Our Lady of Darkness
by Fritz Leiber
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0860000893
- ISBN 13
- 9780860000891
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
British edition of Leiber's World Fantasy-winning urban fantasy / horror novel, which appeared in the States from Berkley / Putnam a year prior.
Synopsis
Fritz Leiber (1910-1992) may be best known as a fantasy writer, but he published widely and successfully in the horror and science fiction fields. His fiction won the Hugo, Nebula, Derleth, Gandalf, Lovecraft, and World Fantasy Awards, and he was honored with the Life Achievement Lovecraft Award and the Grand Master Nebula Award. One of his best novels is the classic dark fantasy Our Lady of Darkness (1978 winner of the World Fantasy Award.Our Lady of Darkness introduces San Francisco horror writer Franz Westen. While studying his beloved city through binoculars from his apartment window, he is astonished to see a mysterious figure waving at him from a hilltop two miles away. He walks to Corona Heights and looks back at his building, to discover the figure waving at him from his apartment window—and to find himself caught in a century-spanning curse that may have destroyed Clark Ashton Smith and Jack London.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29123
- Title
- Our Lady of Darkness
- Author
- Fritz Leiber
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0860000893
- ISBN 13
- 9780860000891
- Publisher
- Millington Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1978
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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