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A small format hardcover in brown boards, lacks the original dustjacket, published by T Fisher Unwin, London 1920, rear of page states copyright 1919 John Luce ( boston) - and printed in USA ( Luce were Dunsany's US publisher, his UK publishers varied between Elkin Matthews, Unwin Fisher etc) So, UK FIRST EDITION, PRECEDED BY THE us edition.
147 pages, binding tight, internally unmarked apart from previous owner name ( Emlyn Farquhar (?) ( great name if it is) in faded period ink to title page.
Tales of Three Hemispheres is a collection of fantasy short stories by Lord Dunsany. The first edition was published in Boston by John W. Luce & Co. in November 1919; the first British edition was published in London by T. Fisher Unwin in June 1920.The book collects 14 short pieces by Dunsany; the last three, under the general heading "Beyond the Fields We Know", are related tales, as explained in the publisher's note preceding the first, "Idle Days on the Yann", which was previously published in the author's earlier collection A Dreamer's Tales, but reprinted in the current one owing to the relationship.
