THE MIDNIGHT FOLK. London: William Heinemann Ltd., [1927]. Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8-327 [328: blank], original blue cloth, front panel stamped in gold and ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge stained blue, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition. THE MIDNIGHT FOLK and its sequel, THE BOX OF DELIGHTS, OR WHEN THE WOLVES WERE RUNNING (1935), "is an important English fantasy sequence, told in a voice rather like that of a modernized, speeded-up Walter de la Mare." - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, pp. 628-29. "An extravagant fantasy for young readers in which the young hero receives abundant magical aid in order to find a treasure and restore it to its rightful owners before the witches can get it." - Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-237. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 719. Waggoner, The Hills of Faraway 663. Bleiler (1978), p. 135. Reginald 09743. Private owner's name rubber-stamped on the front free endpaper. A fine copy in good pictorial dust jacket with wear along upper and lower edges, shallow chipping to upper spine end, short closed tears at bottom spine folds, and some tanning and light dust soiling to rear panel. (#141864).
Price: $250.00
"First published in 1927" on copyright page.