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First editions; ownership inscription to front free endpapers of Titus Groan, half-titles, Titus Alone with woodcut frontispiece; publisher's red cloth, original unclipped dust-jackets, later red cloth slipcases, closed tear to dust-jacket spine of Gormenghast; minor tear to top-edge of Titus Alone dust-jacket, minor wear generally to extremities of jackets, occasional light spotting internally, boards with slight colour loss, spines toned; 438; 453, [1]; 222, [2]pp. misc23 A set of three first editions from Mervyn Peake's (1911-1968) Gormenghast trilogy, comprising Titus Groan, Gormenghast, and Titus Alone, his last published novel.

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.