Time and the Gods
Putnam, 1922.
First Sidney Sime edition, no. 61 of 250 copies. 4to. Quarter white vellum, with gilt rule and cloth boards. Leather title label lettered in gilt. Buff dustwrapper with design by Sime printed in black to the upper cover. Marbled endpapers, top edge gilt and silk page marker present. Signed after the preface by the author. Ten illustrations in photogravure by Sidney H. Sime, each signed by the artist. A fine copy in a very near fine dustwrapper, marginally taller than the book itself and slightly creased on the top edge as a consequence.
A series of tales involving the deities in Dunsany's fantasy world of Pegana, the title is derived from Swinburne's poem Hymn to Proserpine,"Time and the Gods are at strife".
PROVENANCE: Bookplate of noted book collector Doris Louise Benz to the front pastedown.
Stock ID: 39038
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