A very finely preserved, first edition, limited to 2000 numbered copies, of which 1900 were offered for sale by subscription only. This being sequel to Fantazius Mallare: A Mysterious Oath [1922], "set in a phantasmagoric private universe in which fragments of Mallare's shattered psyche appear as characters awaiting the arrival of the god Synthemus, whose advent proves to be not quite what they had anticipated. [Both novellas are] deeply felt exercises in sarcastic fantasy . . ." Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 5-133. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-170. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 109. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature II, pp. 535-38. Bleiler (1948), p. 146. Reginald 07024.
Hecht, Ben. The Kingdom of Evil: A Continuation of the Journal of Fantazious Mallare. Chicago. Pascal Covici. 1924. 211pp.
A very good copy, bound in cloth, generally solid. No dustjacket. Pages are bright and clean with very light foxing. Woodcut impressions are deep and crisp.