Amphigorey: Fifteen Books
Author Edward Gorey American
Illustrator Edward Gorey American
Publisher G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York American
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Author's note: "Amphigorey" is made up of books first / published between 1953 and 1965. They are / now difficult and often expensive to come / by: hence this compilation. Its title is / taken from amphigory, or amphigouri, / meaning a nonsense verse or composition. / E.G.
Contents: "The Unstrung Harp", "The Listing Attic", "The Doubtful Guest", "The Object-Lesson", "The Bug Book", "The Fatal Lozenge", "The Hapless Child", "The Curious Sofa", "The Willowdale Handcar", "The Gashlycrumb Tinies", "The Insect God", "The West Wing", "The Wuggly Ump", "The Sinking Spell", "The Remembered Visit".