Rice, Anne

Taltos: Lives of the Mayfair Witches

ISBN: 067942573X
New York, NY, USA: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. "The legend-building storytelling power that has won Anne Rice her millions of devoted readers is enthrallingly present in Taltos. Her new novel continues the epic of the Mayfair witches, the hypnotic saga of the occult that began with The Witching Hour and Lasher. Meet Mr. Ash, quiet-spoken, tall, unfailingly kind- sole survivor of an ancient species, the Taltos- thriving among humankind as he has always done, now the head of a great corporate empire. As the novel opens, he is stunned to learn from an old and mysterious friend that another Taltos has been seen- in the very same Scottish glen where centuries ago, long before the coming of the Romans, Ash ruled his clan." (from front flap) The third & final entry in the popular Mayfair Witches series by Anne Rice (1941-2021), the highly acclaimed & prolific American Gothic author. Hardcover in unclipped first-issue dust jacket (with $25 price printed at front flap, "9/94" at rear flap), first edition as stated at copyright page, first printing though not indicated as such per custom of this publisher. A delightfully macabre, essential collectible in the Rice canon, in its rarest contemporary form. Book in relatively near-fine condition with slight rubbing, faint scratching to front & back covers, more pronouncedly to spine (but with silver-gilt letters thereon mostly bright & intact); a bit of wear & a few tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners of same; light rubbing & mild spotting to edges of text block esp. upper & side edges. Interior very fine with only miniscule bleeding of spots noted above from edges & corners of some page leaves. Dust jacket (again relatively) near-fine with slight rubbing, faint scratching to front, back covers, spine & flaps; light wear & some tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners of same; spot-staining at thin edges/corners of rear flap; previous seller's worn barcode-price sticker affixed over publisher's at lower right portion of back cover. Near Fine / Near Fine. [Item #7910]

Price: $50.00