The King of Elfland's Daughter

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. 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.