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Edward Gorey

CHRONOLOGICALLY
or ALPHABETICALLY arranged

THE UNSTRUNG HARP (1953)
THE LISTING ATTIC (1954)
THE DOUBTFUL GUEST (1957)
THE OBJECT LESSON (1958)
THE BUG BOOK (1959)
THE FATAL LOZENGE (1960)
THE GOREY ALPHABET (1961) [English edition of FATAL LOZENGE]
THE HAPLESS CHILD (1961)
THE CURIOUS SOFA (1961)
THE WILLOWDALE HANDCAR (1962)
THE BEASTLY BABY (1962)
THE GASHLYCRUMB TINIES (1963) [Originally published as a part of THE VINEGAR WORKS]
THE INSECT GOD (1963) [Originally published as a part of THE VINEGAR WORKS]
THE WEST WING (1963) [Originally published as a part of THE VINEGAR WORKS]
THE WUGGLY UMP (1963)
[THE NURSERY FRIEZE] (1964) ("15" on cover)
THE SINKING SPELL (1964)
THE REMEMBERED VISIT (1965)
THE EVIL GARDEN (1966) [Originally published as a part of 3 BOOKS FROM THE FANTOD PRESS (I)]
THE INANIMATE TRAGEDY (1966) [Originally published as a part of 3 BOOKS FROM THE FANTOD PRESS (I)]
THE PIOUS INFANT (1966) [Originally published as a part of 3 BOOKS FROM THE FANTOD PRESS (I)]
THE GILDED BAT (1966)
THE UTTER ZOO (1967)
FLETCHER AND ZENOBIA By Gorey and Victoria Chess (illus.) (1967)
THE OTHER STATUE (1968)
THE BLUE ASPIC (1968)
THE IRON TONIC (1969)
THE EPIPLECTIC BICYCLE (1969)
WHY WE HAVE DAY AND NIGHT (1970) By Gorey and Peter Neumeyer
THE CHINESE OBELISKS (1970) [Originally published as a part of 3 BOOKS FROM FANTOD PRESS (II)]
DONALD HAS A DIFFICULTY (1970) (with Peter Neumeyer)[Originally published as a part of 3 BOOKS FROM FANTOD PRESS (II)]
THE OSBICK BIRD (1970) [Originally published as a part of 3 BOOKS FROM FANTOD PRESS (II)]
THE SOPPING THURSDAY (1970)
THE DERANGED COUSINS (1970) [Originally published as a part of 3 BOOKS FROM FANTOD PRESS (III)]
THE ELEVENTH EPISODE (1970 [Originally published as a part of 3 BOOKS FROM FANTOD PRESS (III)] )
[THE UNTITLED BOOK] (1970) [Originally published as a part of 3 BOOKS FROM FANTOD PRESS (III)]
STORY FOR SARA (1971) [From a story by Alphonse Allais]
THE SALT HERRING (1971) [By Charles Cros, translated by Alphonse Allais]
FLETCHER AND ZENOBIA SAVE THE CIRCUS (1971) By Gorey and Chess (illus.)
LEAVES FROM A MISLAID ALBUM (1972)
THE AWDREY-GORE LEGACY (1972)
AMPHIGOREY (1972) [first anthology]
THE LAVENDER LEOTARD (1973)
THE BLACK DOLL (1973)
THE ABANDONED SOCK (1973) [Originally published as a part of 3 BOOKS FROM FANTOD PRESS (IV)]
THE DISRESPECTFUL SUMMONS (1973) [Originally published as a part of 3 BOOKS FROM FANTOD PRESS (IV)]
THE LOST LIONS (1973) [Originally published as a part of 3 BOOKS FROM FANTOD PRESS (IV)]
A LIMERICK (1973)
CATEGOR Y (1974)
THE GLORIOUS NOSEBLEED (1975)
L'HEURE BLEUE (1975)
AMPHIGOREY, TOO (1975) [2nd anthology]
SCÈNES DE BALLET SERIES: DOGEAR WRYDE POSTCARDS (1976)
LES PASSEMENTERIES HORRIBLES (1976)
THE BROKEN SPOKE (1976)
THE LOATHSOME COUPLE (1977)
ALMS FOR OBLIVION: DOGEAR WRYDE POSTCARDS (1978)
THE GREEN BEADS (1978)
DRACULA: A TOY THEATRE (1979)
GOREY POSTERS (1979)
INTERPRETIVE SERIES: DOGEAR WRYDE POSTCARDS (1979)
NEGLECTED MURDERESSES: DOGEAR WRYDE POSTCARDS (1980)
DANCING CATS & NEGLECTED MURDERESSES (1980)
LES URN' UTILES (1980)
F.M.R.A. (1980)
LE MELANGE FUNESTE (1981)
THE DWINDLING PARTY (1982) [Pop-up book]
THE WATER FLOWERS (1982)
THE PRUNE PEOPLE (1983)
THE ECLECTIC ABECEDARIUM (1983)
AMPHIGOREY ALSO (1983) [3rd anthology]
E.D WARD: A MERCURIAL BEAR (1983)
THE TUNNEL CALAMITY (1984)
LES ECHANGES MALANDREUX (1985)
THE PRUNE PEOPLE II (1985)
THE IMPROVABLE LANDSCAPE (1986)
THE RAGING TIDE (1987)
Q.R.V. (1989)
Q.R.V.: THE UNIVERSAL SOLVENT (1990)
THE DRIPPING FAUCET (1989)
TRAGEDIES TOPIARES: DOGEAR WRYDE POSTCARDS (1989)
MENACED OBJECTS: DOGEAR WRYDE POSTCARDS (1989))
THE HELPLESS DOORKNOB: A SHUFFLED STORY (1989)
WHATEVER NEXT? DOGEAR WRYDE POSTCARDS (1990)
THE TUNING FORK (1990)
THE STUPID JOKE (1990)
THE FRAUGHT SETTEE (1990)
LA BALADE TROUBLANTE (1991)
THE GRAND PASSION (1992) [Originally published together with THE DOLEFUL DOMESTICITY]
THE DOLEFUL DOMESTICITY (1992) [Originally published together with THE GRAND PASSION]
THE BETRAYED CONFIDENCE (1992)
THE POINTLESS BOOK (1993)
THE FLOATING ELEPHANT / THE DANCING ROCK (1993)
FIGBASH ACROBATE (1994)
THE RETRIEVED LOCKET (1994)
THE UNKNOWN VEGETABLE (1995)
THE FANTOD PACK (1995) [Official edition]
Q.R.V. UNWMKD. IMPERF.: A DOZEN DOGEAR WRYDE POSTCARDS (1996) [Originally published together with Q.R.V. HIKUPTAH]
Q.R.V. HIKUPTAH: A DOZEN DOGEAR WRYDE POSTCARDS (1996) [Originally published together with Q.R.V. UNWMKD. IMPERF.]
THOUGHTFUL ALPHABET BROADSIDES (1996)
THE JUST DESSERT: THOUGHTFUL ALPHABET XI (1997)
THE DEADLY BLOTTER: THOUGHTFUL ALPHABET XVII (1997)
THE HAUNTED TEA-COZY: A DISPIRITED AND DISTASTEFUL DIVERSION FOR CHRISTMAS (1997)
THE HEADLESS BUST: A MELANCHOLY MEDITATION ON THE FALSE MILLENIUM (1999)
AMPHIGOREY AGAIN (2006) [4th anthology]


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Last revised September 2006


Much of this bibliography was compiled by the late P. MATTHEW MONAHAN, former Director of Rare Books at the Gotham Book Mart in New York City.

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