BRAVE HORSE THE STORY OF JANUS by Wellman, Manly Wade - 1968

Williamsburg and New York: Colonial Williamsburg Distributed by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1968. Large octavo. Dark blue boards, stamped in white. Illustrations by Peter Burchard. Fine in pictorial dust jacket retaining the $3.95 price on the front flap. First edition of this historical fiction for younger readers by the accomplished pulp fantasist and miscellaneous writer. An association copy, inscribed by the author to his friend, colleague and future editor and publisher, genre author Karl Edward Wagner: "Best again to Karl Edward Wagner - who likes to see the horses run - from Manly Wade Wellman." Wagner published Wellman's WORSE THINGS WAITING (Carcosa Press, 1973) and LONELY VIGILS (Carcosa Press, 1981), and edited some of his posthumous publications from other publishers.