LONDON: GOLLANCZ (VICTOR). NEAR FINE WITHOUT D.J. AS ISSUED. PUB 1929. HARDCOVER. ONE OF THE 105 OF THE SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION. THIS IS THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION . ACCORDING TO REYNOLDS MORSE "THE 1901 AND THE 1929 EDITIONS DIFFER ONLY IN SLIGHT REVISIONS, CONSISTING MOSTLY OF MINOR DELETIONS OR *COMPRESSIONS* TO ACHIEVE A TIGHTER STYLE." QUARTER BOUND IN BLACK CLOTH COVERED BOARDS AND OFF WHITE VELLUM SPINE WITH GILT TITLES. OTHER THAN SOME MODEST SOIL TO THE VELLUM AND A FAINT DAMP MARK ON THE BOTTOM 0F THE FORE-EDGE OF THE TEXT BLOCK THAT HAS NOT PENETRATED TO ANY OF THE PAGE SURFACE, AN EXCELLENT CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY OF THIS RARE SHIEL CLASSIC. .

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The Purple Cloud is a "last man" novel by the British writer M. P. Shiel. It was published in 1901. H. P. Lovecraft later praised the novel as exemplary weird fiction, "delivered with a skill and artistry falling little short of actual majesty. " Frank Belknap Long deemed it "the most unutterably terrible book ever written".

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Bookseller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: COLLECTI011329I
Title: THE PURPLE CLOUD (SIGNED)
Author: SHIEL, M. P
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - NEAR FINE WITHOUT D.J. AS ISSUED
Publisher: GOLLANCZ (VICTOR)
Place of Publication: LONDON
Date Published: PUB 1929
Keywords: DISASTER NOVEL, SIGNED

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