AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MURKINESS AND OTHER PARODIES, Ferret Ephemera #1.
by Locke, George, editor. Clarke, Arthur C. and others
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Fine in illustrated yellow wrappers.
- Seller
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About This Item
London:: Ferret Fantasy Ltd,, 1973.. First edition -. Fine in illustrated yellow wrappers.. First printing, a limited edition trade paperback original. Collects seven parodies of supernatural fiction, edited and with an introduction by George Locke. The authors parodied are Arthur Conan Doyle (twice), Fergus Hume, Arthur Machen, H. Rider Haggard, Jules Verne, and H. P. Lovecraft in the title story by Arthur C. Clarke. Illustrated by Peter Fuller and Jim Cawthorn with full page black and white drawings. Edition limited to 1000 copies. Cover design of "Virgin Filigree" is by Cawthorn "in the style of Vigil Finlay." 111 pp. Errata slip tipped onto the inside of the rear cover.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 82228
- Title
- AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MURKINESS AND OTHER PARODIES, Ferret Ephemera #1.
- Author
- Locke, George, editor. Clarke, Arthur C. and others
- Format/Binding
- First edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in illustrated yellow wrappers.
- Publisher
- Ferret Fantasy Ltd,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1973.
- Keywords
- sherlockiana, sherlock holmes, lovecraft, fergus hume, short stories,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthology;
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- First Edition
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- Trade Paperback
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- Fine
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- Wrappers
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- Errata
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