PHILLPOTTS, Eden. The Treasures of Typhon. London: Grant Richards. 1924. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s blue cloth lettered in black to the spine and upper board, in the excellent dust jacket designed by John Austen. Inscribed by the author at the front endpaper, ‘To my dear Micky & Arthur from their friend’, dated in the year of publication. A very good copy. The cloth perhaps just a trifle faded to spine, gently bumped at the corners and spine tips, the binding tight and square. The contents mostly fine, with a handful of small singular spots on occasion. The dust jacket priced 6/- net to the spine, several small chips and nicks to extremities, minor nick to front panel lower portion, the spine with abrasion along centre, the joints rubbed, but still a bright and pleasing copy.
A philosophical fantasy fable which plays with Epicurean tendencies, one of a small handful of similar important novels in the genre by the author. The printed dedication here is quite chilling—to his daughter Adelaide, whom he reportedly sexually abused for much of her life. Father and daughter produced novels and works together, before she married aged 55 and Phillpotts broke all ties with her. The jacket by John Austen is in his usual deco style with nods to Beardsley. Uncommon.
PHILLPOTTS, Eden. The Treasures of Typhon. London: Grant Richards. 1924. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s blue cloth lettered in black to the spine and upper board, in the excellent dust jacket designed by John Austen. Inscribed by the author at the front endpaper, ‘To my dear Micky & Arthur from their friend’, dated in the year of publication. A very good copy. The cloth perhaps just a trifle faded to spine, gently bumped at the corners and spine tips, the binding tight and square. The contents mostly fine, with a handful of small singular spots on occasion. The dust jacket priced 6/- net to the spine, several small chips and nicks to extremities, minor nick to front panel lower portion, the spine with abrasion along centre, the joints rubbed, but still a bright and pleasing copy.
A philosophical fantasy fable which plays with Epicurean tendencies, one of a small handful of similar important novels in the genre by the author. The printed dedication here is quite chilling—to his daughter Adelaide, whom he reportedly sexually abused for much of her life. Father and daughter produced novels and works together, before she married aged 55 and Phillpotts broke all ties with her. The jacket by John Austen is in his usual deco style with nods to Beardsley. Uncommon.
Image 1 of 5
Image 2 of 5
Image 3 of 5
Image 4 of 5
Image 5 of 5