TALES OF FANTASY, SCIENCE FICTION, FOLKLORE AND MYSTERY: STORIES BY LORD DUNSANY, FIRST EDITION
DUNSANY, Lord (PLUNKETT, Edward John Moreton Drax, 18th Baron of Dunsany). The Man Who Ate the Phoenix. London: Jarrolds, [1949]. Small octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. $450.
First edition of this collection of over 40 short stories by one of the fathers of the modern fantasy genre.
"An amazingly varied collection of tales by an acknowledged master of the short story," including a number of stories not appearing in any other books or collections. This is one of the scarcer titles from Dunsany, who was "unquestionably one of the most important writers of heroic fantasy of the century" (Bleiler). Currey, 138.
Book in about-fine condition with a small dent to one edge; in a bright, extremely good dust jacket with light edge wear and a small chip to the upper back corner.