Machen (Arthur) The Great God Pan
£875
and The Inmost Light
London & Boston, John Lane & Roberts Bros, 1894.
First edition. Small 8vo. Original decorative cloth.
The fifth volume in Lane’s influential ‘Keynotes’ series, with decorative elements by 1890s illustrator Aubrey Beardsley. One of the most collectable in the series, which also included M.P. Shiel’s Prince Zaleski, The Great God Pan brings together some of Welsh author & mystic Machen’s best horror tales, establishing his significance in the field of weird & supernatural fiction. Throughout the years it has influenced such luminaries as Stephen King and Guillermo del Toro with its unsettling mix of myth and magic.
Out of stock
Slight toning to extremities of pages; cloth slightly dulled and bumped, some minor creasing, but overall VG.
Title-page and upper cover design by Aubrey Beardsley; key monogram probably also by Beardsley.
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