Amphigorey Too

Loved forever the Gashley crumblys...used to take Amphigorey one & too to visit those in the hospital with my friend Jeanie's tap shoes on. (real leather) leave the amphigoreys (they make people feel better)after a tap dance for whomever...they always felt better! L.L.

This arrived in pristine condition and I’m proud to have this to add to the Gorey section of my shelf.

Edward Gorey is the type of artist who produces very specific reactions from anyone studying his work: one will either love or hate his artwork and/or stories. For those of us who are a little off center ourselves, this book is delightful. His unique drawings remain unmatched to this day, and his tales--well, they are not ordinary by any stretch of the imagination. Even though I am a staunch Gorey fan, I must admit that there are times when some of the endings leave me quite sad but, just as in life, not every tale has a happy ending. The book itself is huge, very heavy and filled to the brim with as much Gorey drawings as any fan can desire. Mr. Gorey deserves more recognition for his unusual but strange depictions of characters whom we don't really know whether to love or hate--a sort of bizarre Alice In Wonderland world of people who run the gamut from the familiar to the insane, and a bestiary of creatures born from the depths of an uncommon imagination. One has to wonder what a cartoon series based on his drawings and story lines would be like--certainly not Saturday morning fodder. At any rate, the book is well worth every penny whether you are a fan of Edward Gorey or have just discovered his works and find yourself fascinated by his bizarre view of a world which existed in his extraordinary imagination.

I don't care if you've never in your life read Edward Gorey, I don't care if "it's not your thing," I don't care about any silly excuse. If you haven't read this book than you are not complete, and there's only one way to fix the problem.Edward Gorey is satiric genius, and when he isn't being sarcastic and whimsical then he is beautiful and poetic (although come to think of it, he's always poetic, isn't he?). Being an Amphigorey, this book has loads or nonsense stuff crammed together with some of his best work. I can't imagine that anyone with any kind of imagination could read through it without finding at least one thing that they adored.

Just get it..... You won’t be disappointed.....

Enjoyable, dark, humorous, surreal stories. Sometimes children's stories, but other times, who knows.I likes this collection more than "Amphigorey" -- the first one -- though, there are good stories stretched across both.All the things you'd expect: death, madness, fortune, misfortune, murder, suicide, unfortunate children, terrible children, happy children, and dead children. It has it all!

The gluing on the spine is a bit weak.The collection inside is splendid though.The sizing of the pages chosen perfect as well.Great quality of print as I was able to compare the reproduction with the originals showing here in Chicago at Loyola.Recommended but would purchase hardcover instead.

Great condition, relatively fast delivery. I read other reviews about how quick they were & ordered because of my time crunch. It arrived the day after i needed it (gift.) ...and it was over a week to get it. But other than not getting it for when I needed it (which i guess i should have ordered it earlier-- it still should have been enough time) the experience was fine.

Wonderful collection of twenty Gorey works, most of which I have reviewed individually (qv). With their Gothic art work and strange storylines, these vary - in my opinion - from *5 to *3. Gorey includes a couple of little tales translated from French, with his illustrations.1) The Beastly Baby: "capable of making only two sorts of noises, both of them nasty" - its owners are forever foiled by officious people, when they attempt to abandon it. Until one day...2)The Nursery Frieze: Rows of strange, black (cow?)like creatures, interposed with most un-nursery type words - chalcedony; plumbago; wapentake...3) The Pious Infant: My favourite of the whole book, following a sanctimonious little tot : "He used to go through books and carefully blot out any places where there was a frivolous mention of the Deity." But when he goes out in the snow to give his bread pudding to an unfortunate widow, he meets a sorry end...4) The Evil Garden (very 'Little Shop of Horrors') - expect scary plants and creatures in this pleasant park: "Alexa watches while her Aunt Is pulled feet first inside a plant."5) The Inanimate Story : a kind of Greek tragedy where the players include needles, buttons and a pen nib.6)The Gilded Bat: A ballerina's rise to fame7)The Iron Tonic : (or A Winter Afternoon in a Lonely Valley) - Very bleak and strange, set near a sanatorium ("It's known the skating pond conceals A family of enormous eels")8)The Osbick Bird: Very reminiscent of Edward Lear's nonsense verse - tale of Emblus Fingby and his feathered friend ("The years passed by in pressing weeds And making bell-pulls out of beads.)9) The Chinese Obelisks (printed in both rudimentary sketch form and finished version.) A comic alphabet: "A was an author who went for a walk" (illustration of Gorey himself in fur coat) through to his sticky end; concludes "Z was the zither he left to the maid."10)The Deranged Cousins: another *5 one - tale of three merry cousins till an accidental murder (the body is laid in a field called "The Rabbit's Restroom"!) leads the remaining cousins to drink and religious mania.11)The Eleventh Episode: only mildly entertaining story of woman who falls into another world12) The Untitled Book : Each image shows the same window overlooking same garden - but a little Victorian child appears at window, and great insects and frogs are making merry in garden.13) The Lavender Leotard: Didn't really grab me; little children engaged in ballet and their comments such as "Other companies merely put on ballets; we dance."14)The Disrespectful Summons: Very enjoyable tale of respectable Miss Squill, assaulted by the Devil who puts his mark on her breast and sends her a little demon. And a book called "Ninety-Two Entirely Evil Things To Do"....15) The Abandoned Sock: who "persuaded the clothespin to relinquish its hold" and left its mate for adventure. Not one of his best.16) The Lost Lions was rather a sad story, telling of Hamish, a rather beautiful young man, who ends up in movies till he becomes "overstrung." He wants to be off raising lions (lovely picture) and writing journals...17)Story for Sara: By French author Alphonse Allais, this was rather a throwaway little tale18) The Salt Herring: By French author Charles Cros, left me cold, I'm afraid19) Leaves from a Mislaid Album: Some quite entertaining, very Gothic images of Gorey's trademark Victorian characters (is that woman brandishing a hatpin?!)20) A limerick

Another super brilliant collection of stories by the inimitable Edward Gorey.

Outstanding Edward Gorey such a talented man

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Devido ao número de livros que o artista Edward Gorey tem (mais de 100 livros publicados) este compilado de histórias é uma grande oportunidade de adquirir mais de sua obra, num único volume.Este "Amphigorey Too" é o segundo volume de histórias compiladas do artista, ao todo são quatro livros maravilhosos, um verdadeiro presente, para nós, fãs.Estou enviando amostras de fotos, inclusive do índice para o conhecimento de quais histórias contém neste volume.Os quatro livros são, na sequência (com a data da primeira edição que foram publicadas):Amphigorey Fifteen Books, 1972Amphigorey Too, 1975Amphigorey Also, 1983Amphigorey Again, 2006