Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers
by de Camp, L. Sprague
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- First edition, Hardcover, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket,
- ISBN 10
- 0870540769
- ISBN 13
- 9780870540769
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Synopsis
Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers: the Makers of Heroic Fantasy is a 1976 work of collective biography on the formative authors of the heroic fantasy genre by L. Sprague de Camp, published by Arkham House in an edition of 5,431 copies. Most of its chapters are revised versions of articles that initially appeared in the magazine Fantastic from 1971-1976. The work presents the history of the genre through a discussion of the lives and works of its most important early writers.
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- Bookseller
- Ziesings (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3583
- Title
- Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers
- Author
- de Camp, L. Sprague
- Illustrator
- Tim Kirk
- Book Condition
- Used - First edition, Hardcover, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket,
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0870540769
- ISBN 13
- 9780870540769
- Publisher
- Arkham House
- Place of Publication
- Sauk City
- Date Published
- 1976
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