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Edward Gorey (1925–2000)

Author of Amphigorey

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Works by Edward Gorey
Amphigorey 2,555 copies, 35 reviews
The Gashlycrumb Tinies 2,291 copies, 51 reviews
Amphigorey also 1,713 copies, 23 reviews
Amphigorey Too 1,402 copies, 18 reviews
The Doubtful Guest 830 copies, 25 reviews
Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey 690 copies, 13 reviews
The Curious Sofa: A Pornographic Work by Ogdred Weary 657 copies, 12 reviews
The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas 623 copies, 14 reviews
The Haunted Looking Glass: Ghost Stories Chosen by Edward Gorey (Editor & illustrator) 591 copies, 8 reviews
The Epiplectic Bicycle 582 copies, 11 reviews
Amphigorey Again 557 copies, 14 reviews
The Unstrung Harp 549 copies, 17 reviews
The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation for the False Millennium 452 copies, 9 reviews
The Shrinking of Treehorn (Illustrator) 330 copies, 6 reviews
The Iron Tonic, or A Winter Afternoon in Lonely Valley 330 copies, 6 reviews
The Secrets: Volume One; The Other Statue 300 copies, 8 reviews
The Willowdale Handcar: or the Return of the Black Doll 272 copies, 11 reviews
Rumpelstiltskin (Illustrator) 268 copies, 3 reviews
The Object-Lesson 253 copies, 10 reviews
The Awdrey-Gore Legacy 212 copies, 32 reviews
Elephant House: Or, The Home of Edward Gorey 209 copies, 3 reviews
The Recently Deflowered Girl: The Right Thing to Say on Every Dubious… 207 copies, 5 reviews
The Dwindling Party 199 copies, 2 reviews
The Hapless Child 182 copies, 10 reviews
The Gilded Bat 179 copies, 6 reviews
The Glorious Nosebleed 174 copies, 6 reviews
The Treehorn Trilogy: The Shrinking of Treehorn, Treehorn's Treasure, and… (Illustrator) 162 copies, 19 reviews
The Evil Garden 155 copies, 29 reviews
Dracula: A Toy Theatre 144 copies
The Sopping Thursday 138 copies, 5 reviews
The Fantod Pack 134 copies, 1 review
Category: Fifty Drawings by Edward Gorey 129 copies, 5 reviews
The Blue Aspic 122 copies, 6 reviews
The Eclectic Abecedarium 105 copies, 5 reviews
The West Wing 101 copies, 6 reviews
The Wuggly Ump 101 copies, 8 reviews
The Raging Tide: Or, the Black Doll's Imbroglio 100 copies, 5 reviews
The Loathsome Couple 99 copies, 6 reviews
Dancing Cats and Neglected Murderesses 98 copies, 4 reviews
The Utter Zoo Alphabet 92 copies, 3 reviews
The Water Flowers 88 copies, 4 reviews
The Black Doll: A Silent Screenplay 80 copies, 13 reviews
The Betrayed Confidence: Seven Series of Dogear Wryde Postcards 76 copies, 4 reviews
The Beastly Baby 74 copies, 6 reviews
The Insect God 73 copies, 6 reviews
A Halloween Treat 71 copies, 10 reviews
The Remembered Visit: A Story Taken from Life 63 copies, 4 reviews
The Broken Spoke 63 copies, 4 reviews
Gorey Games 63 copies, 1 review
Edward Gorey: His Book Cover Art and Design (Illustrator) 61 copies, 1 review
The Lost Lions 59 copies, 24 reviews
The Tunnel Calamity 55 copies, 1 review
Saint Melissa the Mottled 54 copies, 6 reviews
The Listing Attic and The Unstrung Harp 52 copies, 4 reviews
The Fatal Lozenge 51 copies, 4 reviews
The Utter Zoo Alphabet: A Book of Postcards 48 copies
The Glorious Nosebleed: A Book of Postcards 46 copies, 1 review
The Sinking Spell 46 copies, 6 reviews
Thoughtful Alphabets: The Just Dessert and The Deadly Blotter 41 copies, 5 reviews
The Helpless Doorknob: A Shuffled Story 41 copies, 1 review
Gorey x 3 38 copies
The Osbick Bird 34 copies, 5 reviews
The Bug Book 32 copies, 6 reviews
Fletcher and Zenobia Save the Circus 31 copies
The Listing Attic 31 copies, 1 review
Fletcher and Zenobia 30 copies, 1 review
The Vinegar Works (BoX Set) (Three Volumes of Moral Instruction : The… 27 copies
Gorey Children: A Book of Postcards 25 copies
The Disrespectful Summons 23 copies, 4 reviews
Edward Gorey: The New Poster Book 21 copies
The Lavender Leotard 21 copies, 5 reviews
The Deranged Cousins, or, Whatever 19 copies, 4 reviews
Penny Candy (Illustrator) 19 copies, 2 reviews
The Gorey Alphabet 19 copies, 2 reviews
The Adventures of Gremlin (Illustrator) 18 copies
Gorey posters 17 copies
The Pious Infant 17 copies, 4 reviews
Mysterious Messages, Cryptic Cards, Coded Conundrums, Anonymous Notes Book… 16 copies
Edward Gorey: Coloring Book 14 copies
The Eleventh Episode 14 copies, 4 reviews
The Inanimate Tragedy 14 copies, 3 reviews
Leaves From a Mislaid Album 14 copies, 3 reviews
Gorey Cats and Paper Dolls 14 copies
Edward Gorey Sticker Book 13 copies
The Untitled Book 13 copies, 4 reviews
The Abandoned Sock 13 copies, 4 reviews
Gorey Creatures: A Book of Postcards 12 copies
The Angel, The Automobilist, and Eighteen Others 12 copies
The Chinese Obelisks 12 copies, 4 reviews
A Gorey Festival 11 copies
A Limerick 11 copies, 3 reviews
A mercurial bear 10 copies
The Unknown Vegetable 10 copies, 3 reviews
The Tuning Fork 10 copies
The Gashlycrumb Tinies : 1998 Deluxe Engagement Book 10 copies
The Salt Herring 10 copies, 3 reviews
L'Heure bleue 10 copies
Q.R.V. 9 copies
The Prune People II 9 copies
The Stupid Joke 8 copies, 3 reviews
The Betrayed Confidence Revisited: Ten Series of Postcards 8 copies, 1 review
The Dripping Faucet 8 copies
Edward Gorey: Verse Advice: A Book for Recording Birthdays and Other… 8 copies
The Utter Zoo Alphabet 8 copies
The Chinese Obelisks: 1999 Deluxe Engagement Book 8 copies
The Prune People 8 copies, 3 reviews
The lugubrious Library 8 copies
The Green Beads 8 copies, 3 reviews
Gorey Journal 7 copies, 1 review
Nursery Frieze, The 7 copies
Les Urnes Utiles 7 copies, 4 reviews
Gorey Rare 2007 Engagement Calendar: Thirty-Two Little-Known Works by… 6 copies
Old Possum's book of practical cats calendar for 1989 (Illustrator) 6 copies
Sekopäiset serkukset ja muita tarinoita 6 copies, 1 review
The Improvable Landscape 6 copies
La Balade Troublante 6 copies
Ominous Gathering: Eleventh Episode 5 copies
The Story for Sara 5 copies
Gorey-in-a-box: amphigorey & amphigorey too 5 copies
The fantod works 5 copies
The Just Dessert: Thoughtful Alphabet XI 5 copies
The deadly blotter : thoughtful alphabet xvii 5 copies
Edward Gorey 2004 Calendar: The Doubtful Guest and Stupid Joke 5 copies
Edward Gorey- Panoramic Boxed Notecards 4 copies
An Ominous Gathering 4 copies
Edward Gorey Address Book 4 copies
Edward Gorey's The West Wing 4 copies, 1 review
Les Echanges Malandreux 4 copies
The Retrieved Locket 4 copies
Figbash Acrobate 4 copies, 3 reviews
Les Passementeries Horribles 3 copies
Giftskåpet : tre betänkliga bilderböcker 3 copies
The Pointless Book: or, Nature & Art 3 copies
The Catafalque Works 3 copies
The Dream World of Dion McGregor 3 copies
Le Melange Funeste 3 copies
Det storslagna näsblodet: och andra historier 3 copies
Edward Lear's the Jumblies 2008 Calendar 3 copies
Poems About the Weather 3 copies
Jack the Giant-Killer (Lucky Mini-Book Vol. 4) 3 copies
The Edward Gorey bestiary: 1984 engagement calendar 3 copies
Edward Gorey Neglected Murderesses 2001 Calendar 3 copies
Edward Gorey 2010 Postcard Calendar 3 copies
Neglected Murderesses & The Deranged Cousins: 2006 Calendar 3 copies
L'ospite sgradito e altri 12 racconti sull'umorismo nero 3 copies
Edward Gorey: Postcard Box 3 copies
Q.R.V. Hikuptah: A Dozen Dogear Wyrde Postcards 3 copies
Edward Gorey 2012 Postcard Calendar 2 copies
Edward Gorey untitled jigsaw puzzle 2 copies
Edward Gorey 2011 Postcard Calendar 2 copies
Edward Gorey puzzle 2 copies
Neglected Murderesses Pocket Diary 2003 2 copies
Edward Gorey 2019 Calendar 2 copies
National Lampoon - "The Worsted Monster" (copy 2) 2 copies
The Gashlycrumb Tinies 2012 Calendar (Wall Calendar) 2 copies
F.M.R.A. 2 copies
La niña desdichada 2 copies
Edward Gorey : The blue aspic: 2005 engagement calendar 2 copies
Quatro estorias 2 copies
The Edward Gorey Calendar for 1980, featuring Gorey Details 2 copies
National Lampoon 2 copies
Looking for Edward Gorey (Artist) 2 copies
Three Books from the Fantod Press: The Deranged Cousins; The Untitled… 2 copies
The Fraught Settee 2 copies
The Doleful Domesticity: Another Novel 2 copies
La procaz intimación 2 copies
The Grand Passion: A Novel 2 copies
Edward Gorey the Gilded Bat 2002 Calendar 2 copies
Gorey Cats Pocket 2005 Calendar 1 copy
Gorey Cats 2004 Calendar 1 copy
Three Books from the Fantod Press #2. The Chinese Obelisks; The Osbick… 1 copy
An Ominous Gathering [7 Box Set 1] 1 copy
I, Gorey - Musings on the Letter I 1 copy
Wrap it up jigsaw puzzle 1 copy
Edward Gorey 2019 Engagement Calendar 1 copy
Edward Gorey 2018 Wall Calendar 1 copy
2017 Edward Gorey Wall Calendar 1 copy
Bibliophile with Cats Jigsaw Puzzle 1 copy
The Floating Elephant 1 copy
THE SECRETS: VOLUME ONE. THE OTHER STATUE. A Volume in the Catafalque… 1 copy
Edward Gorey 2022 Wall Calendar 1 copy
¡Qué absurdo!: La curiosa historia de Edward Gorey (La pequeña… 1 copy
E.D. Ward: A Mercurial Bear 1 copy
Samuel und Emma (kinder-detebe) 1 copy
The Dark Beasts and Eight Other Stories from the Hound of Tindalos 1 copy
Mysterious Messages by Edward Gorey Boxed Notecards 1 copy
Gertrude Stein as a Child decorates a dog for Christmas 1 copy
The Trouble with Tribbles: a Television Adaptation 1 copy
Pamiętna wizyta i inne utwory 1 copy
Cat Fancy 1 copy
Edward Gorey, une anthologie 1 copy
Edward Gorey's Book Covers Puzzle 1000 1 copy
Loving 1 copy
Interpretive Series: Dogear Wyrde Postcards 1 copy
Edward Gorey Cats Postcard 1 copy
"Dracula ; 1978 Tony "Dracula: 1978 Tony Award Winner" (Theater Program -… 1 copy
Alms for Oblivion Series: Dogear Wyrde Postcards 1 copy
"Gorey Details," P.57, Fine Books & Collections Magazine, Issue12.03,… 1 copy
The Dancing Rock 1 copy
El Curioso Sofá 1 copy
Gorey's Dracula Playbill 1 copy
Das kleine ABC vom Unglück (Kunst) 1 copy
The Gashlycrumb Tinies 2003 Engagement Calendar 1 copy
National Lampoon - "A Heart-warming Christmas" 1 copy
Dessert at the Belvedere 1 copy
Harper's Magazine - "American Futures, Remembered and Foretold:… 1 copy
The Floating Elephant / The Dancing Rock 1 copy
Two Novels: The Grand Passion and Doleful Domesticity 1 copy
Gorey/Gashlycrumb Tinies 2010 Calendar 1 copy
The New York Times Magazine - "Edward Gorey's Christmas Carol" 1 copy
The Edward Gorey Calendar For 1979 1 copy
National Postcard Week May 6-12 1984 1 copy
Gorey Bat 1 copy
National Postcard Week May 4-10 1986 1 copy
Calender for 1996 Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (Illustrator) 1 copy
Edward Gorey Mystery 2007 Calendar 1 copy
Artist of mystery : original works 1 copy
Rogue Magazine 1 copy
The Other Statue 2008 Calendar 1 copy
Edward Gorey 2008 Postcard Planner 1 copy
A Gorey Year 2007 Calendar: 365 Days of the Art and Words of Edward Gorey 1 copy
The Utter Zoo Alphabet 2004 Calendar 1 copy
The Deranged Cousins (2002 Calendar) 1 copy
Edward Gorey Calendar 2003: The Deranged Cousins 1 copy
Amphigorey I, II, III 1 copy
Depressed Penquin 1 copy
Holiday Magazine 1 copy
National Lampoon Vol 20 1971 November 1 copy
Hertha Strugg's fifth Christmas 1 copy
Evergreen 1 copy
House & Garden 1 copy
Die entschwundenen Löwen und Das lavendelfarbene Trikot. 1 copy
Der Ospickvogel und Das Buch ohne Titel 1 copy
Das Gräßliche Baby und Das fromme Kind Heini Klump, von Frau Regera… 1 copy
Edward Gorey 2015 Wall Calendar 1 copy
Menaced Objects: Dogear Wryde Postcards 1 copy
Die besessenen Vettern und Das Eisen-Tonikum oder Ein Winternachmittag im… 1 copy
Fantod IV 1 copy
36 Feline-Themed Gift Cards, Designs by Edward Gorey 1 copy
Die elfte Episode und Die respektlose Aufforderung 1 copy
Die seelenlose Tragödie und Die horriblen Posamenterien. 1 copy
Die verkommene Socke und Blätter aus einem verlegten Album 1 copy
Tragédies Topiares 1 copy
Zuckerträume 1 copy
Edward Gorey: 1999 Wall Calendar 1 copy
The Glorious Nosebleed Calendar 2004 1 copy
The Metropolitan Opera Magnet Collection 1 copy
Season Greetings Bromer Booksellers 1996 1 copy
Gorey Endings Calendar of 1979 1 copy
Edward Gorey 2011 Mini Wall Calendar - The Osbick Bird 1 copy
Octárna a jiné příběhy 1 copy
The Broken Spine 1 copy
RUMPELSTILZCHEN Three (3) cards 1 copy
Gorey Stories 1 copy
Gorey Pig 1 copy
Whatever Next? 1 copy
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Dracula (Illustrator, some editions) 29,635 copies, 550 reviews
The War of the Worlds (Cover designer, some editions) 15,809 copies, 283 reviews
Bleak House (Illustrator, some editions) 12,304 copies, 227 reviews
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Cover artist, some editions) 9,980 copies, 269 reviews
Tom Jones (Cover designer, some editions) 7,356 copies, 83 reviews
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (Illustrator, some editions) 5,977 copies, 82 reviews
The Secret Agent (Cover designer, some editions) 5,912 copies, 96 reviews
Lucky Jim (Cover designer, some editions) 5,377 copies, 140 reviews
The 39 Steps (Illustrator, some editions) 4,781 copies, 170 reviews
A Hero of Our Time (Cover artist, some editions) 3,378 copies, 56 reviews
Le Grand Meaulnes (Cover artist, some editions) 3,088 copies, 71 reviews
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Cover artist, some editions) 3,033 copies, 73 reviews
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Cover designer, some editions) 2,226 copies, 25 reviews
Victory (Cover artist, some editions; Typography, some editions) 2,199 copies, 29 reviews
Amerika (Cover artist, some editions) 2,114 copies, 10 reviews
The House with a Clock in Its Walls (Illustrator, some editions) 2,100 copies, 71 reviews
What Maisie Knew (Cover designer, some editions) 1,929 copies, 37 reviews
The Book of the Courtier (typography, some editions) 1,907 copies, 13 reviews
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (Typography, some editions) 1,771 copies, 14 reviews
Troilus and Cressida (Cover designer, some editions) 1,678 copies, 6 reviews
Either/Or: A Fragment of Life (Cover design and typography, some editions) 1,655 copies, 12 reviews
You Can't Go Home Again (Cover artist, some editions) 1,587 copies, 25 reviews
Three Hearts and Three Lions (Cover artist, some editions) 1,252 copies, 23 reviews
The Vatican Cellars (Cover artist, some editions) 1,239 copies, 19 reviews
Freaky Friday (Cover artist, some editions) 1,224 copies, 13 reviews
Fear and Trembling / The Sickness Unto Death (Cover lettering, some editions) 1,116 copies, 3 reviews
Black Hearts in Battersea (Cover artist, some editions) 1,000 copies, 19 reviews
Thus Was Adonis Murdered (Cover artist, some editions) 997 copies, 33 reviews
Nightbirds on Nantucket (Cover artist, some editions) 810 copies, 15 reviews
The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories (Cover artist, some editions) 796 copies, 4 reviews
Thérèse Desqueyroux (Cover designer, some editions) 751 copies, 17 reviews
The Shortest Way to Hades (Cover artist, some editions) 711 copies, 16 reviews
In Search of Dracula: The History of Dracula and Vampires (Cover artist, some editions) 711 copies, 10 reviews
The Sibyl in Her Grave (Cover artist, some editions) 707 copies, 16 reviews
The Curse of the Blue Figurine (some editions) 692 copies, 15 reviews
The Sirens Sang of Murder (Cover artist, some editions) 680 copies, 14 reviews
Chance: A Tale in Two Parts (Cover artist, some editions) 674 copies, 10 reviews
Dream of the Red Chamber [Abridged] (Typography, some editions) 671 copies, 8 reviews
The Awkward Age (Cover artist, some editions) 662 copies, 2 reviews
The Discovery of India (Typographer, some editions) 624 copies, 8 reviews
The Complete Poems of Hart Crane (Typography, some editions) 600 copies, 4 reviews
Cold Hand in Mine: Strange Stories (Jacket Illustration, some editions) 562 copies, 7 reviews
From Ritual to Romance (Typographer, some editions) 560 copies, 4 reviews
Redburn: His First Voyage, Being the Sailor-Boy, Confessions and… (Cover artist, some editions) 528 copies, 7 reviews
Dark Forces (Contributor) 510 copies, 5 reviews
A Christmas Carol / The Chimes (Illustrator, some editions) 506 copies, 7 reviews
The Captain’s Daughter and Other Stories (Cover artist, some editions) 496 copies, 1 review
The Ancient City: A Study on the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of… (Cover designer, some editions) 492 copies, 9 reviews
The Stolen Lake (Cover artist, some editions) 490 copies, 12 reviews
The Organization Man (Typographer, some editions) 479 copies, 2 reviews
The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt (Illustrator, some editions) 472 copies, 10 reviews
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural: A Treasury of Spellbinding… (Cover artist) 461 copies, 3 reviews
The Web and the Rock (Cover artist, some editions) 459 copies, 5 reviews
The Cuckoo Tree (Cover artist, some editions) 459 copies, 9 reviews
The Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull (Illustrator, some editions) 453 copies, 7 reviews
The Trolley to Yesterday (Illustrator, some editions) 414 copies, 5 reviews
What Is to Be Done? (Cover artist, some editions) 409 copies, 11 reviews
Dido and Pa (Cover artist, some editions) 371 copies, 6 reviews
The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn (Cover artist, some editions) 368 copies, 8 reviews
The Splendid Century: Life in the France of Louis XIV (Typographer, some editions) 335 copies, 5 reviews
The Dark Secret of Weatherend (some editions) 332 copies, 3 reviews
The Chessmen of Doom (Illustrator, some editions) 332 copies, 6 reviews
Greek Tragedy (Cover artist [uncredited], some editions) 329 copies, 1 review
The Ghost in the Mirror (Illustrator, some editions; Cover artist, some editions) 329 copies, 10 reviews
The Mansion in the Mist (Illustrator, some editions) 315 copies, 6 reviews
The Eyes of the Killer Robot (Illustrator, some editions) 313 copies, 8 reviews
The Revenge of the Wizard's Ghost (Illustrator, some editions) 301 copies, 4 reviews
Darwin, Marx, Wagner: Critique of a Heritage (Typography, some editions) 290 copies, 2 reviews
Ghosts: A Treasury of Chilling Tales Old & New (Cover artist) 288 copies, 2 reviews
Come Back, Dr. Caligari (Cover artist, some editions) 282 copies, 2 reviews
The Secret of the Underground Room (Cover artist, some editions) 282 copies, 6 reviews
The Lamp From the Warlock's Tomb (Illustrator, some editions) 280 copies, 5 reviews
Thérèse: A Portrait in Four Parts (Cover designer, some editions) 278 copies, 4 reviews
History Begins at Sumer (Cover and typography, some editions) 265 copies, 8 reviews
An Introduction to Haiku: An Anthology of Poems and Poets from Basho to… (Designer, some editions) 253 copies, 2 reviews
Witches & Warlocks: Tales of Black Magic, Old & New (Cover artist, some editions) 248 copies, 4 reviews
Is Underground (Cover artist, some editions) 245 copies, 6 reviews
Devils & Demons: A Treasury of Fiendish Tales Old & New (Cover artist) 234 copies, 2 reviews
Rumpelstiltskin (Illustrator, some editions) 234 copies, 6 reviews
The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder (Illustrator, some editions) 229 copies, 6 reviews
Cold Shoulder Road (Cover artist, some editions) 210 copies, 7 reviews
Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural (Illustrator) 209 copies, 5 reviews
The Middle of the Journey (Cover designer, some editions) 204 copies, 2 reviews
The Best of John Bellairs: The House with a Clock in Its Walls; The Figure… (Illustrator) 203 copies, 6 reviews
The Drum, the Doll, and the Zombie (Illustrator, some editions) 203 copies, 4 reviews
The Perfect Joy of Saint Francis (Cover designer, some editions) 195 copies, 1 review
Donald Has a Difficulty (Illustrator) 190 copies, 4 reviews
Donald and the... (Illustrator) 187 copies, 4 reviews
The Bell, the Book, and the Spellbinder (some editions) 182 copies, 3 reviews
Painted Devils: Strange Stories (Cover artist, some editions) 180 copies, 3 reviews
Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown: A Treasury of Bizarre Tales Old… (Cover artist) 178 copies, 2 reviews
Freshwater: A Comedy (Illustrator, some editions) 177 copies, 2 reviews
Men and Gods: Myths and Legends of the Ancient Greeks (Illustrator, some editions) 174 copies
The Jumblies (Illustrator, some editions) 173 copies, 2 reviews
Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense (Cover artist, some editions) 171 copies, 2 reviews
The American transcendentalists, their prose and poetry (Cover designer) 171 copies
The Doom of the Haunted Opera (Illustrator, some editions) 170 copies, 4 reviews
Hamlet and Œdipus (Cover artist, some editions) 160 copies
The Anchor Anthology of French Poetry: From Nerval to Valery in English… (Typographer) 154 copies, 2 reviews
Four Existentialist Theologians (Typography, some editions) 149 copies, 1 review
Tocqueville in America (Cover designer, some editions) 145 copies, 2 reviews
The Specter From the Magician's Museum (Lewis Barnavelt) (Illustrator, some editions) 143 copies, 3 reviews
The Silent Executioner (Introduction, some editions) 136 copies
An Elizabethan song book (Cover artist, some editions) 136 copies, 2 reviews
Mystery of the Witches' Bridge (Jacket art, some editions) 128 copies, 4 reviews
Selections from the Writings of Kierkegaard (Cover designer, some editions) 126 copies, 1 review
Floating Worlds: The Letters of Edward Gorey and Peter F. Neumeyer (Contributor) 123 copies, 14 reviews
American Wits: An Anthology of Light Verse (Contributor) 123 copies, 3 reviews
The Portobello Road And Other Stories (Cover artist, some editions) 119 copies
Caste and Class in a Southern Town (Typographer, some editions) 119 copies, 2 reviews
Instant Lives (Illustrator, some editions) 116 copies, 3 reviews
The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing (Cover artist, some editions) 115 copies, 1 review
Summer Switch (Cover artist, some editions) 113 copies, 2 reviews
The Hand of the Necromancer (Illustrator, some editions) 106 copies, 1 review
Passages from Arabia Deserta (Cover designer, some editions) 102 copies
Haunted America: Star-Spangled Supernatural Stories (Cover artist) 97 copies
The Beast Under the Wizard's Bridge (Illustrator, some editions) 97 copies, 1 review
A Clutch of Vampires: These Being Among the Best from History and… (Cover artist, some editions) 96 copies, 2 reviews
The Battles that Changed History (Maps, some editions) 95 copies, 2 reviews
Why We Have Day and Night (Illustrator, some editions) 93 copies, 18 reviews
The Wrath of the Grinning Ghost (Illustrator, some editions) 89 copies, 1 review
Treehorn's Treasure (Illustrator) 84 copies, 1 review
He Was There from the Day We Moved In (Illustrator) 68 copies, 1 review
Who’s Writing This? Notations on the Authorial I, with Self-Portraits… (Contributor) 67 copies
The Age of Madness: The History of Involuntary Mental Hospitalization,… (Cover designer) 62 copies, 1 review
Poor People / A Little Hero (Cover artist) 62 copies, 1 review
Three Classic Children's Stories: Little Red Riding Hood, Jack the… (Illustrator) 57 copies, 19 reviews
Brer Rabbit and His Tricks (Illustrator, some editions) 56 copies
Merry, Rose, and Christmas-Tree June (Illustrator) 55 copies
Roman Imperial Civilisation (Typography, some editions) 53 copies
The Restless Atom: The Awakening of Nuclear Physics (Typographer, some editions) 53 copies, 1 review
Sam and Emma. (Illustrator) 51 copies, 2 reviews
The Best of John Bellairs 2: The Johnny Dixon Mysteries (Illustrator, some editions) 49 copies
My Mother's House and The Vagabond (Cover designer, some editions) 46 copies
Treehorn's Wish (Illustrator) 44 copies, 1 review
Light Metres (Illustrator) 43 copies
Echoes of bats and men (Typography, some editions) 42 copies
A Literary Chronicle: 1920-1950 (Typography and cover design, some editions) 42 copies
The Goncourt Journals 1851-1870 (Typographer, some editions) 42 copies, 1 review
Women of the Weird: Eerie Stories by the Gentle Sex (Cover artist) 39 copies, 2 reviews
Ladies of Fantasy : Two Centuries of Sinister Stories by the Gentle Sex (Illustrator, some editions) 39 copies, 1 review
Five Short Novels of Stendhal (Cover designer, some editions) 36 copies, 1 review
Skeletons from the Opera Closet (Cover artist, some editions) 36 copies
Ladies of the Gothics: Tales of romance and terror by the gentle sex (Cover artist) 36 copies, 1 review
Man Who Sang the Sillies (Illustrator) 36 copies, 1 review
The Lollipop Trollops and Other Poems (Illustrator) 35 copies, 1 review
You Know Who (Illustrator) 34 copies
Nineteenth Century German Tales (Cover artist) 32 copies
Antaeus No. 75/76, Autumn 1994 - The Final Issue (Contributor) 29 copies
Cobweb Castle (Illustrator, some editions) 29 copies, 1 review
Scrap Irony (Illustrator) 28 copies
Dead Ends: An Irreverent Field Guide to the Graves of the Famous (Plume) (Illustrator) 28 copies
Mistresses of Mystery: Two Centuries of Suspense Stories by the Gentle Sex (Cover artist) 27 copies, 1 review
Grande Dames of Detection: Two Centuries of Sleuthing Stories by the… (Cover artist) 27 copies
Sisters of Sorcery: Two Centuries of Witchcraft Stories by the Gentle Sex (Cover artist) 26 copies, 1 review
For Our Children: A Book to Benefit the Pediatric AIDS Foundation (Illustrator) 25 copies, 1 review
Pippin's Journal; Or, Rosemary Is for Remembrance (Illustrator, some editions) 25 copies
Cultural Slag (Illustrator) 23 copies
The Listener's Musical Companion (Typographer, some editions) 20 copies
Lady Barberina, and Other Tales: Benvolio, Glasses, and Three Essays (Cover artist) 20 copies
Ghostly gentlewomen: Two centuries of spectral stories by the gentle sex (Cover artist) 19 copies
The Very Fine Clock (Illustrator, some editions) 19 copies, 2 reviews
The New York Review Quiz Book (Illustrator) 18 copies
Miss Clafooty and the Demon (Illustrator, some editions) 18 copies
13 Plays of Ghosts and the Supernatural (Cover artist, some editions) 18 copies
Sweet Revenge: 10 Plays of Bloody Murder (Cover artist, some editions) 16 copies
The Donald Boxed Set: Donald and the . . . & Donald Has a Difficulty (Illustrator) 16 copies, 1 review
The Duke of Palermo, and other plays, with an Open letter to Mike Nichols (Illustrator) 14 copies
Monster Festival: Classic Tales of the Macabre (Illustrator) 14 copies
Saints and Ourselves: Personal Portrait of Favorite Saints By 24… (Typographer) 12 copies
Antaeus No. 64/65, Spring/Autumn 1990 - Twentieth Anniversary Issue (Contributor) 11 copies
V. R. Lang Poems & Plays with a Memoir (Illustrator) 10 copies
Quail In Aspic: The Life Story of Count Charles Korsetz (Illustrator, some editions) 10 copies
Clinical sonnets (Illustrator, some editions) 10 copies
Son of the martini cookbook (Illustrator) 9 copies
The Vampyre: A Bedside Companion (Cover artist) 9 copies, 1 review
Fun Phantoms: Tales of Ghostly Entertainment (Cover artist) 9 copies
Case-Record from a Sonnetorium (Illustrator) 5 copies
Bleak House [Arranged for Modern Reading] (Illustrator) 5 copies
The study of political theory (Typographer) 4 copies
The Political Novel (Typographer) 3 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 5, January 1976 (Illustrator) 3 copies
Illegitimate sonnets (Cover artist, some editions) 3 copies
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Edward Gorey's book The Treehorn Trilogy: The Shrinking of Treehorn, Treehorn's Treasure, and Treehorn's Wish was available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.

Edward Gorey's book The Lost Lions was available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.

Edward Gorey's book Floating Worlds: The Letters of Edward Gorey & Peter F. Neumeyer was available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.

Edward Gorey's book Why We Have Day and Night was available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.

Edward Gorey's book The Evil Garden was available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.

Edward Gorey's book The Awdrey-Gore Legacy was available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.

Edward Gorey's book Three Classic Children's Stories: Little Red Riding Hood, Jack the Giant-Killer, and Rumpelstiltskin was available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.

Edward Gorey's book The Black Doll: A Silent Screenplay by Edward Gorey was available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.

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