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The Little Tales of Smethers: Available Copies

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

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240 pages. 7.80x5.08x0.59 inches. In Stock.

BIC Classification: FC; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270. . 2017. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

BIC Classification: FC; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270. . 2017. Paperback. . . . .

Neuware - Lord Dunsany mixes reality with fantasy in this forgotten collection of modern detective stories. Some are macabre, others have a lighter and more amusing touch, but every story stimulates the imagination and reveals the acknowledged master of the short story at his very best. 240 pp. Englisch

1st Edition 1st Printing. Near VG; small stains on rear board and edge of spine. Very light foxing on page edges and endpapers. Otherwise a bright, tidy copy in tight binding. Lime green cloth with black lettering on spine. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket)

7.5 x 5", green textured boards, 232pp, spine ends bumped, extremities lightly worn, contents a bit toned but still a nice, clean copy in a rubbed and edge-worn, lightly soiled dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, Second State (green boards).

Hardcover. First Edition. 156pp. Offsetting to prelims, ink name on front free endpaper, previous owner's label on front pastedown, else a very good hardback in a price clipped and edgeworn jacket that has a few closed tears.

First printing, green (2nd) binding. Dust jacket edgeworn.

First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 232 pages. A collection of 26 stories by Lord Dunsany. A near fine copy in green cloth boards with some slight tapping to the spine ends in a near fine price clipped dust jacket with some very minor wear.

THE LITTLE TALES OF SMETHERS, Jarrolds, 1952, first edition, first state black binding, light brown stain covered by front dust-wrapper flap on f.p.d., faint moisture stain to a small area of the r.e.p., ink number at base of r.p.d. near the gutter, else a vg/vg+ copy in like dust-wrapper. QUEEN'S QUORUM choice.

First edition, second state binding in lime green cloth, spine stamped in black, jacket by Val Biro. Contains 26 stories. London: Jarrolds (1952), 232 pages. Fine unmarked copy with sun fading at heel. VG Mylar protected jacket is price clipped and with some edge wear.

London: Jarrolds LTD, 1952. First edition. 12 mo. 232 pp. Green cloth with black titles to the spine. Green jacket with green and white lettering. Light edge wear with a couple of small areas of loss to two corners; light soiling and offsetting to the rear panel. Near fine in a very good or better jacket. Front flap is price-clipped as well as the bottom of the flap. An attractive copy.

232 p. OU m. leichten Gebrauchsspuren, Seiten etw. nachgedunkelt; gutes Expl. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 2100

First edition, second state binding. (Currey). Octavo. Green cloth boards with black title to spine in illustrated dust jacket by Val Biro. 232 pages. Minor shelf wear, small stain on upper edge of text block, a very good copy in the original pictorial dust jacket, price clipped & very slightly soiled. A nice copy. Queen's Quorum No.109. Joshi & Schweitzer 1A.90.a.

Octavo, green boards, spine panel stamped in black. First edition, second binding (apple-green boards). A collection of twenty-six stories including the macabre "Two Bottles of Relish" and eight other connected Smethers tales. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 591. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 902. Anderson I.90.a. Queen's Quorum 109. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with mild wear at spine ends. (#159107)

First edition, second state. Fine in second state green cloth-covered boards in fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Twenty-six tales each with the variety and originality of plot to not only stimulate the imagination, but also create a state of continuous excitement and anticipation. QUEEN'S QUORUM 109.

First Impression. Octavo (19cm); second binding in green cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; 232pp. The author's own copy, posthumously inscribed by his widow, the Lady Beatrice Child Villiers, on the front endpaper: "From the library of Lord Dunsany / B. Dunsany / January 1959." Hint of toning to base of spine and lower board edges, with lower corners gently tapped (though still sharp); Very Good+. Dustjacket is edgeworn and spine-sunned, with shallow losses to corners and spine ends (no loss to text) and a triangular chip to upper left corner of rear panel; handful of short tears, rear panel grubby, with lower corner of front flap clipped and a price of 6/- net left of the clip; Very Good. Late collection of 26 stories mixing fantasy and detective fiction. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone title. Queen's Quorum 109; Joshi & Schweitzer IA90.a; Hubin p.129.

Small 8vo., 232pp. Beautiful First Edition of this Haycraft-Queen anthology including the classic, "Two Bottles of Relish". This is the scarce true first issue binding in black cloth with titles in gilt on spine with borders. Square, tight and clean throughout save some light off-setting to end-papers. Gentle bumping to tips. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, (10s. 6d. net), has some very minor wear to spine ends and a couple of tiny closed tears at the tips. A shallow crinkle a the top front panel. Still quite fresh and bright. From the library of Author and Sherlockian Vincent Starrett with his signature on the half-title page. A very pretty collectable copy of a quite uncommon title.