JULIAN GRANT LOSES HIS WAY. London: William Heinemann Ltd, [1933]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-332 [note: first leaf is a blank], original black cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in red. First edition. Signed by Oldfield as "Claude Houghton" on front free endpaper. "A posthumous fantasy whose protagonist's unpleasant life, of which he is forced to relive bits, mirrors Houghton's sense of the decadence of England between the World Wars." - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 479. "Psychological novel, moral in intention, mystical in framework ... An interesting work." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 845. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-179. Bleiler (1978), p. 103. Reginald 07441. A fine copy in fine decorated dust jacket. (#95181).
Price: $150.00
"First published 1933" on copyright page.