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Autumn Chills: Fine Horror and Mystery Literature

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Our fall sale of fine books & manuscripts focuses on rare horror and mystery first editions, scarce pulps and zines, manuscripts, and more by the most famous authors of modern works in the genres of horror and mystery. Among the highlights are the true first edition of Bram Stoker's Dracula, and other cornerstones of the genre.
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Lot 129

DUNSANY, Lord (Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany, 1878-1957). Six UK First Editions. London: v.p., 1918-1952.

Estimate: $400 - $600
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DUNSANY, Lord (Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany, 1878-1957). Six UK First Editions. London: v.p., 1918-1952. 8vos. Frontis. Publisher's cloth in original illustrated unclipped dust jackets. 6 volumes, comprising: Tales of War (Talbot Press, 1918); Up in the Hills (William Heinemann, 1935); My Talks with Dean Spanley (William Heinemann, 1936); The Strange Journeys of Colonel Polders (Jarrolds, 1950); The Last Revolution (Jarrolds, 1951); and  The Little Tales of Smethers and Other Stories (Jarrolds, 1952). FIRST UK EDITIONS, FIRST PRINTINGS; "SMETHERS" IN SECOND STATE CLOTH. 

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 group represents a wide range of his late and non-serial works, presented in bright, original dust jackets. 

Condition

General toning, rubbing, and soiling to jackets, with minor edge wear and paper loss. Interior toning and minor spotting. Overall very good or better. 

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