MACHEN, Arthur (pseudonym of JONES, Arthur Llewellyn, 1863-1947). Things Near and Far. [V.p.], 1923. 8vos. Two volumes. Publisher's bindings, dust jackets (American jacket is price-clipped). FIRST EDITION AND FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF MACHEN'S UNCOMMON SECOND VOLUME OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BOTH IN THE SCARCE DUST JACKETS. 

These volumes describe Machen's struggles in the turbulent world of the English literary world in the 1890s. It also describes his involvement with The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, his adventures as an actor, and his exploration of London (he originally came from the Gwent countryside of Wales. 

General toning or sunning to cloth spines, some rubbing to cloth; jacket spines toned or sunned, English jacket spine chipped at top, jackets generally edgeworn and soiled. Still, very good.