Comprises: Fantazius Mallare: A Mysterious Oath. Illustrated by Wallace Smith. No. 1682 of 2025 hand-numbered copies. (Spine faded; hinges cracking; owner's long color pencil note). Covici-McGee, 1922. * The Kingdom of Evil: A Continuation of the Journal of Fantazius Mallare. With 12 full-page erotic illustrations by Anthony Angarola, including frontispiece and pictorial endpapers. No. 831 of 1900 hand-numbered copies originally for sale by subscription only. (Woodcut bookplate of E.R. Blackwood). Pascal Covici, 1924. Together, 2 volumes. 9½x6¼, black cloth, front covers stamped in gilt, one spine lettered in gilt (other in green), 1 with top edge gilt. First Editions.

"Wallace Smith actually went to prison for his illustrations in Fantazius. The experience so embittered him he developed a completely different style of illustrating (see his Western Americana titles/Pendleton Roundup poster). The Fantazius illustrations are among the most powerful fantasy illustrations ever done." (Dillon.)