Tales of War [Hardcover] Lord Dunsany and 50 similar items

Ships from Massachusetts. Lightly Tanned unmarked text, light wear. From a private collection. No Dust Jacket. Exterior discolorations and fading. Penciled notations on the endpapers. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: About Near Fine. Boston: Little, Brown Co., 1918. First American Edition. 12mo, 166 pp. Russet cloth boards with gilt imprinting. Spine sunned a bit, early owner's inscription at ffep; corners and spine ends just touched, otherwise without flaw, an extraordinarily handsome book, closer to near fine than VG+, with fine contents clearly never read. Sharp copy. See scans. Scarce First-American specimen of legendary fantasy-master Lord Dunsany's then-topical collection of true stories from World War I, set in France and England, many taken from his own experiences. A departure, though well-regarded, from Dunsany's unique and seminal fantasy stylization in such famous titles as The Gods of Pegana, The King of Elfland's Daughter, The Sword of Welleran, The Fourth Book of Jorkens, and others. L45n