The Hill of Dreams
by Machen, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Leyburn, North Yorkshire: Tartarus Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. (2024). Hardcover. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; xxii, [2], 238 pages + frontispiece. 3 full page illustrations including the frontispiece. Burgundy boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Gilt illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 231 x 155mm. Bookmark ribbon. 2024 reprint edition of a title first published in 1907. A novel. "There was a glow in the sky as if great furnace doors were opened." - the opening sentence. "This edition of 'The Hill of Dreams' contains all three of the original illustrations intended for the book by acclaimed fantasy artist Sidney Sime. It also contains introductions by Mark Valentine and Arthur Machem as well as an Afterword by Lord Dunsany." - from dust-jacket blurb."The 'Afterword' by Lord Dunsany was originally published as an 'Introduction' to the Richards Press Edition, 1954". .
Synopsis
The Hill of Dreams is a semi-autobiographical novel by Arthur Machen.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25692
- Title
- The Hill of Dreams
- Author
- Machen, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Publisher
- Tartarus Press
- Place of Publication
- Leyburn, North Yorkshire
- Date Published
- (2024)
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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