Onions, Oliver. The Tower of Oblivion. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1921. First U.S. edition. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-437 [438: blank]. Original gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. Cloth grubby, worn, rear cover creased vertically, inner hinges cracked, a decent reading copy. #1845. $25. Onions was an accomplished master of several genres of fiction, though he is best remembered today for his ghost stories. The present title, a novel about a man who gradually grows younger, is grounded in the psychological realism that he perfected in all his work. The milieu of the story is the literary world of contemporary London. Clemence Dane, in an article about Onions (The [American] Bookman, April 1926, pp. 168-171), notes that this "preoccupation with character . alternates with extraordinary adventures into lands of darkness . some readers will maintain that his finest work is found in the novels wherein these interests are united; in such a tale, in fact, as The Tower of Oblivion," which she later calls "an extraordinary experiment." Reginald 11006. Bleiler (1978), p. 151. Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, p. 709. Bestandsnummer des Verk�ufers 1845

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Titel: The Tower of Oblivion

Verlag: Macmillan, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1921

Einband: Hardback

Zustand: Good

Auflage: First Edition.

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When I began my bookselling business in 1996 I called it "Eldritch Books" because that adjective at least partly covered the type of material I offered (and because its similarity to my own surname seemed so -- eldritch). "Ghost stories" would be another handy, if somewhat reductive, term. Most of it is fiction from the 19th and early 20th century with a strong emphasis on the fantastic. Since the most familiar and relevant genre terms in use today -- "science fiction," "fantasy," "supernatural," "horror" -- were not so much in use when these books were first published, pegging them that way can be anachronistic. But that should give you the general idea. I don't have much in the way of American pulp (either in magazine or specialty press book form) but otherwise my interests range widely from high-brow to middle-brow to low-brow to amateur/eccentric. You're more likely to find rare and obscure works here than high spots. (Or at least they're obscure now, whatever their status was when first published.) In 2001 I went to work for L. W. Currey as cataloguer and general assistant. Since 2014 I've been back working on my own. I have exhibited at convention fairs (such as WFC and Readercon) in the past. I began collecting and studying antiquarian fantasy around 1980. Some of my essays have appeared in genre publications such as NYRSF, Wormwood and F&SF. I tend to carefully research my inventory and write extensive notes. (If another dealer wishes to make use of any of these notes, I'd appreciate the courtesy of putting such excerpts in quotes and giving proper attribution to me. That's what I do when I quote from any of my reference works.) I will be gradually listing my inventory on ABE over the coming years. I hope you find something of interest.

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