The Worm Ouroboros; A Romance

Eddison, E.R.(Eric Rucker), 1882-1945

Edité par Albert and Charles Boni, New York, 1926

A propos de cet article

Octavo. The author's first book of fiction. Frontispiece, 445 pages. Illustrated by Keith Henderson. Eddison began writing novels of fantasy while engaged in a career for the civil service. Some have speculated that this work influenced Tolkien. Lewis also thought highly of this book. An occasional member of the Inklings who like his friend Tolkien was devoted to Old Norse which begins to be seen in his Norse saga. Styrbiorn the Strong followed by A Fish dinner in Memison which appeared in 1941. He died in 1945 before finishing The Mezentian Gate which was partially issued as a first edition in 1958. A classic fantasy novel set on Mercury. Bound in black cloth centrally stamped in gilt depicting a peguses, spine lettering gilt, endpapers are decorated with a bird like snake with accent colors in gold, black, blue and white, light wear to corners and spine ends, some staining to boards, and a small area on top edge with an area with a bit of decolorization.[Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 599. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 32].

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Worm Ouroboros; A Romance
• Éditeur: Albert and Charles Boni, New York
• Date de parution: 1926
• Édition: First Edition.
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Science Fiction, Horror and Ghost Stories
  • Fantasy