MACHEN, Arthur “Things Near and Far” [Alfred A. Knopf, 1923] 1st Edition

MACHEN, Arthur. Things Near and Far.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First American edition. 7.75" x 4.75", 250pp. Original yellow cloth with blue spine label; publisher’s Borzoi device on title page. Top edge stained blue. Housed in the original illustrated dust jacket. Jacket with notable chipping and loss at spine ends and folds, general age-toning and surface wear; cloth lightly soiled; contents clean. Very Good in a Good dust jacket.

Autobiographical essays by Machen reflecting on childhood, literary ambition, mysticism, and the failures and frustrations of his career. Published during the interwar period, the book occupies a transitional moment between late Victorian decadence and modernist self-examination, offering insight into an author whose reputation would later be reassessed by writers of supernatural and weird fiction.