DUNSANY, Lord (Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany, 1878-1957). Tales of Wonder. London: Elkin Mathews, 1916. 8vo. [xii], [1]-187, [1, colophon] pp. Illustrated by S. H. Sime. Publisher's paper boards with cloth shelfback lettered dark blue. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING OF DUNSANY'S SIXTH COLLECTION OF STORIES.

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 collection gathers nineteen "tales of peace," published in the US under Dunsany's preffered alternative title, The Last Book of Wonder. 

Light toning to margins, minor rubbing, soiling. Light spotting throughout, small bookseller's plate to rear pastedown. Near fine.