Robert Holdstock — The Bone Forest

London, Grafton Books, HarperCollins, 1991 . First edition. Cloth. A fine first edition of Robert Holdbrook's anthology of fantasy short stories, including the titular novella 'The Bone Forest', a prequel to his 'Mythago Wood' cycle. The first edition, first impression of this collection of fantasy short stories from British author Robert Holdstock, in the publisher's original illustrated price unclipped dust wrapper.An Advance Reader Copy, with a pre-publication advertisement from the publisher loosely inserted.The titular novella that opens the work serves as a prequel to Holdstock's 'Mythago Wood' cycle of of fantasy novels, and is accompanied by seven further short stories. These additional stories are unrelated to the 'Mythago Wood' cycle but are largely influenced by the fantasy realm they take place in.This work was nominated for the World Fantasy Award in the category of Best Collection in 1992. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. A touch of shelf wear to back strip head and tail. Minor edge wear to dust wrapper back strip tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned to perimeters due to paper type. Loosely inserted publisher's pre-publication press release. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.