The Last Unicorn, the Lost Version

BEAGLE, Peter S.

ISBN 10: 1596060832 / ISBN 13: 9781596060838

Published by Subterranean Press, 2006

About this Item

Limited edition, unnumbered copy out of 1000cc, signed by Beagle. 92pp, smaller octavo hardcover in dj. boards clean and sharp, tight binding, interior text clean throughout. DJ covers clean and sharp, no tears, not price-clipped. signed by author. Seller Inventory # 163482

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Last Unicorn, the Lost Version

Publisher: Subterranean Press

Publication Date: 2006

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: Ltd 1st Ed.

About this title

Synopsis:

Peter S. Beagle's The Last Unicorn has sold at least six million copies around the world since it was published in 1968, and tens of millions of viewers have delighted in the animated film version (for which Peter also wrote the screenplay). But none of the fans of this amazing work have ever known the full story of how The Last Unicorn came to be. In 1962, the 23 year-old Beagle was at a career crossroads. His fantasy novel A Fine and Private Place had been released to great critical acclaim in 1960, but his mainstream second book had been flatly rejected by his publisher. What Peter wrote next was an 80-page fragment about a unicorn, the last of her kind, lost in the modern world of superhighways and Kodak cameras, with only a banished demon from Hell for a traveling companion. This first take on the beloved classic -- so much the same, so very different -- is now available to readers for the first time, with an introduction and commentary by the author.

About the Author:

PETER S. BEAGLE is one of the world's best-loved fantasy authors. His works include the novels A Fine and Private Place and The Folk of the Air, as well as nonfiction books and the screenplay for the animated film version of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. He lives in Davis, California.