THE BRIDGE OF LOST DESIRE

First illustrated edition. Signed by the author and illustrator. Limited edition (one of 12 copies). Full green leather blocked in gilt to the upper board, titles in gilt to the spine. With a frontispiece and six further full page illustrations in black and white by William Gregory Frux. Each illustration has been signed by the artist in pencil to the lower edge. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout.

One of 12 'lettered' copies (from a total edition of 50), bound in full leather by Denis Gouey. This example is lettered 'H' and signed is signed and dated by Samuel Delany in black ink, who adds an inscription 'To Andy Richards / from' and by the illustrator at the bottom edge of all seven plates. The limited edition was assembled using the sheets of the Arbor House trade first edition. A collection of three sword and sorcery novellas: 'The Game of Time and Pain'; 'The Tale of Rumor and Desire'; 'The Tale of Gorgik'. With a preface by K. Leslie Steiner.