LOT #58734 |
Sold on Jun 5, 2008 for: Sign-in
or Join (free & quick)
Lord Dunsany. Three Works, including:... (Total: 3 Items)
Click the image to load the highest resolution version.
Description
Lord Dunsany. Three Works, including: The Food of Death: Fifty-One Tales. Hollywood: Newcastle publishing Company, Inc., 1974. First Printing: September, 1974. Octavo. 138 pages. [3, publisher's ads at the rear]. Publisher's soft illustrated covers with a decorative orange and white vine-like boarder, designed by Douglas Menville. Some sunning to the spine, otherwise a near fine copy. Originally published in April 1915 by Elkin Mathews, the Newcastle Publishing Company reissued the work under this new name as the third volume of their noted Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library in September, 1974. [and:] My Talks with Dean Spanley. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1936. Octavo. 149 pages. Publisher's terra cotta cloth covers with a small imprint on the front cover and the spine lettered and ruled in blue. Illustrated dust jacket. Every page of text is outlined in a triple rule of red. Some bumping to the corners, some rubbing to the covers and jacket, very tiny closed tears to the head and foot of the spine, some damage from the tape attaching the Brodart. Altogether a very good copy. [and:] The Compromise of the King of the Golden Isles. New York: The Grolier Club, 1924. First edition. Number 203 of 300 copies. Quarto. 25 pages. Publisher's quarter black shelf back over green and gilt boards. Spine lettered in gilt. Boards slightly bowed, some rubbing to the covers, very slightly soiled endpapers. Altogether a very good copy.Auction Info
2008 June Grand Format Books & Manuscripts Auction #683 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
June, 2008
4th-5th
Wednesday-Thursday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 2
Lot Tracking Activity: N/A
Page Views: 412
Buyer's Premium per Lot:
19.5% of the successful bid per lot.
Shipping, Taxes, Terms and Bidding
Terms and Conditions | Bidding Guidelines and Bid Increments | Glossary of Terms
Important information concerning Sales Tax and Resale Certificates. Learn More
Terms and Conditions | Bidding Guidelines and Bid Increments | Glossary of Terms