London, G.P. Putnam's, 1926. First edition, first impression. Hardback. A very good copy. Some chipping and creasing to the jacket edges, slight lean and bumping to the spine tips, a few spots to the jacket reverse. Owner's plate to the front pastedown, with associated offsetting to the opposing endpaper. Collector's signature on the endpaper. Lord Dunsany (1878-1957) was a prolific writer and one of the architects of what has now cemented itself as the fantasy genre. His work, along with Eddison, Macdonald and Morris, was key in creating the channels from folklore and mythology to entirely synthetic secondary worlds. [11811, Hyraxia Books].