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The Gormenghast Trilogy
First printing
Illustrated by Dave McKean
Introduced by Neil Gaiman
The gothic majesty of Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast trilogy is presented in this visionary edition from Folio. Introduced by master of modern fantasy Neil Gaiman, and illustrated by the extraordinary Dave McKean, this is an original take on a cornerstone of speculative fiction.
$315.00
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‘Every glorious sentence, every obscure word pulled from obscurity and out into the light, every fragment of poem is waiting here for you. Revel in it.’
- Neil Gaiman, from his introduction
A crumbling castle the size of a city. A menagerie of sinister eccentrics. A labyrinth of ritual, mystery and conspiracy. This is the world of Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast, three masterpieces of the fantastic – Titus Groan (1946), Gormenghast (1950) and Titus Alone (1959) – collected by Folio in an edition as fantastical as the books themselves. A new and innovative vision of these classic works, this box-set collection is truly worthy of one of the wildest imaginations in literature.
An author, poet, playwright and artist, Peake wrote with a painter’s eye. His peculiar flair for life and colour is perfectly captured in brand-new illustrations by award-winning artist and designer Dave McKean, who provides the collection’s 142 original hand-drawn illustrations, as well as startling cover designs for each book. The trilogy has cast its spell over generations of readers, writers, illustrators and musicians, and award-winning fantasist Neil Gaiman – yet another Peake devotee – examines the trilogy’s appeal in his expert introduction to this unique Folio edition.
Three volume set
Three-quarter bound in blocked cloth with a blocked cloth front board
Set in Albertina
1,376 pages in total over three volumes
Printed in colour throughout
142 colour illustrations integrated throughout the three volumes
Printed endpapers
Printed slipcase
10˝ x 6¾˝
Printed in Slovakia
‘It stands above all other works of its type.’
- Michael Moorcock
The Gormenghast trilogy is a mesmerising dynastic saga, often surreal and darkly comic, in which the eccentric House of Groan rules over a world of crumbling stone and meaningless ritual. This royal household soon find themselves threatened not only by the ill-omened birth of Titus but also the rapid ascent of a Machiavellian kitchen boy named Steerpike, a character long recognised as one of the most compelling and complex villains in English literature. The trilogy quickly outgrew its cult reputation, its popularity skyrocketing following the author’s death in 1968, and the novels remain without precedent. They echo the grotesquery of Dickens, the cruel fabulism of Lewis Carroll, and the wonder and scope of Tolkien, yet Gormenghast continues to defy categorisation. A grand and gothic dream come true, this lavish edition of the Gormenghast trilogy offers a modern testament to Peake’s timeless creative genius.
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