Charles Finney Boris Artzybasheff 1st Ed 1936 The Circus of Doctor Lao HC w/DJ

Description: Hardcover. 8vo. The Viking Press, New York. 1935. 154 pgs. Decorated endpapers. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing. Slipcased in a plain paper covered slipcase. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in red cloth boards with pastedown present to the front board and title label present to the spine. Boards has light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid.Abalone, Arizona, is a sleepy southwestern town whose chief concerns are boredom and surviving the Great Depression—that is, until the circus of Dr. Lao arrives and immensely and irrevocably changes the lives of everyone drawn to its tents. Expecting a sideshow spectacle, the citizens of Abalone instead confront and learn profound lessons from the mythical made real—a chimera, a Medusa, a talking sphinx, a sea serpent, witches, the Hound of the Hedges, a werewolf, a mermaid, an ancient god, and the elusive, ever-changing Dr. Lao himself. The circus unfolds, spinning magical, dark strands that ensnare the town’s populace: the sea serpent’s tale shatters love’s illusions; the fortune-teller’s shocking pronouncements toll the tedium and secret dread of every person’s life; sensual undercurrents pour forth for men and women alike; and the dead walk again. Charles Finney Boris Artzybasheff 1st Ed 1936 The Circus of Doctor Lao HC w/DJ Click images to enlarge Description Up For Sale Today is The Circus of Doctor Lao by Charles G. Finney Drawings by Boris Artzybasheff Hardcover. 8vo. The Viking Press, New York. 1935. 154 pgs. Decorated endpapers. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing. Slipcased in a plain paper covered slipcase. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in red cloth boards with pastedown present to the front board and title label present to the spine. Boards has light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Abalone, Arizona, is a sleepy southwestern town whose chief concerns are boredom and surviving the Great Depression—that is, until the circus of Dr. Lao arrives and immensely and irrevocably changes the lives of everyone drawn to its tents. Expecting a sideshow spectacle, the citizens of Abalone instead confront and learn profound lessons from the mythical made real—a chimera, a Medusa, a talking sphinx, a sea serpent, witches, the Hound of the Hedges, a werewolf, a mermaid, an ancient god, and the elusive, ever-changing Dr. Lao himself. The circus unfolds, spinning magical, dark strands that ensnare the town’s populace: the sea serpent’s tale shatters love’s illusions; the fortune-teller’s shocking pronouncements toll the tedium and secret dread of every person’s life; sensual undercurrents pour forth for men and women alike; and the dead walk again. Dazzling and macabre, literary and philosophical, The Circus of Dr. Lao has been acclaimed as a masterpiece of speculative fiction and influenced such writers as Ray Bradbury. FROM WIKIPEDIA: Charles G. Finney (December 1, 1905 – April 16, 1984) was an American news editor and fantasy novelist. His complete name was Charles Grandison Finney, evidently after his great-grandfather, the evangelist Charles Grandison Finney. His first novel and most famous work, The Circus of Dr. Lao, won one of the inaugural National Book Awards: the Most Original Book of 1935. OUR MISSION STATEMENT: Our goal is to provide the best books for the lowest prices. 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