THE TWO THIEVES ..
first edition
1932 · London
by Powys, T[heodore] F[rancis]
London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-295[296: blank] [note: first leaf is a blank], original russet cloth, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge stained brown, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition, first issue. 2600 copies printed. Collects three novellas: "In Good Earth," "God" and "The Two Thieves." God, in the form of Mr. Jar, reappears in "The Two Thieves," in which "a man drinks the wines of the Devil and becomes the epitome of evil, until Jar returns to recover them." - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 782. Bleiler (1948), p. 226. Not in Bleiler (1978) or Reginald (1979; 1992). Riley A28. A fine copy in very good decorated dust jacket with wear at spine ends and corner tips, some rubbing and light staining to spine panel, and mild general dust soiling. (#118857) (Inventory #: 118857)