Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle [The Last Unicorn, Lady Death, Lila the Werewolf, and A Fine and Private Place]

Beagle, Peter S [Stathis Orphanos Association]

ISBN 10: 0670307254 / ISBN 13: 9780670307258

Published by Viking Books, 1978

About this Item

SIGNED and INSCRIBED by author to FFEP: 'For Stathis Orphanos.' Stathis Orphanos was a photographer and half of the publishing duo Sylvester and Orphanos. 430pp. Speckled cream cloth with purple-stamped unicorn design to front cover and spine lettering. Exceptionally clean and crisp. Dust Jacket price clipped, some minor sunning to spine, otherwise sharp. Omnibus edition featuring The Last Unicorn, Lady Death, Lila the Werewolf, and A Fine and Private Place. Seller Inventory # 507734

Bibliographic Details

Title: Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle [The Last ...

Publisher: Viking Books

Publication Date: 1978

Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Condition: FINE

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition.

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Synopsis:

"The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle"; Viking Press(Garden City; 1978); BCE; 1st ed/1st prnt (code 01 R, pg 335); HB,VGG; Not ex-lib, NOT remainder; HB-tan boards w/purple letters +unicorn, sturdy binding, corners slightly bumped; DJ-bright, colorful design by Darrell Sweet, very slight edgewear, Mylar(Brodart) wrap; 429pps, topedge dust soiled, deckle edged; In the forward to "The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle," the reader gets a rare glimpse of the author's early influences as well as a short history on each of the four stories included in the volume; Included is Beagle's "The Last Unicorn," a sophisticated, luminous novella & "Lila the Werwolf"- an early example of the sub-genre of fantasy later to be developed by Charles de Lint; The haunting cover illustration by Sweet would later be used for "The Last Unicorn."