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Octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-10] 11-313 [314: blank] [315: "a note on the type ."] [316-318: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], title page printed in light blue and black, original decorated boards with green cloth shelf back, printed paper label affixed to spine panel, fore and bottom edges rough-trimmed, decorated endpapers. First U.S. edition. Lud-in-the-Mist is the capital of Dorimare, an imaginary country which borders Fairyland. "A minor classic." - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, p. 650. "A beautifully written allegory unashamedly celebrating the necessity of enchantment, after the fashion of Bullett's MR. GODLY BESIDE HIMSELF (1924)." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 5-213. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-250. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1180. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature II, pp. 926-31. Tymn (ed), Fantasy Literature, pp. 141-42. Waggoner, The Hills of Faraway 685. Bleiler (1978), p. 141. Reginald 10174. A fine copy in near fine pictorial dust jacket with light wear at edges and mild dust soiling to rear panel. A very nice example of the uncommon jacket which is rarely found in decent condition. (#130761).

Lud-in-the-Mist is a novel by British writer Hope Mirrlees. It was first published in 1926 and is considered a seminal work of modern fantasy literature. The story is set in the fictional country of Dorimare, which has a strained relationship with the neighboring Fairyland. The novel explores themes of law and order versus wildness and imagination through the experiences of its protagonist, Nathaniel Chanticleer, who is the mayor of Lud-in-the-Mist.