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Swords in the Mist (Volume 3 in The Saga of Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser)
by Leiber, Fritz
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0839824009
- ISBN 13
- 9780839824008
- Seller
-
Albany, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Gregg Press, 1977. First Edition Thus/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition thus of previously published tales from Fantastic and Fantasy and Science Fiction with First Printing stated. In orange/red buckrum with gilt to type on spine and blindstamped facsimile signature on front board. Sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding. Jacket has some very light edgewear. Contains map, The Land of Nehwon by Jim Cawthorn.
Synopsis
Swords in the Mist is a fantasy short story collection by Fritz Leiber featuring his sword and sorcery heroes Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. It is chronologically the third volume in the complete seven volume edition of the collected stories devoted to the characters. It was first published in paperback in 1968 by Ace Books, which reprinted the title numerous times through September 1990; later paperback editions were issued by ibooks (2003) and Dark Horse (2007).
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- Bookseller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LPB008375FL
- Title
- Swords in the Mist (Volume 3 in The Saga of Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser)
- Author
- Leiber, Fritz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition Thus/First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0839824009
- ISBN 13
- 9780839824008
- Publisher
- Gregg Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1977
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fantasy;
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
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