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The Gashlycrumb Tinies

An A to Z of Poor Little Orphans


  • Bloomsbury
  • by Edward Gorey
The Gashlycrumb Tinies is a rhyming alphabet unlike any other: melancholy, strange and quite phantasmagorically witty. A is for AMY who fell down the stairsn right up to ZILLAH, who drank too much gin... an A to Z of poor little orphans and their untimely ends. This cult book by Edward Gorey - the genius who inspired Tim Burton, Neil Gaiman and Guillermo Del Toro - was first published in 1963. This edition of the book comes in a special slipcase with ribbon.

ISBN 9781408891421 | E | HB
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Publisher Bloomsbury
ISBN 9781408891421
Author(s) Edward Gorey
Publication date October 2019
Edition Hardback
Dimensions 152 x 127 mm
Pages 64
Language(s) Eng. ed.
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The cult book by Edward Gorey – the genius who inspired Tim Burton, Neil Gaiman and Guillermo Del Toro
Text and illustrations first published in 1963

The Gashlycrumb Tinies is a rhyming alphabet unlike any other: melancholy, strange and quite phantasmagorically witty.

A is for AMY who fell down the stairs
B is for BASIL assaulted by bears
C is for CLARA who wasted away...

... and so it goes on, an A to Z of poor little orphans and their untimely ends. Right up to ZILLAH, who drank too much gin.


This edition of the book comes in a special slipcase with ribbon.