Books

First editions, first impressions, of Peake's masterpiece. Three vols, octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, spine lettered in gilt, rule to turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A minor spattering of foxing to a few leaves otherwise a very good copy in a fine binding. .

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.