Jim Keith and I were both smitten by the Dunsany bug at an early age. We discovered a couple of ancient first editions of his short story collections, published in 1910, moldering in the stacks at the Pomona Public Library in the mid-60's when we were around 14 years old. These books were lavishly illustrated in a style most appropriate to Lord D's fanciful prose by the legendary S.H. Sime.
We kept those books until they were way overdue and then checked them out again and again. The illustrations were a lasting fascination for both of us, and definitely influenced my own artistic style in later years (while Keith tended to be more influenced by Jack Gaughan).
