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(1/2) It was a double #BoxOfBooks week from #TheFolioSociety!
Arriving first was #MervynPeake's Gormenghast trilogy along with a weird tales anthology, #TobiasSmollett's The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, and #UrsulaKLeGuin's Tales From Earthsea.
The spine's of the three books in the trilogy along with the slipcover for all three volumes. The slipcase is illustrated with the Escher-esque interior of the castle. Text of the spines from left to right: MERVYN PEAKE GORMENGHAST FS --- MERVYN PEAKE TITUS GROAN FS --- MERVYN PEAKE TITUS ALONE FS The covers of the three books showing an eagle (orange), a hawk (green) and a starling (blue). All are overlaid with a embossing of a maze. Three books, from upper left and widdershins: - Weird Tales, illustrated with a portal, a key and tentacles emerging from a hole in the floor. Text: WEIRD TALES - Tales from Earthsea, illustrated with a skeleton holding a banner, a being with wings, and a dragon's head. Text: Tales from Earthsea URSULA K. LE GUIN - The Expedition of Humphfry Clinker, illustrated with the title character smoking a pipe while on the road next to a fence and a tree. Text: Humphry Clinker By TOBIAS SMOLLETT
May 6, 2024 at 11:59 PM