Fantastic Tales or The Way to Attain
by MACHEN, Arthur
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine /Very Good
- Seller
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Hadley, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Carbonnek: Privately Printed. 1923. Machen's translation of the 17th century French text Moyen de Parvenir by the poet and polymath Beroalde de Verville. Reprints his 1890 translation, with a new 8-page introduction, this being a limited edition: Copy No. 994 of 1050 numbered copies signed by the author. Machen was a writer of fantastic literature in the late 19th and early 20th century; had a great influence on the dark fantasy and horror published in the pulp magazines of the 1920s such as Weird Tales; and he was admired by such fantasy writers as Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, and Frank Belknap Long (as well as by Jorge Luis Borges, who called him a great writer). H. P. Lovecraft, in his essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature," called Machen one of the four "modern masters" of supernatural horror. Machen was also an occultist, and Aleister Crowley admired his writings. A fine copy, quarterbound in vellum, in a very good dustwrapper. A nice copy of this bulky book, usually found quite worn. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034892
- Title
- Fantastic Tales or The Way to Attain
- Author
- MACHEN, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Privately Printed
- Place of Publication
- Carbonnek
- Date Published
- 1923
Terms of Sale
Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA
All books are First Editions or First American Editions in dust jackets unless otherwise noted and are returnable within 30 days.
About the Seller
Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Hadley, Massachusetts
About Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA
We deal in rare books, specializing in modern literary first editions. We regularly issue catalogs of Modern Literature and less regularly issue catalogs of Native American Literature, the Literature of the Vietnam War and the 1960s, and Nature Writing. Ken is a former President of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America. We maintain an office in Hadley, Massachusetts and welcome visitors by appointment. We are always interested in buying rare books, manuscripts, or related material in any of our areas of specialty and are happy to hear from anyone offering such items to us.
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