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8vo. First editions, first impressions. Original red cloth, gilt. Title page headpieces and d/ws by the author. 1. Corner tips gently pushed. Unclipped d/w is the first state, with '15s Net' and no reviews. It is a little tanned to the spine and edges of the flaps. 2. The head of the spine is gently pushed. Unclipped d/w is slightly tanned to the spine. 3. The unclipped d/w is slightly tanned to the spine and has one tiny nick to the top edge of the front panel. Near fine in near fine d/ws. The 'Gormenghast' trilogy introduces Titus, the seventy-seventh Earl of Groan, and the riotous massing of the castle in which stultified tradition staggers on and provides room enough for the murderous rivalry of Flay and Swelter and the evil designs of Steerpike. Will the child survive to find a world beyond the walls of Gormenghast? A very nice set.

The second novel in the Gormenghast series by Mervyn Peake, continuing the turbulent story of the inhabitants of Castle Gormenghast.