TIME AND THE GODS
by Dunsany, Lord
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Talent, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: John W. Luce & Company [no publishing date]. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good. S.H. Sime. Inscrbed by Dunsany in poetry on the front free endpaper, "Montecito, May 20, 1953. My thanks to Mrs. Foley, Thate these my stories are, Not yet forgotten wholey, Where they have travelled far. Dunsany." All ten Sime illustrations present. Bleiler; The Checklist of Fantastic Literature pg. 105. Bound in original black cloth backed spine with tan paper covered boards with lettering and design stamped in gilt. Small bookplate on the front paste-down endpsper. Cloth at the head of the spine frayed. A very good copy, without the dust jacket.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28338
- Title
- TIME AND THE GODS
- Author
- Dunsany, Lord
- Illustrator
- S.H. Sime
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second printing
- Publisher
- John W. Luce & Company [no publishing date]
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Keywords
- science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural
Terms of Sale
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
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About the Seller
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Talent, Oregon
About Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books has been a full-time mail order bookstore since 1984. Beginning with a small inventory of 400 books, we now have over 10,000 books. Though we do not have an open store, every year we exhibit at between 12 to 14 book fairs and events in the Western United States. All our books are listed on line and visitors are welcome by appointment.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....