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Hope-in-the-Mist, by Michael Swanwick

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HM-A1a First Printing, Signed Issue 2009

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Full Title:

HOPE-IN-THE-MIST | The Extraordinary Career | and | Mysterious Life of Hope Mirlees | by | Michael Swanwick | Preface by | Neil Gaiman | TEMPORARY CULTURE :: 2009

Publication:

Upper Montclair, N. J.: Temporary Culture, 2009

Binding:

One of 25 signed copies in a special binding. Octavo; 9¼ in. x 6¼ in.; full lime green ribbed cloth, entire cover blank; marbled endpapers (see images above).

Frontispiece:

Tri-fold drawing, 11½ in. by 8¾ in., signed by Charles Vess (see image above).

Notes:

While there have been a number of articles on HM published in various literary magazines, this is the only full length monograph about her to be published to date. Temporary Culture printed 200 trade copies, along with five lettered presentation copies and 25 signed and numbered copies in a special binding. The example shown here is no. 13 of the 25 copies signed by Swanwick on the fly-title, by Charles Vess on the frontispiece, and by Neil Gaiman at the end of the introduction.