Fifty-One Tales
by Dunsany, Lord
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: Elkin Mathews, 1916 Hardcover. Octavo. 111pp. Second edition. CONDITION: Very Good Minus. Foxed pages, especially to endpapers. Some shelf wear to covers. *** A collection of fantasy stories by Lord Dunsany, a huge influence on H.P. Lovecraft who in turn inspired Clark Ashton Smith - all three writers created worlds with ancient gods and the passage of time, and the fates of people who discover them.. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus.
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- Bookseller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6993
- Title
- Fifty-One Tales
- Author
- Dunsany, Lord
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Publisher
- Elkin Mathews
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1916
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...