The Last Unicorn: The Lost Version

Peter S. Beagle

ISBN 10: 1596060832 / ISBN 13: 9781596060838

Published by Subterranean Press, 2007

About this Item

Signed, limited edition published by Subterranean Press, 2006. One of 1,000 numbered copies signed by Peter S. Beagle on the limitation page. This copy is number 166. Number is a little smudged. Typically these were flat signed, without an inscription, however this one has a simple name inscription. Hardcover in jacket, price intact on jacket flap. Clean and bright. Binding strong. Minimal edge wear. Lovely copy in near fine condition. Jacket now in fresh Mylar. Additional photos available upon request. Seller Inventory # 240506001

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Last Unicorn: The Lost Version

Publisher: Subterranean Press

Publication Date: 2007

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author

Edition: First Edition.

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.