THE PORTENT AND OTHER STORIES 1924 GEORGE MACDONALD CENTENARY EDITION

[MACDONALD, GEORGE]. The Portent and other Stories [Centenary Edition 1824-1924]. [London]: Privately Printed, 1905.

First edition. Hardcover. Cloth-bound. Octavo (190 x 130 mm.), pp. [xii], 275. Bound in publisher's original cloth, top edge gilt, other edges uneven. Printed by Morrison & Gibb Limited, Edinburgh. Contents: The Portent, The Cruel Painter, The Castle: A Parable, The Wow O' Rivven, The Broken Swords, The Gray Wolf, Uncle Cornelius His Story. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight, secure and square. Some minor marks to cloth. Contents excellent and without previous ownership markings. Extremely scarce.

Note: Special centenary edition. This edition was intended as a souvenir available only to attendees to the centenary birthday celebration in London in 1924. Greville MacDonald sponsored this gathering for his family, and G. K. Chesterton was the keynote speaker.