Author: Mirrlees, Hope
Title: Lud-in-the-Mist
Description: New York City, Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. Hardcover. pp. 313. Small 8vo. Bound in original patterned paper over boards, with green cloth spine. Edges rubbed, title label slightly pulled away, but not torn, binding lightly soiled. The 'Borzoi'-design endpapers are clean and tight, although the binding feels very slightly sprung. Contents clean and bright. Good+. No dust jacket. Helen Hope Mirrlees (1887-1978) was a British poet, novelist, and translator (she spoke six languages by her mid-20s), and friend of Virginia Woolf. Her best known work is 'Lud-in-the-Mist', which was first published by W. Collins Sons in London, in 1926 (See Bleiler, 'The Check-List of Science-Fiction and Supernatural Fiction'). It 'is a unique fantasy novel, slow moving and exquisitely written, fairly short and very much unlike the typical Tolkien rehashes of today' (George T. Dodds, SF Site Reviews). This is the first American edition. This title has been re-published numerous times, starting with a mass-market paperback in 1970. .

Keywords: Fantasy; CCMF


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