THE WIND THAT TRAMPS THE WORLD: SPLASHES OF CHINESE COLOR.
New York: The Lantern Press, 1929. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-118 [119-120: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], First edition. Collects seven Oriental tales, the title story and "The Blue City" first published in WEIRD TALES. "Owen related a beautiful and exotic series of Oriental fantasies. These were not set in the real China, like those of Beck, but like Bramah, it was a China of the imagination, the one we all think exists. Owen was obsessed with color and this is clear in the many brilliant descriptive passages that embroider his tales." - Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, pp. 141-42. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-278. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1268. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 171. Bleiler (1978), p. 152. Reginald 11080. Bottom edges of boards rubbed, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with damp-staining to the rear panel and spine panel, mild age darkening to the spine panel with a small chip at the base. Uncommon in jacket and even with the flaws is better than average. (20444). Item #20444
Price: $150.00