Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life by Michel Houellebecq in a new archival wrap. First Edition described, 2019 Cernunnos. First Printing with full number line. With a foreword by Lovecraft admirer Stephen King.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on the spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, moderate spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear, and looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Part biographical sketch, part pronouncement on existence and literature, the best-selling French novelist Michel Houellebecq’s H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life, was published in France in 1991 and is an insightful introduction to both Lovecraft’s dark mythology and Houellebecq’s deadpan prose.
Ships promptly in a manila envelope with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
