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The Gashlycrumb Tinies

An A to Z of Poor Little Orphans


  • Bloomsbury
  • 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.
Description

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.

The Gashlycrumb Tinies

The Gashlycrumb Tinies

€16.95