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Gods, Men and Ghosts: The Best Supernatural Fiction of Lord Dunsany

Lord Dunsany

First published 1972
Publisher Dover Publications
Format Trade Paperback
Type Collection
Cover art Sidney H. Sime
Pages xiv+260
Price $3.00
ISBN 0486228088

Edited by E. F. Bleiler. First published by Dover Publications (New York), 1972. Publication information from Joshi & Schweitzer, Lord Dunsany: A Bibliography (1993); they note, "There are probably several reprintings, but they are very difficult to date and distinguish."

  • Subtitled "The Best Supernatural Fiction of Lord Dunsany. Selected, with an introduction by E. F. Bleiler. With 20 illustrations by Sidney H. Sime".
  • The copyright page states that this edition first appeared in 1972, but it's not clear whether the verification copy is a later printing. 16 unnumbered pages of Dover catalog information follow the last numbered page.
  • The Pegana stories between pages 219 and 238 are listed in the table of contents as one long story, "The Gods of Pegana", but have individual titles in the text. The list of "Sources" on page 259 explains that this is a selection of stories from the 1905 collection "The Gods of Pegana" and that individual stories are unabridged.
  • Many illustrations are on unnumbered plates: between pages 42 and 43; pages 52 and 53; pages 110 and 111; pages 146 and 147; pages 220 and 221; pages 228 and 229; pages 242 and 243.

Searching by ISBN: 0486228088

Page Title Author(s) Type
3 The Three Sailors' Gambit Lord Dunsany Short Story
11 The Three Infernal Jokes Lord Dunsany Short Story
18 The Exiles' Club Lord Dunsany Short Story
23 Thirteen at Table Lord Dunsany Short Story
32 The Wonderful Window Lord Dunsany Short Story
37 The Bureau d'Echange de Maux Lord Dunsany Short Story
42 The Ghosts Lord Dunsany Short Story
46 The Probable Adventure of the Three Literary Men Lord Dunsany Short Story
50 The Coronation of Mr. Thomas Shap Lord Dunsany Short Story
55 Poor Old Bill Lord Dunsany Short Story
63 The Hoard of the Gibbelins Lord Dunsany Short Story
67 How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon the Gnoles Lord Dunsany Short Story
72 Chu-Bu and Sheemish Lord Dunsany Short Story
76 A Story of Land and Sea Lord Dunsany Novelette
98 The Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller, and of the Doom That Befell Him Lord Dunsany Short Story
102 The Sword of Welleran Lord Dunsany Short Story
116 The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth Lord Dunsany Short Story
132 The Injudicious Prayers of Pombo the Idolater Lord Dunsany Short Story
136 How Plash-Goo Came to the Land of None's Desire Lord Dunsany Short Story
138 Bethmoora Lord Dunsany Short Story
142 Idle Days on the Yann Lord Dunsany Short Story
157 The Hashish Man Lord Dunsany Short Story
162 A Narrow Escape Lord Dunsany Short Story
167 The Sign Lord Dunsany Short Story
172 The Neapolitan Ice Lord Dunsany Short Story
176 Jorkens Consults a Prophet Lord Dunsany Short Story
181 The Walk to Lingham Lord Dunsany Short Story
190 How Ryan Got Out of Russia Lord Dunsany Short Story
207 A Mystery of the East Lord Dunsany Short Story
219 Preface (The Gods of Pegāna) Lord Dunsany Short Fiction
222 Of the Game of the Gods Lord Dunsany Short Story
223 Concerning Sish (The Destroyer of Hours) Lord Dunsany Short Story
224 The Deeds of Mung (Lord of All Deaths Between Pegāna and the Rim) Lord Dunsany Short Story
225 The Revolt of the Home Gods Lord Dunsany Short Story
227 Of the Thing That Is Neither God Nor Beast Lord Dunsany Short Story
229 Kabok the Prophet Lord Dunsany Short Story
230 Of How Imbaun Became High Prophet in Aradec of All the Gods Save One Lord Dunsany Short Story
234 The River Lord Dunsany Short Story
236 The Bird of Doom and the End Lord Dunsany Short Story
238 Time and the Gods Lord Dunsany Short Story
242 The Coming of the Sea Lord Dunsany Short Story
247 The Secret of the Gods Lord Dunsany Short Story
250 In the Land of Time Lord Dunsany Short Story
220|220.1 Of Skarl the Drummer Lord Dunsany Short Story
220|220.2 Of the Making of the Worlds Lord Dunsany Short Story
233|233.1 Of How Imbaun Spake of Death to the King Lord Dunsany Short Story
233|233.2 Of Ood Lord Dunsany Short Story
iii Introduction (Gods, Men, and Ghosts) E. F. Bleiler Essay

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