Items related to The Hill of Dreams
Synopsis
Lucian Taylor believes he has been damned through contact with an erotically pagan world—or possibly through something degenerate in his own nature—in this critically acclaimed horror story. Moving to London to shake off his fears of being trapped by the dark imaginings of a creature inside him, Taylor soon finds his hallucinations becoming increasingly real. An important and moving work, this story is one of the first explorations in fiction of the figure of the doomed artist. A forward that provides literary and historical context from renowned author Ramsey Campbell is also included.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Arthur Machen was an influential horror, supernatural, and fantasy writer whose works included The Great God Pan, The Green Round, and The Three Impostors.
Review
"A dream of a book." —Henry Miller
"One of the great masters of horror fiction." —Clive Barker
"And it may be, when the final balance is struck, that there is more essential truth to be found in the tales told by such weavers of fantasy as Arthur Machen than in all the charts and graphs and statistics of the world." —Philip Van Doren Stern
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherTartarus Pr
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1872621317
- ISBN 13 9781872621319
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number2
- Number of pages226
- Rating
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Search results for The Hill of Dreams
Seller Image
The Hill of Dreams
Published by
Tartarus Press, Leyburn, 2020
ISBN 10: 1872621317
ISBN 13: 9781872621319
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Ziesings, Shingletown, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Condition: Hardcover, New in dust jacket, Leyburn: Tartarus Press:, 2020. Hardcover, New in dust jacket, 238 pp. "In Far Off Things (1922), Arthur Machen asked whether it was possible '. . . to invent a story which would recreate those vague impressions of wonder and awe and mystery that I myself had received from the form and shape of the land of my boyhood and youth . . . Could one describe hills and valleys, woods and rivers, sunrise and sunset, buried temples and mouldering Roman walls so that a story could be suggested to the reader? Not, of course, a story of material incidents, not a story with a plot in the ordinary sense of the term, but an interior tale of the soul and its emotions; could such a tale be suggested in the way I have indicated?' However, the book had already been written. The Hill of Dreams had been published in 1907, and has been lauded by writers as diverse as H.P. Lovecraft and Henry Miller.". Seller Inventory # 65145
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
The Hill of Dreams
Seller: The Library of Mark Samuels, Hatfield, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. In Far Off Things (1922), Arthur Machen asked whether it was possible '. . . to invent a story which would recreate those vague impressions of wonder and awe and mystery that I myself had received from the form and shape of the land of my boyhood and youth . . . Could one describe hills and valleys, woods and rivers, sunrise and sunset, buried temples and mouldering Roman walls so that a story could be suggested to the reader? Not, of course, a story of material incidents, not a story with a plot in the ordinary sense of the term, but an interior tale of the soul and its emotions; could such a tale be suggested in the way I have indicated?' However, the book had already been written. The Hill of Dreams had been published in 1907, and has been lauded by writers as diverse as H.P. Lovecraft and Henry Miller. This edition of The Hill of Dreams contains introductions by Mark Valentine, Lord Dunsany, and Machen himself. Seller Inventory # ABE-1739200054048
Quantity: 1 available
Seller Image
The Hill of Dreams
Seller: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Tartarus Press 1998 edition, number 178 of 350. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to dust jacket. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING. Seller Inventory # mon0000877384
Quantity: 1 available
Seller Image
The Hill Of Dreams (350 numbered copies)
Published by
Tartarus Press: North Yorkshire, 1998
ISBN 10: 1872621317
ISBN 13: 9781872621319
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS, Colyton, DEVON, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. First edition thus (& 1st printing). First published in 1907. This first Tartarus Press printing contains for the first time all three of the Sidney Sime illustrations (specially tipped-in for this edition) originally intended (but not used) for the book's first publication (1907), plus the two known introductions written for later editions by the author, plus a new six-page introduction by Mark Valentine. LIMITED EDITION: 350 numbered hardcover copies printed. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new). Seller Inventory # 15903
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
The Hill of Dreams
Seller: dsmbooks, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
hardcover. Condition: Good. Good. book. Seller Inventory # D8S0-3-M-1872621317-3
Quantity: 1 available
Seller Image
The Hill of Dreams
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Limited edition. 22 x 15 cm. Octavo. 196pp. Burgundy cloth in dust jacket. Marble endpapers. The work was originally published in 1907 and this limited edition contains the 3 illustrations (tipped-in) from the original by Sidney Sime. Contains both introductions made for later issues by Machen as well as a new introduction by Mark Valentine. Limited to 350 copies this being copy 310. The jacket spine is very lightly faded. Seller Inventory # 66578
Quantity: 1 available
Seller Image
Aklo
Published by
Tartarus Press/Caermaen Books, 1998
ISBN 10: 1872621317
ISBN 13: 9781872621319
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hard Cover. Condition: VF - Very Fine. Tartarus Press/Caermaen Books 1998. Book condition: VF - Very Fine. None illustrations. Dust Jacket condition: G - Good. Aklo was a late twentieth-century small-press literary magazine that published the likes of Cabell, Stenbock, Gawsworth, Stanford, and others. This collection was its last flourish, for the first time in hardcover. Also includes a Tartarus Press catalogue. There are some slight spine stains on the dust jacket. 256 pages. Size: 6" x 9" (160mm x 220mm). ISBN: 1872621317. (0.63). Seller Inventory # AKLO1
Quantity: 1 available