Fabian, 14 color plates, illustrated endpapers, and a variety of designs and devices. The only additions being the many wonderful interpretive illustrations of Stephen E. No word changes were made by Moskowitz or the publisher.

This, Grant 1977 edition, includes a new introduction by Sam Moskowitz who rediscovered the rewritten story fifty years later. It was a small edition and may never have been commercially distributed. This new version he had printed in New York in 1912 by R. copyright, carefully rewrote, revised and reorganised his classic, massive novel, THE NIGHT LAND, into 'The Dream of X', and combined it with thirteen of his poems. Dust Jacket and brick-red paper-covered slipcase. Blue cloth-bound boards, spine stamped gilt. This copy is #84 of about 200 numbered and signed by the Artist, Stephen E. The Dream of X by William Hope Hodgson SIGNED LTD Stephen Fabian Art- High Gradeīook Condition: Fine - Sharp tight bright signed copy and Slipcase.ĭust Jacket Condition: Fine - Sharp bright dust jacket, tiny rub to spine edge, no tears.įeatures: Limited Edition of 2500. ISBN 0-91.Home > Books > Antiquarian > Sci-Fi > Hardcover & Softcover > Author > H-L > William Hope Hodgson The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy.

'Return to the Night Land An Introduction'. It is a unique book a carefully rewritten, revised, and reorganized version of William Hope Hodgsons massive, greatest work, The Night Land.And it is a. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. The Collected Fiction Of William Hope Hodgson Volume 5: The Dream Of X & Other Fantastic Visions: The Collected Fiction Of William Hope Hodgson, Volum Book. He then financed the printing himself through publisher R. In order to ensure the copyright, he revised and abridged the novel, condensing it to 20,000 words.

Hodgson was unable to find an American publisher for his 200,000-word novel. At that time, copyright in the United States could not be obtained until the book was printed within the US. Hodgson's novel The Night Land was published in England in 1912.

It was published in an edition of 2,220 copies. It was first published as a stand-alone book in 1977 by Donald M. The abridgment was originally published as part of the chapbook collection Poems and the Dream of X in 1912 by R. The Dream of X is a novella by English writer William Hope Hodgson, an abridged version of his 1912 science fiction novel The Night Land.