Always One Button Short: The Buttons of Edward Gorey Book

    Pomegranate Always One Button Short: The Buttons of Edward Gorey Book

    $18.95

    • Always One Button Short: The Buttons of Edward Gorey Book
      • Always One Button Short: The Buttons of Edward Gorey Book
      • Always One Button Short: The Buttons of Edward Gorey Book
      • Always One Button Short: The Buttons of Edward Gorey Book

      Pomegranate

      Always One Button Short: The Buttons of Edward Gorey Book

      $18.95 Excl. tax

        Hardcover Smyth-sewn book, with multi-layer embossed cover with spot gloss
        64 pages; features more than 50 button designs by Edward Gorey

        Product description

        A master of the mysterious, Edward Gorey’s artworks and writings abound with misadventures, oddities, and oblique humor. His forays into experimental theater follow suit, and to much delight, he designed pin-back buttons to accompany them. Now coveted by collectors, these bespoke buttons—created as souvenirs for the plays, puppet shows, revues, and other “entertainments” that Gorey wrote, designed, or directed—possess a curiosity factor disproportionate to their small size. Flapping AnklesInverted Commas, or Tinned Lettuce? Such buttons and the shows they were based on offer send-ups of staid conventions (idiosyncratic napkin folding, anyone?) or make cryptic suggestions to “Embrace Etceterism.” Always One Button Short showcases a selection of Gorey’s compact creations, researched and photographed by noted Gorey collector Jonas Ploeger. Kevin McDermott, longtime Gorey collaborator and author of Elephant House; or, The Home of Edward Gorey (Pomegranate), introduces the collection with a personal essay, recalling the history and meaning of his own Gorey button.

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