The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. Frank McIntosh (dust jacket). First Thus. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. xv, 304, with the last four pages filled with notes. With a seven-page introduction by T. E. Lawrence. Decorated endpapers. Bound in black half-cloth over green cloth boards; publisher's logo blindstamped on front board, gilt lettering on spine. In the illustrated dust jacket that shows a darkened spine with chips at head and tail. Near Fine / Good+. Item #5959 The illustrated dust jacket by F. M. presents various godheads in an art-deco style reminiscent of Cleon. Uncommon in dust jacket, which is now preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
A volume in Knopf's "Blue Jade Library" series. Lawrence, in his introduction, celebrates the idiosyncrasies of Garnett's province, the British Museum Reading Room, where he served as Keeper of Printed Books.
Price: $150.00