THE ADVENTURES OF LANGDON ST. IVES

First edition, first printing. Original brown cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the J. K. Potter illustrated dustwrapper. With black and white illustrations by Potter. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh. The contents, with some faint spotting to the closed text-block edge, are otherwise clean and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very lightly creased dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($38 on the front flap).

An omnibus of the Langdon St. Ives novels and stories of James P Blaylock, one of the pioneers of the steampunk genre. Comprising 'The Ape-Box Affair', 'The Hole in Space', 'The Idol's Eye', 'Homunculus', 'Two Views of a Cave Painting', 'Lord Kelvin's Machine' and 'Parenthetically Speaking'.