The Flight To Lucifer. A Gnostic Fantasy.
by Bloom, Harold
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979 Hardcover, 8vo., 240pp. In publisher's red cloth binding with black lettering to spine. Signed by Bloom to front free endpaper. Condition: Small closed tear to dustjacket, which has some wear to the edges. ** Written as a "sequel" to David Lindsay's "A Voyage to Arcturus" (1920), it sets out to create a science-fantasy based on the ancient Gnostic religion. The author, Harold Bloom, was well regarded (and popular) as a literary critic, but as a fantasy author, opinions are divided.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6957
- Title
- The Flight To Lucifer. A Gnostic Fantasy.
- Author
- Bloom, Harold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus, Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
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