DUNSANY, Lord (Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany, 1878-1957). Time & the Gods. London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.

DUNSANY, Lord (Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany, 1878-1957). Time & the Gods. London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. 4to. [xiii], [1]-232, [4, blank] pp. Ten illustrations in photogravure by S.H. Sime. Publisher's brown cloth with vellum backstrip, brown gilt morocco lettering label on spine, marbled endleaves, top edge gilt; with original illustrated dust jacket. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION, #119/250 WITH EACH OF THE TEN "WEIRD AND POWERFUL" ILLUSTRATIONS SIGNED BY SIME, AND SIGNED BY DUNSANY ON THE PREFACE.

Lord Dunsany, "unquestionably one of the most important writers of heroic fantasy of the century," published more than 90 volumes in his lifetime, including plays, novels, short stories, and essays, influencing authors as diverse as J. R. R. Tolkien, Jorge Luis Borges, Clive Barker, and Ursula K. Le Guin. This title is Dunsany’s second book, collecting 20 stories set in Dunsany's Pegāna. Scarce in jacket.

Condition

Jacket soiled, rubbed, water damaged at bottom right, edge worn, with substantial repairs. Boards lightly rubbed and soiled with discoloration to vellum backstrip. Light foxing throughout. Very good.