Ending 13th Nov, 2024 20:00
BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS & WORKS ON PAPER - BATH - TIMEDCLOSED
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MACHEN, ARTHUR. 1895 THE GREAT GOD PAN SECOND EDITION ILLUS. BEARDSLEY & ANOTHER
Machen, Arthur. 1895 The Great God Pan and the Inmost Light. Publ. John Lane. Illustrated title page & cover by Aubrey Beardsley. Publisher's orig. full cloth binding, wear and light loss to the head of the spine, extremities bumped, tail of the spine worn, binding strained & exposed at the front hinge, generally firm otherwise. A stated second edition of this horror novella by Machen, now hailed as a classic of the genre but denounced at its publication for its implicit sexual content. Along with 1923 Strange Roads and With the Gods in Spring, limited edition publ. The Classic Press. Orig. green cloth binding complete with glassine wrap (split to spine & with some loss). Largest 8vo.
Sold for £85
Auction: BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS & WORKS ON PAPER - BATH - TIMEDCLOSED, ending 13th Nov, 2024
Our final specialist Books & Works on Paper sale of the year includes a remarkable fourth edition of Paradise Lost from the library of Master of Revels Charles Killigrew, a beautiful mid 19th century collection of pressed seaweed, an exceptionally scarce first edition of Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott, and beyond that an impressive, smart and diverse collection of modern first editions, antiquarian titles, ephemera, and a specialist map section.
We invite & look forward to welcoming interested bidders to view on Wednesday 13th November from 10am until 5pm, ahead of the sale finishing from 8pm on the 13th.
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