The Eclectic Abecedarium

Edward Gorey's first miniature book, The Eclectic Abecedarium is an illustrated adventure through the English alphabet, accompanied by rhyming adventure through the English alphabet, accompanied by rhyming couplets penned by Gorey, who described his creations as "literary nonsense." Inspired by popular moral primers for children, Gorey created an updated version of Isaac Watt's alphabetic adhorisms. Part sweet songs of unseen birds and part cautionary tales, this abecedarium fully lives up to the epithet "eclectic."

• Saint Melissa the Mottled
• The Epiplectic Bicycle
• Edward Gorey 2018 Wall Calendar
• The Doubtful Guest
• The Glorious Nosebleed
• The Lost Lions
• The Utter Zoo: An Alphabet by Edward Gorey
• The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas
• The Helpless Doorknob: A Shuffled Story
• The Iron Tonic: Or, A Winter Afternoon in Lonely Valley