Description: I'm in my seventies now, and the time has come to thin out my library & say goodbye to some old friends collected over the years... many of them quite rare...2 Leather titles by RICHARD ADAMSSHARDIK (HALF-LEATHER WITH GILT EDGES & MARBLED BOARDS): In a bitterly divided world, a giant bear becomes an object of worship in “the extraordinary fantasy novel by the author of Watership Down.” In a burning forest, Kelderek the hunter encounters a gigantic bear unlike any he’s seen before. Surely this is the reincarnation of Lord Shardik, the messenger of god whose return has been anticipated by the primitive Ortelgan people. In service to Shardik, Kelderek becomes a prophet, then a soldier, and finally an emperor-priest. Swept up by fate and his impassioned faith, Klederek will come to discover ever-deeper layers of meaning implicit in the bear’s divinity. Written after his bestselling debut novel Watership Down, Richard Adams’s Shardik is an epic fantasy of tragic character. A fascinating depiction of the power of belief, it explores themes of faith, slavery, and war.THE GIRL IN A SWING (QUARTER-LEATHER WITH DECKLE EDGES): A quiet English bachelor falls headlong in love with and impulsively marries a stunningly beautiful young German woman and only slowly discovers the nature of the darkness and doom she carries with her. This book is a surreal mystery that draws from Poe and Henry James. It has to do with a man and woman who become infatuated with one another, marry, and honeymoon in Florida. The wife sees what seems to be a corpse floating in a river. Hereinafter, the suspense and seeming horror grow. As in classical poetry, Adams kneads sensuality and the fear of death into a horrific whole, and he does it most capably. The books are similar to Easton Press titles, and will look good on the shelf with theml Both books appear to be gently read, with very minimal shelfwear.Questions please email me. USPS media mail shipping with delivery confirmation. US buyers only.
Price: 129.99 USD
Location: Belleview, Florida
End Time: 2024-09-07T21:21:43.000Z
Shipping Cost: 9.13 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Leather
Language: English
Special Attributes: Collector's Edition, Luxury Edition
Country of Manufacture: United States
Author: Richard Adams
Publisher: Penguin & Borzoi Books
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Literature, Modern
Subject: Literature & Fiction
