UNCLAY. London: Chatto & Windus, 1931. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii 1-343 [344: printer's imprint] [note: first leaf is a blank], original brown cloth, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge stained brown, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition, first binding. Excellent allegorical fantasy about the visit of Death to a small Hardy-esque village in England. "The most affectively powerful of Powys's novels, much bleaker than MR. WESTON'S GOOD WINE (and much less popular in consequence) but at least equal to it in literary worth." - Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-304. "A work of great originality and imagination ..." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1332. Bleiler (1978), p. 160. Reginald 11855. Riley A26. Private owner's bookplate affixed to front free endpaper. A fine copy in good printed dust jacket with light wear along edges and which is separated along front spine fold. (#167362).
Price: $250.00
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