The Maze Maker

Michael Ayrton

Published by Longmans, 1967

About this Item

First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 22 × 14.5cm, 282pp. In this fictional autobiography of the father of Icarus, "Apollo's creature," a brilliant but flawed man, writer and sculptor Michael Ayrton harnesses the tales of the past to mould a myth for our times. We learn of Daedalus's increasingly ambitious artifacts and inventions; his fascination with Minoan culture, commerce, and religion, and his efforts to adapt to them; how he comes to design the maze of the horned Minotaur; and how, when he decides that he must flee yet again, he builds two sets of wax wings - wings that will be instruments of his descent into the underworld, a place of both purgatory and rebirth. Condition: A good copy. There is some chipping and wear to the wrapper's edges, and some toning and spotting to the pages' top edge.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Maze Maker
• Publisher: Longmans
• Publication Date: 1967
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good