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Hardcover, first edition ( date in Roman numerals as mcmviii [1908] to title page) published by George Allen & Sons, London.
Predates the (slightly commoner) US 1916 1st Edition ( Edward Luce, Boston) by 8 years.
Lacks original dustjacket, in green cloth with ( vaguely Arabic ) sword / scimitar in gilt on front cloth, titles in gilt to front cover and in matching ( embossed but partially faded gilt to spine. Corners bumped, previous owners name and address ( in pencil to blank endpages ( Farquhar (?), 157 Victoria Street, November 1920)
Lowercase b on contents page, as called for.
Frontis and internal illustrations by S.H Sime . All the illustration plates are present, but three are loose/, 1 plate has a 5 cm tear , others undamaged . Binding otherwise tight, bumps in particular to base of spine, which is softened as a result.
A fair to good copy of a RARE/ hard to find title ( no cother copies of this edition online at time of listing.
In the title story, "The Sword of Welleran," four warriors travel on their quest to recover a potent sword that has been taken by a wicked sorcerer. On the other hand, In "The Kith of the Elf-Folk," a man stumbles onto a secret settlement of elf-like creatures with the ability to control the weather. In "The Highwayman," a man trades his soul for money and power with the devil, only to come to regret it.
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