday and Miss Eells discover a chest that can transport them to another world and a maniacal group who are plotting the destructon of people on Earth

How old is the earth? by Patrick M Hurley( Book )

1 edition published in 1959 in English and held by 791 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Selected poems and letters of Emily Dickinson : together with Thomas Wentworth Higginson's account of his correspondence with the poet and his visit to her in Amherst by Emily Dickinson( Book )

1 edition published in 1959 in English and held by 778 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Unpublished in her lifetime and unknown at her death in 1886, Emily Dickinson stands today in the front rank of American poets. While she lived as a recluse in her father's house in Amherst, Massachusetts, she dedicated herself to writing her "letter to the world" - the 1,775 poems she left at her death. At her sister's instigation, a small volume of these was published in 1891, to be followed by two more, and then two volumes of her letters. More poems appeared in 1914 and again during the twenties, when her place in literature was at last recognized. Finally, in 1950, Harvard University bought all available manuscripts and publishing rights and has since issued, in six volumes, the complete poems and letters, as well as the only contemporary description we have of the poet - Thomas Wentworth Higginson's account of his correspondence with and visit to Emily Dickinson - is designed for readers who want the best of the poems and the most interesting of the letters in convenient form. -- Publisher description

The man who sang the sillies by John Ciardi( Book )

2 editions published in 1961 in English and held by 767 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of twenty-five humorous and nonsense poems

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