The King of Elfland's Daughter by Dunsany, Lord (Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany, Lord Dunsany) - 1924

New York: Putnam's (Knickerbocker Press), 1924. First American Trade Edition . Cloth. Very Good. Octavo. Sime, S.H. [frontispiece]. New York: Putnam's, 1924 (Knickerbocker Press). First American Trade Edition. Frontispiece illustration by S.H. Sime. Octavo, 301 pp. Blue cloth with gilt imprint on cover and spine. Spine a little faded, light rubbing to ends and corners, spine imprint lettering slightly flaked; moderate foxing, most notable on page edges. Very Good or a bit better. Bright, tight, and handsome. See scan. A very nicely preserved example of the very scarce American first edition of The King of Elfland's Daughter - possibly the most reprinted title of the famed fantasy author. Includes one of S.H. Simes' magical frontispiece illustrations. A seminal voice in the fantasy-science fiction genre, Dunsany also wrote The Sword of Welleran, The Gods of Pegana, Time and the Gods, A Dreamer's Tale, The Book of Wonder, If, Tales of Wonder, and others. Scarce. l-42 n