Isbn: 9780850307825 - selected letters (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Internally clean, unmarked copy with sharp corners, firm hinges. DJ is clean with negligible wear to corners/spine. BP/Letters.

8vo; original blue boards, lettered in silver gilt to spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 256; portraits. Trace of spotting to top edge. Very good condition. "Arthur Machen (1863-1947), the master craftsman of the late-Victorian horror tale, has acquired international cult status through his powerfully woven fantasies such as The Great God Pan and The Three Imposters. Dubbed 'the Apostle of Wonder', Machen was acclaimed in his day as one of the finest stylists in English prose. His poetic novels, The Hill of Dreams and The Secret Glory, stand alone as classics of visionary literature. The first major assembly of his annotated correspondence spans sixty years and reveals the man behind the masterpieces.".…

Zustand: FINE. First printing. Includes "letters to his friends A.E.Waite, Colin Summerford, and John Gawsworth, and to fellow authors and publishers, [which] illuminate Machen's courageous struggles against poverty and adversity, while reflecting his lifelong preoccupations with literature, the occult, the Christian faith, and Celtic myth." Foreword by Hillary Machen. Chronology. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and other photographs. Select bibliography. 256 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1988, 1st edition, 1st impression, complete number line. Fine Hardcover book in Fine dustjacket. Unread, inscribed by Brangham on FFEP, otherwise no inscriptions or other markings. DJ is not price clipped (£12.95), and is protected in an archival quality clear protective cover, non-adhesive, which was applied by the previous owner when the book was bought. No edgewear or any other noticeable faults. This book is part of The Coetmor Collection which comes from a local book collector in North Wales. His particular area of interest is modern fiction. All his books are 1st Edition, 1st Impression, hardback, bought new by himself, and all in Fine or Near Fine condition. All were covered in archival quality dustjacket protectors at the time of purchase. Inscribed by author on FFEP.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Blue boards with silver lettering to the spine. Glazed pictorial unclipped dust wrapper, now in a new removable protective clear sleeve. 256pp. No inscriptions, clean and bright pages with black and white images throughout. (Any digital image can be provided upon request).…