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DUNSANY, Lord (PLUNKETT, Edward John, 1878-1957). Time & the Gods. With Ten Illustrations in Photogravure by S. H. Sime. London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1922. 4to. With 10 photogravure illustrations. [xii], [1]-232, [4, blank] pp. Bound in publisher’s vellum backstrip over brown cloth boards, brown gilt morocco lettering label on spine, marbled endleaves, top edge gilt (minor soiling to backstrip, light rubbing to label). Fine. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION, #90/250 WITH EACH OF THE TEN “WEIRD AND POWERFUL” ILLUSTRATIONS SIGNED BY SIME, AND SIGNED BY DUNSANY ON THE PREFACE. This title is Dunsany’s second book, and is considered to have influenced such writers as J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, and Ursula K. LeGuin.