THE GREAT VICTORIAN COLLECTION [signed]

Moore, Brian, 1921-1999

ISBN 10: 0374166560 / ISBN 13: 9780374166564

Published by Farrar, Straus, Giroux, New York, 1975

About this Item

Octavo, 213 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine is white with black print. Dust jacket in mylar; slight peripheral toning. Price unclipped: "$7.95". Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and yellow paper to boards. Inscribed in ink by the author on the half-title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column V. 1401949. FP New Rockville Stock.

Seller Inventory # 1401949

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE GREAT VICTORIAN COLLECTION [signed]
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, New York
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374166560
• ISBN 13: 9780374166564
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First printing.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature

About this title

Synopsis

An accumulation of Victorian artifacts, literally dreamed up by young, obscure historian Anthony Maloney has crucial effects on his private and public lives as it draws him nearer and nearer to the border between creative nightmare and deadly wakefulness

From the Back Cover

On a weekend visit to Carmel, California, sober and respectable Anthony Maloney has an extraordinary dream which is to change the pattern of his entire life. He dreams that outside his hotel window, on a previously empty parking-lot, an open-air market has appeared containing a dazzling collection of priceless Victoriana. Laid out before him he sees a vast array of exquisite furniture, paintings, jewellery, tapestries and musical instruments – a fantasy beyond measure for Maloney, a lifelong enthusiast. Waking from this strange reverie, he crosses to the window, only to discover that his dream has come true ...

Set in a fantastic, surreal world, 'The Great Victorian Collection' is a fascinating exploration of the disturbing, intangible nature of reality.

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