May 12, 2011 - Sale 2247

Sale 2247 - Lot 410

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
DUNSANY, LORD. Group of 6 uniformly bound volumes. Comprising: The Gods of Pegana * A Dreamer's Tales * The Sword of Welleran * The Book of Wonder * The Last Book of Wonder * Time and the Gods. All illustrated by S. H. Sime and all signed by dunsany. 8vo, gilt-lettered 1/4 cream cloth over green boards, gilt-leather morocco spine labels, spines toned and ends frayed, tips rubbed; top edges trimmed and gilt. An early, undated American printing, likely produced in the 1920s. Boston: John W. Luce, nd

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each volume signed by dunsany; gods of pegana additionally contains an unpublished poem of 2 stanzas of 4 lines each, the first reads: "In a dream I must have gone / In a dream and sleeping fast / To a city never known / In a land that cannot last." Signed works by Lord Dunsany are uncommon.