PHOENIX FEATHERS: A COLLECTION OF MYTHICAL MONSTERS. by Silverberg, Barbara, editor. Frank R. Stockton, Frederick Engelhardt, Edward Topsell, John Wyndham, Kenneth Grahame, Theodore Sturgeon, Larry Niven, E. Nesbit, Lewis Varthema, Herb Lehrman, Marco Polo, Herodotus, Ctesias, Alf Laylah Wa Laylah, et al - 1973

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1973. 206 pp, large 8vo (9 3/8" H). B&w reproductions of old prints. Contents: Introduction; The Griffin (The Arimaspi and the Griffins / Griffins in the Land of Bachary / The Giffin and the Minor Canon); The Kraken (From Polypus on the Coasts of Norway / The Largest Sea-Monster in the World / The Kraken); The Dragon (The Greatest Among Serpents / Chinese Puzzle / The Reluctant Dragon); The Unicorn (From Certain Wild Asses / On the Nature of Unicorns / Unicorns in Mecca / The Ancient Last / The Silken-Swift); The Roc (The Enormous Bird of Madeigascar / The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman / Bird in the Hand); The Basilisk (The Origin of the Basilisk / The Vienna Basilisk); The Phoenix (The Sacred Bird of Heliopolis / The Egg); For Further Reading. Previous owner's name and date in ink on front pastedown, top corner of half-title page is clipped, wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, scattered tiny light foxing marks on edges of text block - mainly at top. Dust jacket is price-clipped, has light edge wear/wrinkling, a few tiny chips, small edge tear, slight darkening to spine, light browning, slight soiling, a few tiny foxing marks. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+.