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TIME AND THE GODS
by Dunsany, Lord (Edward Plunkett)
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- Signed
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- Inked ownership stamp to front paste down, a fine copy without the dust jacket. A lovely copy. (29043)
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About This Item
London & New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. Limited edition. Inked ownership stamp to front paste down, a fine copy without the dust jacket. A lovely copy. (29043). Large octavo, pp. [1-12] [1-2] 3-232 [233-236: blank] [note: last two leaves are blanks], double flyleaves at front and rear, ten inserted plates with illustrations by Sidney H. Sime, original vellum-backed orange cloth, front, spine and rear panels ruled in gold, leather label lettered and ruled in gold affixed to spine panel, t.e.g., fore and bottom edges untrimmed, marbled endpapers. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Dunsany with each plate signed by artist Sidney H. Sime. A deluxe edition of Dunsany's second book, first published in 1906 by William Heinemann. New "preface" by Dunsany dated 19 October 1922. See Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-118. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 574. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 75. Tymn (ed), Fantasy Literature, p. 77. Bleiler (1978), p. 66. Reginald 04631. Anderson I.2.c.1.
Synopsis
Time and the Gods is the second book by Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula K. Le Guin and others. The book was first published in hardcover by William Heinemann in September, 1906, and has been reprinted a number of times since. It was issued by the Modern Library in an unauthorised combined edition with The Book of Wonder under the latter's title in 1918.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29043
- Title
- TIME AND THE GODS
- Author
- Dunsany, Lord (Edward Plunkett)
- Book Condition
- Used - Inked ownership stamp to front paste down, a fine copy without the dust jacket. A lovely copy. (29043)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- London & New York
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- Fantasy . Signed
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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