MORWYN OR THE VENGEANCE OF GOD. London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney: Cassell and Company Limited, [1937]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-2] 3-321 [322], publisher's blue cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. "Unique epic fantasy of a descent into Hell, a scientific nightmare devoted to the study of pain. Powys's vision is a bizarre synthesis of Dante's Inferno, the Fisher King legend, and his own personal obsessions, particularly his ambivalent fascination with sadistic tortures. A work of genius, peculiar and compelling." - Robert Knowlton. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 149. Barron, ed., Fantasy Literature 3-298. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1330. Clute and Grant, eds., The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, p. 782. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature III, pp. 1068. Bleiler (1978), p. 160. Reginald 11851. Owner's signature and 1937 date at upper edge of front free endpaper, tiny name and address label of later owner at top edge of front paste-down. A clean, bright, nearly fine copy. (#172239).
Price: $150.00
"First published 1937" on copyright page.