The Utter Zoo: An Alphabet

by Edward Gorey

Book Overview

Twenty-six curious creatures - from the fastidious Ampoo to the world's one and only Zote - fill the pages of The Utter Zoo, an alphabet from the untamed imagination of Edward Gorey. The Boggerslosh,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076495508X
• ISBN13: 9780764955082
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Pomegranate Communications
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 6.2"

Customer Reviews

From the Publisher

"The Ombledroom, the Posby, the Quingawaga, and the Raitch are but a few of the strangely engaging creatures that inhabit the world of Edward Gorey's Utter Zoo Alphabet. Taken from Gorey's book of the same title, these twenty-six dark, delightful drawings, one for each letter of the alphabet, lure you, as only Edward Gorey's work can, into an animal kingdom never before encountered in the ordinary world. 26 black-and-white reproductions. "Pomegranate's books of postcards contain thirty top-quality reproductions bound together in a handy collection. Easy to remove and produced on heavy card stock, these stunning postcards are a delight to the sender and receiver. Note: postcards are oversized and may require additional postage. ISBN: 0-7649-0712-3; size 4 3/4 x 6 7/8"."--© Pomegranate

Gorey is a genius

this book is really hard to find but it is worth it! I think its great for all the Edward Gorey fans out there! The poetry and pictures are fabulous and all my friends loved it!

FOR THE GOREY FANATIC

Hard to find, great book, nicely done. Better quality than I expected. Can't wait to use it!

Not as Macabre as Gashlycrumb Tinies, but just as funny.

As if the cleverly worded lymerics weren't enough, Gorey's illustrations are whimsical and expressive. Together the art and the poetry will have you laughing out loud. The only problem is deciding whether or not to share the humor with friends. I can't bring myself to use the pages as postcards.