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Goose of Hermogenes.
by COLQUHOUN, Ithell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Peter Owen Limited,, 1961. First edition, first impression, of the author's rare Gothic novel, which "lurks somewhere between the territory of Beardsley and Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast... shudderingly enjoyable" (Guardian). Muriel Spark began working as an editor for Peter Owen in the mid-1950s while waiting for her first novel to be published. She found this title "almost impenetrable", but it has since been hailed as a key work in surrealist and esoteric fiction. Colquhoun created a series of watercolour paintings to accompany the tale, but did not live to see the eventual posthumous publication of an illustrated edition in 2018. A celebrated artist and occultist who was expelled from the English Surrealist Group for refusing to abandon her occult research, Colquhoun "is becoming recognized as one of the most interesting and prolific esoteric thinkers and artists of the twentieth century" (Hale). Octavo. Original blue boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Jacket unclipped, spine slightly faded: a fine copy in like jacket. Amy Hale, "The Magical Life of Ithell Colquhoun", Nevill Drury, ed., Pathways in Modern Western Magic, 2012.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 148729
- Title
- Goose of Hermogenes.
- Author
- COLQUHOUN, Ithell
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Peter Owen Limited,
- Date Published
- 1961
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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