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Dunsany, Lord.
The Charwoman's Shadow.
Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, London;
Date of Publication: 1926
Stock Code: 15261
First edition. Octavo, pp., viii, [2], 339, [1]. Publisher’s original dark blue buckram; titled in gilt to spine and upper board; white end-papers. Bookplate to front paste-down. Spine slightly toned; corners softened with minor shelf-wear; top edge dusty. Light scattered foxing to edges of text-block, but internally clean. A very good copy. A historical fantasy set in pseudo-medieval Spain, by Anglo-Irish author Lord Dunsany (1878-1957). An ‘excellent’ ‘traditional fairytale [with] many nice touches’ (Bleiler, 583). £65.00