{"product_id":"the-works-of-arthur-machen-signed-by-author-carleon-limited-edition-martin-secker-1923-great-god-pan","title":"The Works of Arthur Machen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMACHEN, Arthur. The Works of Arthur Machen [The Caerleon Edition].\u003c\/strong\u003e London: Martin Secker, [1923]. Edition limited to 500 sets for sale in England and 500 for sale in America, this being number 905. Signed by the author in the first volume on the page opposite the half-title.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9 vols., 8vo. Publisher's original olive buckram, upper boards blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt tops, other edges uncut. First definitive iteration of Machen's complete works, printed on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece in photogravure, with tissue guard present. With the original, unclipped dust wrappers, preserved in remarkable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA near-fine set, the bindings with a slight lean but holding very firm, with the gilt lettering and top edges exceptionally bright with only a few hairline scratches or the slight mark, showing only the occasional bumped corner to bindings and mild crushing to extremities, a light crease to a page or two, and the faintest rubbing to the first volume’s front free endpaper (where some writing in pencil has clearly been erased); otherwise with pages clean, bright, and free from inscriptions. With the scarce and unusually well-preserved dust wrappers, slightly discoloured to the spines and mildly creased and nibbled at the extremities, priced to the foot of the spines; all now housed in archival wrappers. A truly special set, very rarely encountered in such beautiful condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe set comprises Vol. I: The Great God Pan, The Inmost Light, The Red Hand; Vol. II: The Three Imposters; Vol. III: The Hill of Dreams; Vol. IV: The Secret Glory; Vol. V: Hieroglyphics; Vol. VI: A Fragment of Life, The White People; Vol. VII: The Terror, The Bowmen, The Great Return; Vol. VIII: Far Off Things; Vol. IX: Things Near and Far. NCBEL IV, p.645.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53450709762387,"sku":null,"price":3150.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/SIGNED-The-Works-of-ARTHUR-MACHEN-Caerleon-Ltd-Ed-1923-Great-God-Pan-3-Imposters_2.webp?v=1775985332","url":"https:\/\/sanchosrarebooks.co.uk\/products\/the-works-of-arthur-machen-signed-by-author-carleon-limited-edition-martin-secker-1923-great-god-pan","provider":"Sancho's Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}