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THE CROCK OF GOLD.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1912. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1 [2] 3-311 [312] [313: blank] [314-315: "THE CHARWOMAN'S DAUGHTER /SOME PRESS OPINIONS" ] [316: blank] [note: first leaf is a blank], original decorated green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. Later edition. The first printing was October 1912 this copy "Reprinted Nov. 1912." A classic seriocomic treatment of the Little Folk and other figures of Irish myth interacting with a modern world of philosophers and policemen." - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), pp. 175; 896. [Reference: Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-332. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1522. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I, pp. 324-27. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 994. Waggoner, The Hills of Faraway 857. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 186. Reginald 13609].
ETCHED IN MOONLIGHT.
New York: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., [1944]. Small octavo (oblong), pictorial wrappers. Armed Services Edition and first paperback edition. ASE L-4. Story collection. The Armed Services Editions was a significant historical project between U.S. government and major U.S. publishing to mass produce portable entertainment for the men at war. The books, introduced in 1943, were produced in ever increasing numbers as WW II progressed, eventually reaching over 150,000 copies per title. Managing production was Philip Van Doren Stern the former executive editor of Pocket Books. [Reference: Manning, When Books Went to War].
IN THE LAND OF YOUTH.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Highly regard fantasy. "...the tales in In the Land of Youth are simply beautiful" - see Barron (ed): Fantasy Literature 3-332.