Tales of Three Hemispheres
by Dunsany, Lord
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/None
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd., 1920. Brown cloth on boards, brown spine wrap; gilt titles. Very light touch of soiling to front boards bottom edge; light rubbings. Spine: thin bumping to head & foot. Small bumping to boards four fore corners. Edges: light age browning and foxings. Eps: sprinkles of old foxings and smudges; ffep with name/address; head ffep with an oval stamp Book Room Molesworth Street Wellington. One section guttering with light splitting. Clean contents. Binding is still VG. 147p. First Edition. Hb. VG/None.
Synopsis
Tales of Three Hemispheres is a collection of fantasy short stories by Lord Dunsany. The first edition was published in Boston by John W. Luce & Co. in November, 1919; the first British edition was published in London by T. Fisher Unwin in June, 1920. The collection's significance in the history of fantasy literature was recognized by its republication in a new edition by Owlswick Press in 1976, with illustrations by Tim Kirk and a foreword by H. P.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BOOKMARK Ltd (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042173
- Title
- Tales of Three Hemispheres
- Author
- Dunsany, Lord
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1920
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction > Sci Fi/Fantasy;
Terms of Sale
BOOKMARK Ltd
Will reimburse cost of book, if not as described.
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BOOKMARK Ltd
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Auckland
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- FFEP
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- VG
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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