1 of 2 POMEGRANATE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Box 808022 • Petaluma, CA 94975‐8022 Tel: 800‐227‐1428 • Fax: 800‐848‐4372 • www.pomegranate.com • [email protected] COMING FROM POMEGRANATE IN SEPTEMBER 2009 Edward Gorey The New Poster Book The Doubtful Guest, Amy and Basil Gashlycrumb, Dracula and Lucy, Jumblies, the Great Veiled Bear—this curious cast of characters joins a slew of other peculiar people and beasts in this big beauty of a book. Thirty large- format reproductions display Edward Gorey’s signature crosshatched drawings, elegant watercolors, and endless wit—all perfect for framing, or to treasure as a collection. This is a brand-new publication, not a remake of Gorey Posters (Abrams, 1979), now long out of print. The unique collection includes drawings from Gorey’s famous books as well as his lesser-known ephemera. With eighteen images in full color, Edward Gorey: The New Poster Book presents a refreshing and engaging survey of the genius of this beloved artist.
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POMEGRANATE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Box 808022 • Petaluma, CA 94975‐8022 Tel: 800‐227‐1428 • Fax: 800‐848‐4372 • www.pomegranate.com • [email protected]
COMING FROM POMEGRANATE IN SEPTEMBER 2009
Edward Gorey The New Poster Book
The Doubtful Guest, Amy and Basil Gashlycrumb, Dracula and Lucy, Jumblies, the Great Veiled Bear—this curious cast of characters joins a slew of other peculiar people and beasts in this big beauty of a book. Thirty large-format reproductions display Edward Gorey’s signature crosshatched drawings, elegant watercolors, and endless wit—all perfect for framing, or to treasure as a collection. This is a brand-new publication, not a remake of Gorey Posters (Abrams, 1979), now long out of print. The unique collection includes drawings from Gorey’s famous books as well as his lesser-known ephemera. With eighteen images in full color, Edward Gorey: The New Poster Book presents a refreshing and engaging survey of the genius of this beloved artist.
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POMEGRANATE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Box 808022 • Petaluma, CA 94975‐8022 Tel: 800‐227‐1428 • Fax: 800‐848‐4372 • www.pomegranate.com • [email protected]
Sample pages from Edward Gorey: The New Poster Book
About Edward Gorey Creator of more than one hundred works, Edward Gorey (1925–2000) was also a playwright, an award-winning set and costume designer, and the creator of the animated introduction to the PBS series Mystery!
Edward Gorey The New Poster Book
Edward Gorey ISBN: 978-0-7649-5147-3 64 pages, 10¼ x 15 inches
30 large-format reproductions, with 18 in color Smyth-sewn paperbound $19.95 US ($24.95 CAN)
Catalog No. A171 Available September 2009
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Media inquiries: Contact Stephanie King at [email protected]. Hi-res images available on request.
Pomegranate Communications has been publishing fine art, contemporary illustration, and photography for more than forty years. The company collaborates with many renowned institutions including the National Gallery of Art, the Library of Congress, the British Library, the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Sierra Club, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and is the proud licensee for such distinguished artists as M.C. Escher, Edward Gorey, Charley Harper, Wolf Kahn, William S. Rice, and Gustave Baumann, among others. Along with an extensive art book list, Pomegranate also publishes calendars, boxed sets of notecards, holiday cards, books of
postcards, Knowledge Cards®, jigsaw puzzles, coloring books, and other fine paper products. Pomegranate’s publications are available at fine stores everywhere, or can be ordered directly from Pomegranate by phoning (800) 227-1428 or by visiting www.pomegranate.com.
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