Houghton Mifflin</br></br>Product Description</br></br><DIV>A new?? small-format edition of one of Edward Gorey??s ??dark masterpieces of surreal morality?? (<I>Vanity Fair</I>): a witty?? disquieting journey through the alphabet.<BR></DIV></br></br>Amazon.com Review</br></br>"for Amy who fell down the stairs. B is for Basil assaulted by bears. C is for Clara who wasted away. D is for Desmond thrown out of a sleigh..." The rhyming couplets of this grim abecedarian are familiar?? of course?? to devotees of macabre humor?? but the darkly crosshatched drawings are (as Poe put it) " soul of the plot." Several years went by during which <i>The Gashlycrumb Tinies: Or?? After the Outing</i> was not available in a small hardcover edition like this one?? which is the true format for Edward Gorey's specialty?? the adult picture book. (For those who wish to share the gloom there's a 10-copy assortment with <i>The Curious Sofa</i>.)</br><br/>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/01510030844ose cri