THE WORM OUROBOROS. An Inscribed Copy in Dust Jacket
Published by Albert & Charles Boni, New York, 1926
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Thompson Rare Books - ABAC / ILAB, Hornby Island, BC, CanadaThompson Rare Books - ABAC / ILAB
AbeBooks seller since July 2, 1996
Condition: Used - Near fine
£ 4,960.25
Quantity: 1 available
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First American edition. Black cloth designed and lettered in gilt. Pictorial end papers by Keith Henderson. 445 pp.,frontispiece & 5 additional full-page illustrations printed on text paper but not included in the pagination, as well as some smaller vignette illustrations in the text, all by Henderson. Inscribed and Signed by the author on the verso of the front free endpaper: "Anne Furse / from / E.R. Eddison / 28th June 1926". Slight tanning to spine panel and gilt on spine slightly dull; minor foxing to page edges, a nice, attractive copy in the pictorial wrap-around dust jacket which has a tiny bit of chipping at head & foot of spine panel and is slightly darkened along the spine, price corner on upper front flap clipped. The jacket on this copy is completely unrestored in any way; this American dust jacket is very fragile and is almost always badly chipped or repaired, unlike here. An excellent copy. The author's first novel, a classic of high fantasy. "I still think of him as the greatest and most convincing writer of 'invented worlds' that I have read. - J.R.R. Tolkien. This American edition dates from four years after the UK edition, which was published in 1922. This edition bears a preliminary note by James Branch Cabell praising the book which is not present in the earlier UK edition. The author never travelled to America, personally inscribed copies of American editions of his books are rare.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- THE WORM OUROBOROS. An Inscribed Copy in Dust Jacket
- Author
- EDDISON, E.R. [Eric Rücker]
- Publisher
- Albert & Charles Boni, New York
- Publication year
- 1926
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Signed
- Signed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Fantasy and Science Fiction, Old Fantasy Books, Signed, Inscribed Books, Letters and Autograph Material
Thompson Rare Books - ABAC / ILAB
Hornby Island, BC, Canada
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Thompson Rare Books specializes in fine, rare and interesting books in many fields. Our specialties include literary first editions, fantasy, mythology and folklore, detective fiction and mysteries, illustrated books, children's books, and fine printing and bindings. Established in 1983. Member of: The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of Canada The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
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