" It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life. "
— Henry Ward Beecher

Dunsany was a prolific writer, penning short stories, novels, plays, poetry, essays and autobiography, and publishing over sixty books, not including individual plays. He began his authorial career in the late 1890s, with a few published verses, such as "Rhymes from a Suburb" and "The Spirit of the Bog", but he made a lasting impression in 1905 when he burst onto the publishing scene with the well-received collection The Gods of Pegāna. Dunsany's most notable fantasy short stories were published in collections from 1905 to 1919. He paid for the publication of the first such collection, The Gods of Pegāna, earning a commission on sales. This he never again had to do, as the vast majority of his extensive writings sold after this point. Most of Dunsany's plays were performed during his lifetime, some of them many times in many locations, including the West End, Broadway and Off-Broadway. At one time, five ran simultaneously in New York, possibly all on Broadway, while on another occasion, he was in performance in four European capitals plus New York.
See below our stock of Lord Dunsany First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
London: Jarrolds Publishers Ltd., 1951. [Science fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's red cloth, titles in black to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Lee Kenyon. Signed by the author to flyleaf. Dust-jacket clipped and repriced by the publisher at 6/- net. Slight reading lean, spotting to..... More
London: Jarrolds Publishers Ltd., 1950. [Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.208. Publisher's black cloth, titles in gilt to spine, typographic dust-jacket. Signed by the author to flyleaf. Dust-jacket clipped and repriced by the publisher at 6/- net. Some toning to the textblock, with some spotting to the..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1932. [Short Story Anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.428; [4]. Publisher's green cloth with red titles to spine. With the green dust-jacket priced at 3/6. Small blue ink ownership to flyleaf. Light spotting and browning to edges and endpapers. Jacket with chips and closed..... More