Machen (Arthur) The Three Impostors
£295
or The Transmutations
London & Boston, John Lane & Roberts Bros, 1895.
First edition. Small 8vo. Original decorative cloth.
A very good first edition of the 19th volume in Lane’s influential ‘Keynotes’ series, with decorative elements by 1890s illustrator Aubrey Beardsley. Machen’s episodic novel is a masterpiece in weird horror fiction, and would go on to influence Cthulu creator H.P. Lovecraft significantly.
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Slight toning to extremities of pages; cloth slightly dulled and bumped, minor fading to spine, but overall VG.
Title-page and upper cover design by Aubrey Beardsley; key monogram probably also by Beardsley.
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