OUR LADY OF DARKNESS

New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Winner of the 1978 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, this urban fantasy concerns a recovering alcoholic and writer of weird tales who lives in San Francisco. The novel is distinguished by three elements: the heavily autobiographical content in the story, the use of Jungian psychology to inform the narrative, and its detailed description of "megapolisomancy", a fictional occult science. Octavo: [6], 185 pp. Original orange cloth binding, with gilt titles. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with just a hint of edgewear. (Inventory #: 77869)