Successive generations have been spellbound by the exploits of Frodo, Gandalf and their comrades as they journey towards Mordor to do battle with the Dark Lord Sauron.
The King of Elfland’s Daughter
Illustrated by Julie Dillon
Introduced by Erin Morgenstern
Foreword by Neil Gaiman
Final few remain
Folio’s fabulous centenary edition of The King of Elfland’s Daughter, a founding text of the fantasy genre by Lord Dunsany, features an introduction by Erin Morgenstern, a foreword by Neil Gaiman and original artwork by Julie Dillon. Limited to 500 numbered copies, this first ever fully illustrated edition has been signed by both the introducer and the illustrator.
£430.00
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‘Every detail is so perfect from the slipcase to the endpapers and Julie's illustrations are phenomenal, the whole thing is exquisite and I'm so honored to have played a part in it.’
- Erin Morgenstern
Journeying beyond ‘the fields we know’ to the ageless realm of Elfland, a young prince must win the heart of Lirazel, the King of Elfland’s daughter – but the laws of time and nature work strangely between these two worlds, offering a warning to those who seek magic too readily. This centenary edition celebrates a founding novel of the fantasy genre – one whose prose and poetry, whose unicorns and witches and trolls, would inspire authors from J.R.R Tolkien to Ursula K. Le Guin.
Quarter-bound in indigo leather blocked with silver foil, this superb edition features eight original colour illustrations, along with stunning endpapers depicting a unicorn hunt, by multiple Hugo and Locus award-winning fantasy artist Julie Dillon, who also contributes a striking print of the Princess of Elfland. An exclusive introduction by Erin Morgenstern and an insightful foreword by Neil Gaiman complete this grand and dreamlike fairy tale for adults. Strictly limited to 500 hand-numbered copies, this pillar of the fantastic, an inspiration for the whole fantasy genre, has been signed by both artist and introducer on a letterpress-printed limitation tip.
Limited to 500 hand-numbered copies
Letterpress printed limitation tip signed by the introducer and the artist
Quarter-bound in leather blocked in silver foil with printed and blocked cloth sides
Set in Barbou with Mason Serif as display
248 pages of text printed on Abbey Pure paper
Frontispiece and 8 illustrations printed on Natural Evolution paper
Endpapers printed with a design by the artist on Stardream silver paper
Silvered pages edges
Ribbon marker
Cloth-covered printed and blocked slipcase
10˝ x 6¾˝
‘An astonishingly beautiful book. It might have been brought here from (in Dunsany's lovely phrase) beyond the fields we know.’
- Neil Gaiman
Written by Anglo-Irish author and playwright Lord Dunsany (the pen name of Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, the 18th Baron Dunsany), The King of Elfland’s Daughter became a major influence in fantasy literature, inspiring writers throughout the 20th century and beyond from Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, to Lovecraft, Gaiman and Le Guin. Dunsany’s distinctive combination of lyrical prose and mythic storytelling is a tone perfectly captured by Julie Dillon’s ethereal artwork, including spellbinding images for this edition’s endpapers and frontispiece, and a cover design blocked with swirling silver and metallic blue. Presented in a moonlight-blue slipcase adorned with gleaming stars and a portrait of Lirazel, this centenary edition of The King of Elfland’s Daughter is a fitting tribute to a novel that defined a literary genre.
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