The Dragon Lord by David Drake - 1979

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Berkley Publishing Corporation / G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1979. First Edition . Hard Back. Very Good/Good. 6" x 9. 286 pages. Black boards with gold spine lettering. Very slight spine cock. Straight, square and clean book. Light wear on front at bottom and corners. Dusjt Jacket price is clipped and some minimal edge wear and inside age tanning.. Interiior is faultless. Cover art and design by Gianni Benvenuti and Anthony Russo, The Artworks. First Novel for this Author. Arthur warlord of Britain, has forged a mercenary army more savage and terrible than the Saxon barbari ans who have invaded his island. Arthur wants to annihilate the Saxons by becoming The Dragon Lord. Mael and Starkad, an Irish adventurer and his giant Danish companion, are peerless warriors in a warrior age; men who have fought all across Europe for survival and pay - and always for each other. Now they must seek an ancient skull from which Merlin's wizardry can raise a dragon, and also the weapons by which… Read More

Berkley Publishing/ Putnam, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First printing (no statement as is correct). Fine in fine, bright, crisp dust jacket. Hardcover. 286 pp. Re-imagined historical adventure in which a vicious, uncouth King Arthur and his fool magician Merlin, Mael and Starkad, two barbarian adventurers, bold and ruthless, to further his plan to exterminate all Saxon inhabitants of Britain.

Putnam Publishing Group, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in very good condition. First edition, first printing. SIGNED by the author. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Putnam Publishing Group, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in very good condition. First edition, first printing. SIGNED by the author. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Berkley Publishing/ G.P. Putnam’s Sons, [1979]. 8vo. 286 pp. Black boards, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. wraparound cover art by Benvenutt, NF/NF copy. First edition of this science fiction/fantasy author’s second novel, set in the time of King Arthur.

Berkley Publishing, 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gianni Benvenuti, dj art.. The book has slight foxing to the edges of the page block. The dust jacket has slight wear to the extremities and is unclipped ($10.95). Signed by the author on the title page.

A near fine first edition in a fine dust jacket. Some staining noted to edges of book, otherwise fine. Drake's first novel. A dark and brooding epic fantasy filled with sorcery and swordplay set in King Arthur's Britain in which Arthur, portrayed as a vicious and uncouth warlord, and his allies plan to annihilate the barbarous Saxon invaders

Berkley Putnam, 1979 First printing of the First Edition in Good condition with a Good unclipped Dust Jacket protected by a Mylar Brodart. Wraparound Dust Jacket art by Giani Benvenuti. Signed on the title page (signature only) by David Drake.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Hardcover.

0: Berkley Putnam USA. Good. Hardcover. 1979. pp 286 D/J .

Fine First Edition 1979 Hardcover Fine Mylar Protected Dust Jacket in Collectible Condition NOT Clipped NOT a library copy U.S.A: Berkley Publishing. 8vo Hard action packed Mythical Arthurian Dark Ages novel 286 pp. See our Scans. Unpretentious and well written in search of a dragon of power! Merlin, Lancelot Since 1977 Three Geese in Flight specializing in Arthurian and Celtic myth..Great collectible condition book and mylar protected dust jacket