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Publication: Swords Against Death

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  • Publication: Swords Against DeathPublication Record # 379693
  • Author: Fritz Leiber
  • Date: 1977-12-00
  • ISBN: 0-86043-165-7 [978-0-86043-165-7]
  • Publisher: George Prior Publishers
  • Price:
    £4.95?£: UK pound
  • Pages: 251
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: COLLECTION
  • Cover: Swords Against Death by Wayne Barlowe (variant of The Saga of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser)
  • Notes:
    • "First Printing, December 1977" stated on the copyright page.
    • Publisher as stated on the title page: "London: George Prior Publishers" (over) "Boston: Gregg Press". The spines of both the book and the dustjacket give the publisher as "Gregg" only.
    • The copyright page appears to be a reprint of that from the Gregg Press edition, including the same publishing date, and the US LCCN with complete CiP Data, including the Gregg Press ISBN. There's an additional line: "Published in the United Kingdom by George Prior Publishers" followed by the new ISBN.
    • No printed price. Price from label on front jacket flap of "Swords and Deviltry".
    • "Jacket art by Wayne Barlowe and jacket design by John Balta" (over) "Frontmatter art by Alice D. Phalen" stated on the copyright page.
    • Bound in red buckram with titles in gold, and a reproduction of the author's signature on the front board.
    • Photographic reprint of the 1970 Ace paperback edition.
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Collection Title: Swords Against Death • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser • 2] • (1970) • collection by Fritz Leiber

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Mhhutchins 2012-03-04 17:21:29 Permanent 2022-08-24
Biomassbob 2012-05-22 18:54:07 Permanent 2022-09-04
Mavmaramis 2022-06-25 02:04:11 Transient 2022-09-05

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