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Time and the Gods by Lord Dunsany (Limited Edition) Signed #176 A tight unread copy with some pages still uncut. Bright vellum and cloth. Bright gilt. A patch to the middle of the front pastedown with surface abrasion, apparently a bookplate removal, four small abrasion patches to the ffe, and an inch open tear to bottom of the first blank (see pictures). Otherwise a beautiful copy. Bright pages and plates. No foxing. An inch closed tear to the jacket cover top edge. Two small half-inch mostly closed tears to the upper spine corners and upper cover outer corner, minor rubbed tears to spine bottom, minor creases. In a protective bookcover. Signed. Numbered Limited Edition. 250 copies printed. This is copy #176. Signed by the Author on the one-page Preface. Signed by the Artist on each of the 10 photogravure illustration plates. Original half vellum and orange cloth, leather spine label with gilt lettering, gilt ruling to the vellum at cover edge. Marbled endpapers. Gilt top edges. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Bound-in silk ribbon marker. Captioned tissue-guards for each plate. Original brown paper dust jacket with lettering and small cover illustration in dark brown. The Author's second book. A great influence on Tolkein, Lovecraft, Le Guin, and others. First published in 1906.

Published in 1906, Time and the Gods expands the mythos that Lord Dunsany began in The Gods of Pegāna, filled with rich narratives of mythical deities and cosmic adventures.