A cumulation of Edward Gorey's love for bons mots and the bizarre, this slim tome from 1974 is his fifth abecedarium, and follows previous alphabets like The Fatal Lozenge, The Gashlycrumb Tinies, and The Utter Zoo. Described as "An Exemplary Alphabet for Connoisseurs of Syntax, Semantics and Subtleties," it is a jaunt through realms of adverbial mayhem, from "She wandered among the trees Aimlessly" to "He wrote it all down Zealously," with Gorey's deliciously textured and faintly ominous ink drawings throughout. We are very pleased to find this musty delight back in print again at last.