The Valley of Fear.
London: Fulgur Limited, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Tall Quarto. xii + Colour frontis + 19 full page colour plates (printed on rectos only). Original cloth. Standard edition: limited to 700 hand-numbered cloth copies. From the publisher: "An unpublished sketchbook of 20 vigorous, yet haunting, studies from this bleak period. Designed as a companion volume to "The Book of Ugly Ecstasy" (Fulgur, 1996), these delicately hand tinted original drawings have been reproduced in full color. The work has been augmented by an introductory essay by Robert Ansell in which the metaphysical and magical themes are explored and Spare's methodologies for creating states of magical aesthesis for his audience are examined and discussed. Edited by Robert Ansell." The dust jacket appears to be plain dark green, but actually has a very subtle design by Spare worked into it - unfortunately it is almost invisible in photographs. Light bump to upper front corner, else appears unused, thus near Fine in near Fine dust jacket. (Dust jacket now protected by removable mylar sleeve.). Item #64291
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