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JEWEL IN THE SKULL
by Michael Moorcock
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Los Angeles , California, United States
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About This Item
MICHAEL MOORCOCK JEWEL IN THE SKULL HAWKMOON FIRST EDITION RARE. Lancer Books, New York, 1967. True First Edition, First Printing. No other print dates mentioned. Condition: Very Good -. Pulp paperback with creases and micro-chips through out, light rubbing on spine and covers typical of paperback pulps of this age of 50+ years, only lightly read before and still in good shape for its age. All pages crisp and intact, a solid and tight copy. Not a facsimile, ex-library or Lodestone reprint issue. Cover art by legendary artist Gray Morrow. Known as anti-J.R.R Tolkien, inspired by Robert E Howard's Conan and Edgar Rice Burroughs pulp (he was editor of a early Tarzan fanzine), this is one of Moorcocks most original and finest novels. Michael Moorcock, a writer known as a true trailblazer, breaking the old rules and cliches of conventional fantasy and science fiction. This book is the very first of the Dorian Hawkmoon series in the four volume saga of the History of Runestaff. The novel is set at some indeterminate time in a post-nuclear holocaust future, where science and sorcery co-exist and the Dark Empire of Granbretan (Great Britain) is expanding across Europe. For collectors and readers and anyone that enjoys Michael Moorcock's finest novels in the fantasy and science fiction genre.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Astro Trader Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000-253
- Title
- JEWEL IN THE SKULL
- Author
- Michael Moorcock
- Illustrator
- Gray Morrow
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Lancer Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Michael Moorcock, Gray Morrow, Hawkmoon
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
- Size
- 16mo
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Astro Trader Books
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About Astro Trader Books
Astro Trader Books was founded in 2010 selling camera manuals, then branched into antiquarian, modern firsts, science fiction, fantasy, horror genres and pulp fiction.
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- Facsimile
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- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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