Gorey, Edward 1925-2000

Overview

Works:	1,240 works in 2,614 publications in 6 languages and 70,941 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Juvenile works Poetry Science fiction Humorous poetry History Sources Criticism, interpretation, etc Literature Detective and mystery fiction
Roles:	Author, Editor, Illustrator, Creator, Signer, Instrumentalist, Artist, Designer, Set designer , Author of introduction, Other
Classifications:	PR5774, FIC

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Edward Gorey

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 )
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 )
Category : fifty drawings by Edward Gorey( Book )
Gorey's worlds by Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art( Book )
Amphigorey too by Edward Gorey( Book )
The Gorey end by Martyn Jacques( Recording )
Amphigorey also by Edward Gorey( Book )
The world of Edward Gorey by Clifford Ross( Book )
The black doll : a silent screenplay by Edward Gorey( Book )
The betrayed confidence : seven series of Dogear Wryde postcards by Edward Gorey( Book )
Thoughtful alphabets : The just dessert & The deadly blotter by Edward Gorey( Book )
The dripping faucet : fourteen hundred & fifty eight tiny, tedious, & terrible tales by Edward Gorey( Book )
The lost lions by Edward Gorey( Book )
The betrayed confidence revisited : ten series of postcards by Edward Gorey( Book )
Les urnes utiles 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 )

24 editions published between 1973 and 2008 in English and German and held by 2,518 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 )

20 editions published between 1967 and 2015 in English and held by 2,337 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

The shrinking of Treehorn by Florence Parry Heide( Book )

34 editions published between 1971 and 2015 in 6 languages and held by 1,577 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A boy discovers he is shrinking but doesn't know why

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

1 edition published in 1959 in English and held by 1,397 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 1,373 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

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

8 editions published between 1926 and 2005 in English and held by 1,121 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A suspenseful account of the experiences of a single man during the invasion of Earth by Martians in 1894

Summer switch by Mary Rodgers( Book )

2 editions published between 1982 and 1984 in English and held by 1,095 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

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

8 editions published between 1962 and 1987 in English and held by 1,052 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

Amphigorey by Edward Gorey( Book )

22 editions published between 1972 and 1991 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,037 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Collects fifteen works by the U.S. artist and author Edward Gorey, providing a journey into a macabre world. --

The ghost in the mirror by John Bellairs( Book )

5 editions published between 1993 and 1994 in English and held by 1,034 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 spell of the sorcerer's skull by John Bellairs( Book )

6 editions published between 1984 and 2004 in English and held by 1,032 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 eyes of the killer robot by John Bellairs( Book )

11 editions published between 1986 and 1998 in English and held by 1,028 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 972 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Excerpts from original sources (including letters, journals, and essays) are translated here for students of art history. Each selection is preceded by a brief biography of the author. [Review, Oberlin Art Library Staff, BQP 12July2001]

Treehorn's treasure by Florence Parry Heide( Book )

20 editions published between 1981 and 2010 in 6 languages and held by 916 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 910 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 895 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A billion for Boris by Mary Rodgers( Book )

1 edition published in 1974 in English and held by 870 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 860 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 where a group plots the destruction of the people of Earth

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

1 edition published in 1959 in English and held by 842 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

2 editions published in 1961 in English and held by 779 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of twenty-five humorous and nonsense poems

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