Mistress of Mistresses by E.R. Eddison [FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING] 1967

Mistress of Mistresses by E.R. Eddison  [The Zimiamvian Trilogy #1]

U.S. FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING [1967] BALLANTINE BOOKS

Tight vintage paperback in very good condition.   Some shelf / edge wear to an otherwise strong cover.  Tanning to pages.  Name written on margin of 1st page.  

The second volume in the fantasy classic most often compared with J.R.R. Tolkien

The Worm Ouroboros was the first work from E.R. Eddison that excited deeply felt enthusiasm from figures of literary stature. THE MISTRESS OF MISTRESSES, part of "The Worm" group, has long been unavailable in any edition. James Stephenson says, "Mr. Eddison is a vast man. He needed a whole cosmos to play in , and created one; and he forged a prose to tell of it that is as gigantic as his tale." And James Branch Cabell has said, "I find here - in his finest, his purest, and his most romantic vein - the finest living writer of pure fantasy."