{"product_id":"the-hill-of-dreams-by-arthur-machen-tartarus-press-2024-limited-edition-hardback","title":"The Hill of Dreams by Arthur Machen (Tartarus Press, 2024) Limited Edition Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eArthur Machen. \u003cem\u003eThe Hill of Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e. Leyburn, North Yorkshire: Tartarus Press, 2024. Hardback. 197 + xviii pages. Illustrations by Sidney H. Sime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription from the publisher: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"u17407-11\"\u003eIn \u003cspan id=\"u17407-9\"\u003eFar Off Things \u003c\/span\u003e(1922), Arthur Machen asked whether it was possible '. . . to invent a story which would recreate those vague impressions of wonder and awe and mystery that I myself had received from the form and shape of the land of my boyhood and youth . . . Could one describe hills and valleys, woods and rivers, sunrise and sunset, buried temples and mouldering Roman walls so that a story could be suggested to the reader? Not, of course, a story of material incidents, not a story with a plot in the ordinary sense of the term, but an interior tale of the soul and its emotions; could such a tale be suggested in the way I have indicated?'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"u17407-12\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"u17407-16\"\u003eHowever, the book had already been written. \u003cspan id=\"u17407-14\"\u003eThe Hill of Dreams\u003c\/span\u003e had been published in 1907, and has been lauded by writers as diverse as H.P. Lovecraft and Henry Miller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"u17407-17\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"u17407-19\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"u17407-22\"\u003e'Any new edition of Machen's finest creation is cause for celebration, but when the production is as sumptuous as this, with marbled endpapers, burgundy boards, silk ribbon and cream coloured paper, then it's a doubly welcome addition to the Machen shelf. Ninety one years after the debut of The Hill of Dreams it's delightful to have all three of Sidney Sime's illustrations . . .' \u003cspan id=\"u17407-21\"\u003eRoger Dobson, Avallaunius\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"u17407-25\"\u003e'Charming, even old fashioned...' \u003cspan id=\"u17407-24\"\u003eHellnotes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"u17407-28\"\u003e'Released by Tartarus Press in time for its centenary next year, this, the most accomplished novel of the field's greatest dreamer, looks as exotic as its story reads.' \u003cspan id=\"u17407-27\"\u003eWilliam Simmons, Infinityplus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"u17545-3\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"u17545\"\u003eThe Hill of Dreams \u003c\/span\u003eis a sewn hardback book of 197 + xviii pages with silk ribbon marker, head and tailbands, and d\/w.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"u17545-4\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"u17545-6\"\u003eISBN 978-1-912586-12-7\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"u17407-29\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arcane Offerings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67801488195754,"sku":null,"price":59.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0622\/8407\/1082\/files\/1000242008.jpg?v=1793542821","url":"https:\/\/arcaneofferings.com\/products\/the-hill-of-dreams-by-arthur-machen-tartarus-press-2024-limited-edition-hardback","provider":"Arcane Offerings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}