Dunsany, Edward Plunkett, Lord

The Gods of Pegana. Mathews, 1905, 8vo, recased, new endpapers [together with] autograph letter signed ("Dunsany") to Mrs Eaton of New York stating his views on the first world war ("The war appears to me... to have been necessary. What I deplored... was not the war with its horrors, but our immediate, and I believe transitory, effect of it; that is to say the turning of the minds of our people... towards the feelings and ideals of the Stone Age and away from civilization..."), thoughts on emerging writers and his own naming of stories, 6 pages, North Raglan Barracks, Davenport, 15 March 1919, together with envelope, both in collector's box; Time & The Gods. Putnam's, 1922, number 21 of 250 copies, ten illustrations by S.H. Sime; The Chronicles of Rodriguez. Putnam's, 1922, number 367 of 500 copies, frontispiece by S.H. Sime; The King of Elfland's Daughter. Putnam's, 1924, number 226 of 250 copies, frontispiece by S.H. Sime; Seven Modern Comedies. Putnam's, 1928, number 214 of 250 copies; all 8vo, original bindings, some spotting and browning, occasional slight wear to bindings (5)

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