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Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition. Publishers green cloth with decoration and titles in black, publishers "keynote" device to rear board. Cover design by Aubrey Beardsley repeated on title page. Large bookplate to front fixed endpaper that largely covers a previous owners name stamp. Spine panel tanned with titles barely legible, a VERY GOOD copy.
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
Arthur Machen. The Great God Pan and the Inmost Light. Roberts Brothers, Boston, 1894.
Price: US$895.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first american edition containing both "The Great God Pan" and "the Inmost Light". Now considered one of his most important works, but it caused a scandal on its release, hurting Machen reputation as an author at the time. It was called degenerate mostly due to the sexuel content. Beginning in the 1920's his work was critically re-evaluated and is now considered a classic of horror. The novella influence the work of writer like Bram Stoker, H. P. Lovecraft and Stephen King, who referred to it as "one of the best horror stories ever written. Maybe the best in the English language." This copy about VG+ Some staining to boards and edges, but with no serious defects. Dealer note on front flyleaf, internally clean and in NF or better condition. A superior copy of a scarce but important title. Bleiler 1070, Tymn 3-156, Barron 2-58. Provenance - From the Gary Munson Collection; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 234 pages
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1894 London: John Lane, Vigo St. Boston: Roberts Bros. University Press: John Wilson and Son Cambridge. Decorated light blue cloth small hardcover with tissue guarded title page. Tight and unmarked. 234 pages + 6 pp adverts. A51 Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.