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First edition, first impression. Octavo, pp 438. Bound in red cloth covered hard boards and in the original first issue dust jacket which is priced 15s net and has no reviews. The first book in the Gormenghast trilogy. Near Fine condition book, edges lightly tanned, clean and unmarked internally in a Very Good jacket which is browned to the spine.

Titus Groan is the first novel in the Gormenghast series by Mervyn Peake. It tells the story of the eponymous castle, the Groan family who inhabits it, and the servants and retainers who fill its halls. It paints a richly detailed picture of a gothic landscape and the bizarre rituals and traditions that dominate the lives of its characters.