TIME AND THE GODS
by DUNSANY, LORD
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- NEAR FINE WITHOUT D.J.
- Seller
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BURLINGTON, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN. NEAR FINE WITHOUT D.J.. PUB 1906. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. WITH 10 OF SIDNEY SIME'S MOST MEMORABLE FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS . BROWN PAPER COVERED BOARDS WITH GREEN CLOTH BACKED SPINE WITH GILT TITLES AND SIDNEY SIME INLAY ON THE FRONT COVER. SPINE SLIGHTLY DARKENED WITH GILT TITLES BRIGHT, SHORT TIDEMARK AT THE TOP OF THE FRONT COVER, VERY MODEST SOIL TO THE BOARDS, AND SOME MODEST FOXING TO THE ENDPAPERS AND THE TERMINAL LEAVES. AN EXCELLENT WELL PRESERVED COPY OF A FRAGILE BOOK THAT IS USUALLY FOUND WITH BRUISED CORNERS AND FRAYING SPINE EDGES. ARGUABLY DUNSANY'S FINEST COLLECTION. .
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 LUTSCHAK BOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- COLLECTI014104I
- Title
- TIME AND THE GODS
- Author
- DUNSANY, LORD
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - NEAR FINE WITHOUT D.J.
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Publisher
- WILLIAM HEINEMANN
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- PUB 1906
- Keywords
- WITH 10 OF SIDNEY SIME'S MOST MEMORABLE FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS, FANTASY, SHORT STORIES
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JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS
Biblio member since 2003
BURLINGTON, Wisconsin
About JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS
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