The King In Yellow Book Cover

It usually wears the pallid mask which conceals the hideousness of its appearance.

The king in yellow book cover. The printing quality was also poor some pages were printed at an angle and some words are difficult to read. This book not only contains the short stories about the king in yellow but also several unrelated ones. The printing quality was also poor some pages were printed at an angle and some words are difficult to read. The first five stories all have one recurring item linking them together.

This book not only contains the short stories about the king in yellow but also several unrelated ones. Came with a different cover than pictured the cover was plain brown with no illustrations. The king in yellow by robert w. Chambers whose first edition appeared in 1895.

Tennyson neely 1895 first edition second or third printing some modest tanning to the spine and the spine edge and fore edge of the front cover some off setting to the paste downs from the publishers choice of glue and paper during production else a g vg copy in the publishers green color cloth binding with t p e s in gold gilt and with the publishers monogram stamped on the front cover and butterfly embossed on the rear inserted frontispiece of the author. Worship of this being has increased dramatically in recent years and many artists and intellectuals have fallen under the king s sway. These twelve stories are certainly dated and might not be counted among the best short fiction ever written but they all. Lovecraft creator of the famed cthulu mythos whose own fiction was greatly influenced by this book stated that the king in yellow achieves notable heights of cosmic fear.

Get the free version instead. But the illustrations in this edition are rubish poor quality and irrelavant to the text. The king in yellow f. The king in yellow usually takes the form of a gigantic human dressed in tattered yellow robes occasionally with wings or a halo.

The king in yellow is a great book well worth reading. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful children s books with prime book box a subscription that delivers new books every 1 2 or 3. The king in yellow 1895 the maker of moons 1896 the mystery of choice 1897 and in search of the unknown 1904. Marion zimmer bradley drew a number of names from the king in yellow for her darkover series including hastur hali camilla and cassilda.

A old and twisted book that seems to have incredibly disturbing and damaging effects on all who read it. The king in yellow and other horror stories is a collection drawn from four books of short stories. Bradley mentioned chambers as an influence in a 1980 interview.