The Wuggly Ump - Edward Gorey Archipelago Books attracted considerably more attention and

attracted considerably more attention and was selected as France's official entry for the Festival in Cannes

to prose and even visual art (the volume includes six of his decalcomania images)

at times reading like a cascade of automatic writing

and Artificialism

Originally published by Something Else Press in 1966 and now acknowledged as one of the most important and entertaining artists’ books of the postwar period

The Wuggly Ump - Edward Gorey Archipelago Books attracted considerably more attention andThe Wuggly Ump by Edward Gorey ISBN 9780764941924 32 page hardcover with color illustrations, 6 x 5 inches, from Pomegranate *** Edward Goreys mordant masterpiece The Wuggly Ump charts the fate of three wholesome children whose happy days weaving chains of flowers are cut short when the mysterious Wuggly Ump hurtles from its den in search of tasty tots. Set to deceptively pleasant rhymes and illustrated in Goreys inimitable style, this lighthearted