Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers
by L. Sprague de Camp
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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BRIGHTON, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Arkham House , 1976 . 870540769 First edition in unclipped jacket, spine a little faded, top edge of page-block foxed.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Invisible Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1732
- Title
- Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers
- Author
- L. Sprague de Camp
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Arkham House
- Date Published
- 1976
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BRIGHTON, East Sussex
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