Amphigorey: Fifteen Books
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".
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".
Artwork Details
- Title: Amphigorey: Fifteen Books
- Author: Edward Gorey (American, Chicago 1925–2000 Cape Cod)
- Illustrator: Edward Gorey (American, Chicago 1925–2000 Cape Cod)
- Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York
- Date: 1972
- Medium: Illustrations: commercial reproductions of original drawings
- Dimensions: 11 1/4 × 8 3/16 × 1 in. (28.6 × 20.8 × 2.6 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Administrative Purchase Fund, 1974
- Object Number: 1974.694
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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