The Gashlycrumb Tinies

Drawings show an alphabet of young victims and how they died.

"B is for Basil assaulted by bears. C is for Clara who wasted away. D is for Desmond thrown out of a sleigh. . .”

A striking small-format illustrated edition of one of Edward Gorey's "dark masterpieces of surreal morality" (Vanity Fair)—a witty, disquieting journey through the alphabet.