A Fine and Private Place by Peter S. Beagle (1975 MMPB, BC Edition, 1st Print)

A Fine and Private Place by Peter S. Beagle (1975 Mass Market Paperback, 1st printing of Special Book Club Edition) This classic, mesmerizing tale from the author of The Last Unicorn is a journey between the realms of the living and the dead, and the eternal power of love. Michael Morgan was not ready to die, but his funeral was carried out just the same. Trapped in the dark limbo between life and death as a ghost, he searches for an escape. Instead, he discovers the beautiful Laura...and a love stronger than the boundaries of the grave and the spirit world. Author's 1st novel, written at age nineteen. Peter Soyer Beagle (born 1939) is an American novelist and screenwriter, especially of fantasy fiction. His best-known work is The Last Unicorn (1968), a fantasy novel he wrote in his twenties. During the last twenty-five years he has won several literary awards, including the Hugo Award (2006), The Nebula Award (2007), a World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement (2011), and the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master by SFWA (2018). Mass market paperback has complete cover as new, no creases or markings. Sold by a bookstore, pricing in pencil on ffep. All page-edges tinted yellow. Interior is tight, clean and otherwise unmarked. Copyright 1960. Printed in U.S.A. This copy from Ballantine (Paperback) edition published by arrangement with The Viking Press in 1969. Stated from 1st special (book club) printing September, 1975. SBN: 345-25033-8. LCCN: 60-8662. No MSR.