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THE THREE IMPOSTERS: or The Transmutations
by Machen, Arthur; [Beardsley, Aubrey]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London / Boston: John Lane / Roberts Bros, 1895. Near fine.. Unique copy of the first edition of Machen's impossibly eerie episodic novel, in an eerie handmade vernacular dust jacket, from the library of actor Wyndham Goldie. Published as no. XIX in John Lane's Keynotes series, THE THREE IMPOSTERS is a maze of horrors and nested narratives, replete with cultic murders, antique rituals, and obscure orgies, culminating in a dreadful scene from which Machen grudgingly consented, at the publisher's request, to remove the word "entrails." The arrest and trial of Oscar Wilde, with whom John Lane's publishing ventures were heavily associated in the press, inspired Lane's newfound timidity regarding frightful goings-on, graphically depicted; the remainder of the book's gruesome contents were, however, left uncensored. With the original painted jacket, striking example of book ownership intervention. 7.5'' x 4.75''. Original dark green and grey decorative cloth with gilt-lettered spine, designed by Aubrey Beardsley. In vivid yellow handmade dust jacket with grey and orange painted lettering, with title "The Three Imposters: Tales by Arthur Machen." 290 pages followed by 16 pages of publisher's advertisements. Bookplate of F. Wyndham Goldie to front paste-down. Most leaves unopened; shallow chipping to edges of several clumsily opened leaves. Small closed tear to front free endpaper.
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- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47736
- Title
- THE THREE IMPOSTERS: or The Transmutations
- Author
- Machen, Arthur; [Beardsley, Aubrey]
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Lane / Roberts Bros
- Place of Publication
- London / Boston
- Date Published
- 1895
- Keywords
- 19th century,Horror & Gothic,English & British,Association Copy
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Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Paste-down
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- Remainder
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- Spine
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- Leaves
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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