Occult & Esoterica
[SPARE, Austin Osman] The Valley of Fear (Fulgur, 2008)
[SPARE, Austin Osman] The Valley of Fear (Fulgur, 2008)
Introduction by Robert Ansell
London: Fulgur Limited, 2008. First Edition. Tall 4to. Green cloth with white spine titles in original matching dust jacket. Limited to 700 hand-numbered copies, this being No. 276. xi + [38]pp. Nineteen full page color drawings by Spare. Small corner bump, otherwise a near fine copy in like dust jacket.
Reproduction of a sketchbook featuring delicately colored drawings created by Spare in 1924. Produced at a time when his life was in acute crisis, the drawings evoke a rare world of grotesque truth and sublime transcendence. It includes an analytical introductory essay by Robert Ansell discussing the development of Spare’s magic-aesthetic. Published here for the first time, this important sketchbook can be considered a companion volume to The Book of Ugly Ecstasy.