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THE CHARWOMAN'S SHADOW
by Dunsany, Lord (Edward Plunkett)
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- A very good copy, mild shelfwear to corners and spine ends, spotting to edges, in a very good dust jacket, showing dust soiling,
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London & New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. First edition. A very good copy, mild shelfwear to corners and spine ends, spotting to edges, in a very good dust jacket, showing dust soiling, small chip to upper front corner, light shelfwear along top edge, light chipping to head of spine panel, two small chips to upper rear panel, light shelfwear with minor loss to base of spine panel, several tiny chips, shelf wear along bottom rear edge, small chip and creasing at bottom edge near flap fold with short closed tear. (8549). Octavo. original blue cloth, spine and front panels stamped in gold. Signed by Dunsany on the front free end paper. One of the author's best fantasies. "An excellent fantasy in the tradition of George MacDonald." - Barron (ed.): Fantasy Literature 3-117. Tymm: Fantasy Literature pp. 79.
Synopsis
Lord Dunsany was Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, the eighteenth baron of an ancient line. He hunted lions in Africa, taught English in Athens, fought in the Boer and Kaiserian wars, and was wounded in the service of his country. As senior peer of Ireland, he saw three sovereigns crowned at Westminster; part of the renaissance of Irish drama, he hobnobbed with Yeats and Synge and Lady Gregory during the great days of Dublin's Abbey Theatre. He was peer, sportsman, soldier, playwright, globe-trotter, and once chess champion of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. He wrote more than sixty books before his death in 1957 and influenced some of the greatest writers of our time.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8549
- Title
- THE CHARWOMAN'S SHADOW
- Author
- Dunsany, Lord (Edward Plunkett)
- Book Condition
- Used - A very good copy, mild shelfwear to corners and spine ends, spotting to edges, in a very good dust jacket, showing dust soiling,
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- London & New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- Fantasy . Signed
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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