Dunsany's First Book
The Gods of Pegana
Notes: A collection of short fantasy stories; the author's first book.
Illustrated with eight photogravure illustrations (with tissue guards) by S. H. Sime which are far superior in quality to the halftone plates issued in later Dunsany/Sime books. viii, 94, [2] pages. (NB: perhaps befitting the first book of strange tales by an unknown author, the first edition was printed without a table of contents or an illustration list).
Currey, Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors, p. 170.
Edition + Condition: First edition (first printing). A very good copy, darkened at the spine. Lacking the rare dust jacket.
Publication: London: Elkin Mathews, 1905.
Item No: #362127
Price: $400
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