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The Gashlycrumb Tinies

Collector's Edition

Edward Gorey author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:17th Oct '19

Currently unavailable, our supplier has indicated it should be available around 26th March 2026

The Gashlycrumb Tinies cover

The cult book by Edward Gorey – the genius who inspired Tim Burton, Neil Gaiman and Guillermo Del Toro

The perfectly creepy, amusing book that inspired Tim Burton, Neil Gaiman and Guillermo Del Toro.

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 the unfortunate ZILLA, who simply drank too much gin.)


This collector's edition of Edward Gorey's pocket-sized masterpiece comes in a special slipcase with ribbon.

Gorey was the master of the macabre and The Gashlycrumb Tinies was his masterpiece: a doomladen abecedary of infant disaster and sudden awful endings. For years I had it on my wall as a poster. Now I will have a beautiful object to love. -- Neil Gaiman
EDWARD GOREY. American. A singularity. Prose & images, redolent of Victorian dread and beauty. Influenced Tim Burton. -- Guillermo Del Toro

ISBN: 9781408891421

Dimensions: 144mm x 164mm x 20mm

Weight: 276g

64 pages