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The rare first edition first printing of Mervyn Peake's Titus Groan, published by Eyre and Spottiswoode, London. 1946
Loosely laid in is a comp slip from the publisher , stating date of publication to be 22nd March 1946. Also laid in is a slip from the editor of the Irish Indsependent to a reviewer ( preumably the E.M who wrote the review which is included in a clipping)
Also includes two further contemporary press reviews , one by Charles Morgan for the Sunday Times, March 31st 1946 and another ( with a small b&w photo as part of the review)
The book is solid in red cloth, titles in gold to spine.
The dustjacket is that of the first edition, first impression, being priced at 15s, and without reviews.
The plain blank back cover shows a black scuff, as if from newsprint. No other marks or inscriptions.
One of the highpoints of 20th century fantasy.
Welcome to the world of Gormenghast, the classic fantasy series from the imagination of Mervyn Peake
As the first novel opens, Titus, heir to Lord Sepulchrave, has just been born: he stands to inherit the miles of rambling stone and mortar that stand for Gormenghast Castle. Inside, all events are predetermined by a complex ritual, lost in history, understood only by Sourdust, Lord of the Library. There are tears and strange laughter; fierce births and deaths beneath umbrageous ceilings; dreams and violence and disenchantment contained within a labyrinth of stone.
'A gorgeous volcanic eruption... A work of extraordinary imagination' New Yorker
