1
of
1
The Very Fine Clock
Ratings/reviews counts are updated frequently.
Check link for latest rating. ( 57 ratings, 19 reviews)
Brief Description
Two stars team up—Muriel Spark and Edward Gorey—to bring the charming tale of Ticky the clock to life in this children's classic. Once there was a very fine clock named Ticky, who lived with Professor Horace John Morris and kept perfect time. Each night, at fourteen...
Read More
Format: Hardback
$3499
Unit price
/
Unavailable
AVAILABLE WITH SUPPLIER
Ships from our Auckland warehouse within 4-6 weeks
Found a better price? Request a price match
The Very Fine Clock
$3499
Unit price
/
Unavailable
Two stars team up Muriel Spark and Edward Gorey to bring the charming tale of Ticky the clock to life in this children's classic.
Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and
still learning, it may not be perfect - your
feedback is welcome!
Description
Two stars team up—Muriel Spark and Edward Gorey—to bring the charming tale of Ticky the clock to life in this children's classic.
Once there was a very fine clock named Ticky, who lived with Professor Horace John Morris and kept perfect time. Each night, at fourteen minutes past ten, his time was used to set the rest of the clocks in the house. When the professor's friends suggest that Ticky be made a professor, too, he explains what really happens during the quiet hours of the day when the professor is out, when all the rooms have been cleaned and dusted, and the clocks talk to one another and tell the stories of their lives.
No artist is better suited to capture Ticky's quiet stateliness and grace than Edward Gorey, who brings this tale masterfully to life through his characteristic pen and ink drawings. Full of wit, wisdom, and affairs of the heart, The Very Fine Clock is a very fine picture book.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9798893380262
Publisher: Transit Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 18 December 2025
Country: United States
Imprint: Transit Books
Illustration: 34 Illustrations
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Edward Gorey
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 266.0mm
Height: 193.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 34
About the Author
Muriel Spark (19182006) was the author of dozens of novels, including The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Memento Mori, A Far Cry from Kensington, The Girls of Slender Means, The Ballad of Peckham Rye, The Driver's Seat, and many more. She became Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1993.
Edward Gorey (19252000) was born in Chicago. In 1953 Gorey published The Unstrung Harp, the first of his more than one hundred books. In addition to illustrating his own stories, Gorey provided drawings for many books for both children and adults. Of these, New York Review Books has published The Haunted Looking Glass, a collection of Gorey's favorite ghost stories; The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells; Men and Gods by Rex Warner; The Unrest-Cure and Other Stories by Saki; and Three Ladies Beside the Sea by Rhoda Levine. He cowrote the NYRB Kids book Fletcher and Zenobia with Victoria Chess.
Also by Muriel Spark
View all-
-
A Far Cry From Kensington
Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
The Driver's Seat
Paperback$1700Elsewhere:$1799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: Popular Penguins
Paperback$1599Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Paperback$2000Elsewhere:$2199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
-
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Paperback$2200Elsewhere:$2400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
-
The Letters of Muriel Spark (Volume 1)
Hardback$9000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
-
-
More from Children's Books
View all-
New Release -
New ReleaseLightfall: A Place Between
Paperback$1900Elsewhere:$2699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
Free GiftNew ReleaseDetective Beans and the Map of Mystery
Paperback$1900Elsewhere:$2200Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
New Release -
New Release
Lonasei and the Mystery of Origin Grove
Paperback$2199Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
New ReleaseThe Curse of the Carnivorous Cactuses
Paperback$1400Elsewhere:$1499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
New Release -
New Release -
New Release -
New Release -
Counting Down with Theodore Brown
Paperback$2200Elsewhere:$2499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
New ReleaseAstromancer 3: Aria and the Monster Island
Hardback$2200Elsewhere:$2500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Why buy from us?
Book Hero is not a chain store or big box retailer. We're an independent 100% NZ-owned business on a mission to help more Kiwis rediscover a love of books and reading!
Service & Delivery
Our warehouse in Auckland holds over 80,000 books, toys, board games and puzzles in-stock so you're not waiting for your order to arrive from overseas.
Auckland Bookstore
We're primarily an online store, but for your convenience you can pick up your order for free from our bookstore, which is right next door to our warehouse in Hobsonville.
Our Gifting Service
Books make wonderful thoughtful gifts and we're here to help with gift-wrapping and cards. We can even send your gift directly to your loved one.
