LOVE & SLEEP
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, signed by John Crowley. Additionally signed by James Gunn, who wrote the introduction, and by illustrator Jill Bauman. The second novel in Crowley's Ægypt Sequence and a sequel to Crowley's 1987 novel The Solitudes. In it, the protagonist Pierce Moffett continues his book project begun in The Solitudes, exploring especially the relevance of systems of thought, even those magical and supposedly obsolete in writing a non-fiction book about the Renaissance and Hermeticism. Octavo. Full blue leather binding, with elaborate gilt stamping, three raised bands, moire silk endpapers, and a ribbon marker. Near fine. Near fine. Item #71475
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