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[GORMENGHAST SEQUENCE]: TITUS GROAN; GORMENGHAST; and TITUS ALONE.

Peake, Mervyn.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946-1959. Octavo, cloth. First editions, three volumes. The first volume, Titus Groan is signed by the Peake on the front free end paper. The three published books of the "Gormenghast" sequence. Comprises Titus Groan (1946), Gormenghast (1950), and Titus Alone (1959). Gormenghast was filmed by the BBC in 2000 as a television mini-series. [Reference: Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-285. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 64. Manlove, Modern Fantasy, pp. 207-57. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 1, 10, and 23. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 867-869. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature IV, pp. 1947-53. Reginald 11248,11244 and 11246]. TITUS GROAN is a fine copy in a fine dust jacket, a superb example, GORMENGHAST is fine copy in a very good to near fine dust jacket with some age toning, rubbing at folds touch of shelf wear to spine ends, TITUS ALONE is a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Peake's signature is quite uncommon and rarely found in the correct first issue of the first volume of the trilogy, volume one and three are also not often found in fine condition. (11240). Item #11240

Price: $12,500.00