Pan and the Twins

London: Grant Richards, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. The first edition of this very scarce fantastical novel, in a strikingly illustrated 1920s dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this very scarce work.In the publisher's very scarce and wonderfully illustrated price unclipped dust wrapper.Eden Phillpotts's fantastical novel was reviewed by the Literary Digest with 'the satire is so gentle, the philosophy so devoid of bitterness, the whole story so charmingly poetical, that it is a joy to read it', and with a contemporary review from The Outlook reading 'it is a good deal more than classical; it is human through and through'.Phillpotts was a friend of Agatha Christie, who was an admirer of his work and a regular visitor to his home. She dedicated 'Peril at End House' to Phillpotts, and in her autobiography, she expressed gratitude for his early advice on fiction writing. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Light shelf wear to back strip tail, with boards exceptionally bright. Spotting to rear of text block. Dust wrapper rear wrap age toned with light handling marks. Loss of paper to back strip tail, with minor loss to back strip head. Small loss to head of front and rear wraps, to either side of the back strip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine