*Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror: I’m well read in classic fantasy: Tolkein, Peake, Lewis etc, so when I say that Lord Dunsany is just about my favourite fantasy author, you can see he’s got some pretty stiff competition. The Irish nobleman in fact covered a wide range of subject matter in a huge body of work: novels, short stories, plays and poetry, but it is a couple of his fantasy works that concern us here. The King Of Elfland’s Daughter (1924) is his finest novel, a romance of love story, adventure, magic and a big ‘be careful what you wish for’ message. Its first paperback publication was in 1969 in Lin Carter’s Pan Ballantine Adult Fantasy series; here we have a Ballantine edition from a few years later with a gorgeous cover by Darrell Sweet. At The Edge Of The World is an anthology from the Adult Fantasy series, published in 1970, full to the brim with thirty of Dunsany’s short stories, polished gems of fantasy and imagination taken from his various original books; with an introduction by Carter and cover art by Ray Cruz. Dunsany wrote the finest prose in the medium, with beautifully constructed sentences and evocative, poetic imagery. His praises are sung here by L. Sprague de Camp, H P Lovecraft, W B Yeats and James Branch Cabell. 
PICTURED: by Lord Dunsany BOTH SOLD
THE KING OF ELFLAND’S DAUGHTER FN £12 3rd US PB 1977. Lovely condition.
AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD VG £12 1st UK PB 1970. Nice copy with slight spine crease and short crease across bottom right cover.