The Eclectic Abecedarium by Edward Gorey [FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING] 1983 • Adama Books

The Eclectic Abecedarium written and illustrated by Edward Gorey

FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING [1983] ADAMA BOOKS

Extremely rare true first of Gorey's first miniature book, a morbid adventure through the alphabet.

Miniature hardcover (quarter for scale!) sans dust jacket (as issued) in excellent condition. 

Some very mild shelf wear to cover.  Interior is near mint.  Pages look and read like new.

Edward Gorey's first miniature book, The Eclectic Abecedarium is an illustrated 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 Watts's alphabetic aphorisms. Part sweet songs of unseen birds and part cautionary tales, this abecedarium fully lives up to the epithet "eclectic."