The Man Who Ate the Phoenix

by Lord Dunsany, Edward Plunkett

$175 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

London: Jarrolds, 1949. Short stories FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo 19 x 13cm , pp.223; 1 . Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, pictorial dust-jacket with printed price of 9s. 6d. to front flap. Slight toning and spotting to textblock, otherwise internally clean. Minor edgewear. Very good. 'The Man Who Ate the Phoenix' is a collection of fantasy short stories, with 41 pieces. Lord Dunsany was involved in the Irish Literary Revival,

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