Item #1675 Fantastic Tales; Or, the Way to Attain--A Book Full of Pantagruelism, Now for the First Time Done Into English (Signed). Arthur Machen, François Béroalde de Verville.
Fantastic Tales; Or, the Way to Attain--A Book Full of Pantagruelism, Now for the First Time Done Into English (Signed)
Fantastic Tales; Or, the Way to Attain--A Book Full of Pantagruelism, Now for the First Time Done Into English (Signed)
Fantastic Tales; Or, the Way to Attain--A Book Full of Pantagruelism, Now for the First Time Done Into English (Signed)
Fantastic Tales; Or, the Way to Attain--A Book Full of Pantagruelism, Now for the First Time Done Into English (Signed)
"It is dangerous to deal in superlatives; but I am strongly inclined to think it the oddest, the queerest book in the world."

Fantastic Tales; Or, the Way to Attain--A Book Full of Pantagruelism, Now for the First Time Done Into English (Signed)

Carbonnek: Privately printed, 1923. Limited Edition, #672 of 1050. Hardcover. Octavo. 448 pages.

Arthur Machen's translation (the first into English) of French Renaissance author French Renaissance author Béroalde de Verville's collection of stories and dialogues that explore various weird, philosophical, and humorous themes.

In his Introduction, Machen calls this "the oddest, the queerest book in the world."

Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Bound in blue and white paper over boards with spine titled and ornamented in gilt, blue endpapers, with fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Shallow bumps at spine ends. Jacket has a 1/4" x 1/2" chip at head of spine along with one smaller chip. Slight browning to jacket spine and top edges. A beautiful copy, not often found in such nice condition. Housed in a custom slipcase.

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