The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle 1978 HCDJ OMNIBUS Last Unicorn Lila Werewolf

Description: U.S. Seller - Fast Shipping from USA The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle Peter S. Beagle Viking Press, 1978 - Architecture - 430 pages, Book Club Edition, hardcover with dust jacket. Vintage fantasy omnibus, includes: -The Last Unicorn, -Lila the Werewolf, -Come, Lady Death, & -A Fine Private Place. One short story, one novella, and two complete movies populated by ghosts, unicorns and werewolves. Four astonishing tales, each different than the last. The Last Unicorn: The marvelous quest of an immortal unicorn, assisted by a mediocre magician, for her lost fellows. Lila the Werewolf: The whimsical tale of a lovely young girl who plays the guitar, has a mother in the Bronx, and turns into a werewolf at night -- much to the distress of the man she loves. A Fine and Private Place: The gloriously funny and heartwarming novel of everlasting love affairs for the living and the dead that begin in a cemetery. Come, Lady Death: The spellbinding story of a wealthy and jaded woman who plans the ultimate party...with Death as the guest-of-honor. Please see ALL pictures, as pictures are of the actual item that you will receive, and are the best possible description of the actual item. Sold as is. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask prior to purchasing. Thank you! Every item that I sell, I ship exactly the way I would want it shipped to me! I personally and securely wrap, safely package, and mail it. I know what it's like to really want an item, buy it online, and then have it delivered to you in the mail in a plastic bag only. That is not how I mail things out. I try to mail things out as securely, safely, and professional as possible (the way I would want things sent to me). Thanks! Peter S. Beagle was born in 1939 and raised in the Bronx, where he grew up surrounded by the arts and education: both his parents were teachers, three of his uncles were world-renowned gallery painters, and his immigrant grandfather was a respected writer, in Hebrew, of Jewish fiction and folktales. Today, noted author and screenwriter Peter Beagle is a recipient of the prestigious Hugo, Nebula, Locus, Mythopoeic, and World Fantasy Awards, and he is a Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America 2018 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master, among many other literary achievements. He has given generations of readers the magic of unicorns, haunted cemeteries, lascivious trees and disgruntled gods. A prolific author, his best-known work is The Last Unicorn, a fantasy novel, which Locus Magazine subscribers voted the number five "All-Time Best Fantasy Novel" in 1987. Fellow Hugo and Nebula-award-winning author Neil Gaiman has described Beagles A Fine and Private Place as his I-wish-I'd-written-that-first" novel. In addition to writing novels, short stories, poems, and songs, Peter S. Beagle is also known for his work on screen, including the screenplay he co-wrote for the 1978 Ralph Bakshi-animated version of The Lord of the Rings. He also wrote the teleplay for "Sarek", one of the most critically-acclaimed and popular episodes of the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation

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