[Rarebooks] Offering: Lord Dunsany's Rarest Book

[Michael John Thompson]

LORD DUNSANY'S RAREST BOOK, LIMITED TO ONLY 30 COPIES


Dunsany, Lord. THE FORTRESS UNVANQUISHABLE, SAVE FOR SACNOTH. [Sheffield, 
UK: The School of Art Press. 1910]. First edition. Octavo, original 
bluish-grey paper covered boards titled in black on front panel, linen 
spine. 30 copies printed, this being copy number 12. Mild overall 
dust-soiling to boards, light wear at corners, endpapers slightly browned, 
period heraldic bookplate on front paste-down. Overall, a very good copy.

Dunsany's rarest book. Finely printed in black and red on handmade laid 
paper by William F. Northend, with elaborate decorative borders and initial 
letters throughout, two double-page spreads with intricate full borders and 
illustrations, all firmly in the arts & crafts style. The influence 
of  William Morris and the Kelmscott Press is obvious in the binding style, 
typeface, illustrations and overall feel throughout. A great rarity, with 
no copies appearing in the market for the last 25 years, and only 2 copies 
found in Institutional libraries worldwide ( Cambridge UK and the 
University of Delaware, per OCLC, January 2007). No copy in the British 
Library. Not only is this Dunsany's rarest book, it is also a very 
beautiful production.


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$4,500.00 US

Terms: as usual.


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Michael John Thompson
Member, Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada
5275 Jerow Road
Hornby Island, BC
Canada V0R 1Z0
250-335-1182

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Michael John Thompson
Member, Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada
5275 Jerow Road
Hornby Island, BC
Canada V0R 1Z0
250-335-1182

http://www.ThompsonRareBooks.com
http://www.mjtbooks.com
http://www.BeltaneBooks.com (forthcoming)

Stay calm: be brave: wait for the signs.