Description
An early edition of Unspoken Sermons by Scottish author and Christian minister George MacDonald.
Octavo, 245pp. In the publisher’s original binding, purple pebbled cloth. Title in gilt on spine. Solid binding, cloth heavily sunned, bumps to corners, some wear through to boards along edges. Faint stain along bottom edge of text block, no impact to text itself.
George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish author who pioneered the genre of modern fantasy. Additionally, MacDonald was a mentor to Alice in Wonderland author Lewis Carroll, who was inspired to pursue publication after hearing how much MacDonald’s children loved the story. Both the fantasy works and religious works by MacDonald are often cited as influential to numerous notable authors including C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Madeleine L’Engle. Includes the following works: The Child in the Mist, The Consuming Fire, The Higher Faith, It Shall Not Be Forgiven, The New Name, The Heart with the Treasure, The Temptation in the Wilderness, The Eloi, The Hands of the Feather, Love Thy Neighbour, Love Thine Enemy, and The God of the Living. The first edition of Unspoken Sermons was published in 1867, this copy was published in 1873.
