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Patches of Sunlight: Available Copies

Reynal & Hitchcock Hardcover. No jacket. Discoloration to boards: Originally blue, they have browned around the edges and the spine. On front fly leaf: Old price in pencil, and ephemera of blue envelope American Heritage business reply envelope holding poem "A Lonely Lotus" by Dunsany and an obituary about Dunsany, both added in by a previous owner. Tight binding.

First American edition, published in the same year as the English edition. Frontispiece portrait of Lord Dunsany. Octavo. ix, 309pp. Blue buckram with spine paper label. A few pages have small stain in margins, opposing pages to illustrated pages have the typical foxing, spine and edges are sunned, else a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with long closed creased edge tear on front panel, minor chipping to extremities, one-inch surface abrasion on rear panel (causing slight loss of printing on rear panel, where sticker carelessly removed), else quite bright.

Green cloth with gilt spine titles, rubbing edgewear, staining to cloth, spine toned. Spine square. Binding cracked to mull at top half of half title; possible glue repair between frontis and title page; binding else intact, and sound through text. Pages foxed. Prior owner's name inked to verso of FFEP, and a newsprint clipping has been adhered to verso of half title. Interior else unmarked.

Green cloth first edition shows light wear at points and spine ends. Light soiling. Two marks to spine. Some toning. No jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall

Hardcover. First Edition. viii, 299pp. Foxing to prelims, spine just a bit sunned, else a very good hardbak bound in publisher's green cloth; lacking the jacket.

viii, 299pp, [1]. Original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Rubbing and chipping to spine, with some loss to head and foot, a trifle marked. Lightly foxed, overall internally clean and crisp. A proof copy of Edward Plunkett, Lord Dunsany's (1878-1957) second autobiographical work, following on from My Ireland (1937). Size: 8vo

BOOK IS ABOUT FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKINGS TO THE BINDING OR TEXT AND GILT SPINE LABLE FINE, BUT CLOTH IS SUNNED ALONG THE EDGES AND SPINE AS IS ALMOST ALWAYS ENCOUNTERED WITH THIS BOOK. D.J. IS LIGHTLY WORN AT THE CORNERS AND SPINE ENDS WITH A SMALL 1/4" TRIANGULAR CHIP AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE PANEL, SHALLOW SURFACE CHIPPING AT THE SPINE HEEL, A COUPLE OF TINY EDGE TEARS, AND IS PRICE-CLIPPED. A VERY NICE CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY IN A BRIGHT D.J. VERY GOOD+ IN A VERY GOOD+ D.J.

"Patches of Sunlight" by Lord Dunsany. This copy: First Edition. William Heinemann Ltd. (London, Toronto), 1938. viii, 299 pp. Illustrated. Binding: Hardcover. Dust jacket: None. Size: 23.0 x 15.0 cm Weight: 1.0 kg Language: English Condition: Body: Fair. Noticeable foxing, toning, rubbing and soiling. Binding: Good. Slightly loose. Partial separation to the inner hinges. Wear to several gatherings. Half-title page partially detached and may progress. Edges: Fair. Noticeable foxing and toning. Pages: Fair. Noticeable foxing and toning, heavier in places. Text: Good. Complete and readable. Shipping from Tokyo, Japan. International shipping available. Please note: All sales are final, especially for higher-value items. Returns are not accepted unless the item is significantly not as described. Stock availability may change, as our listings are shared with a physical bookstore.

A very good copy. A little chipping to the edges of the jacket, price clipped, a little toning. Block with limited foxing to the edges of the block. Some Sime illustrations and a couple of photos. Lord Dunsany (1878-1957) was a prolific writer and one of the architects of what has now cemented itself as the fantasy genre. His work, along with Eddison, Macdonald and Morris, was key in creating the channels from folklore and mythology to entirely synthetic secondary worlds.