Fantasy

Guild America, n.p., n.d., book club edition.. 473 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Contains all three books of Duane's 'Support Your Local Wizard' trilogy in one volume. In books one and two, neophyte wizards, Nita and Kit, armed with powers gained from copies of a magic book, '. So You Want to be a Wizard', encounter the evil Lone Power as they visit an alternate Manhattan and 'aid a beached wounded whale wizard named S'reee'. In the third book, 'Nita's younger sister, Dairine, stumbles into a sorcerous adventure of her. o w n via a computer that has a software version of the book on wizardry..." Dust jacket has very light edge wear/wrinkling - mainly at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds. VG+/VG. more information

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AvoNova/William Morrow, New York, (1995), Ist edition.. 445 pp, 8vo, HC in dust jacket. "The Game has gone on since time immemorial - its dangerous moves and methods crossing from world to world, from dimension to dimension, through hidden portals located in fields and forests and places of serious magi. c. A deadly contest of skill and manipulations, it ruthlessly creates wizards and destroys human pawns...and transforms men, women and children into something different - something more." Faint pen mark on bottom of textblock (not a remainde. r m a r k ). Dust jacket has minor wrinkling at bottom of spine, minor rubbing. VG+/VG+. more information

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Avon, (New York, 1999/1st., 2000/2nd., 2001/Ist printings).. 396 pp + previews, 456 pp, 450 pp, + previews, paperbacks. "As unwanted, rebellious boys, they found refuge in Ironhall...Years later they emerged as the finest swordsmen in the realm...they are bound by magic to defend their noble wards...to the d. eath!" Interiors - a small area of wviness to fore-edge of a few preview pages in vol. 3, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exteriors - light edge wear, a few tiny scuffs on rear cover of vol. 2, faint to light creases . o n spines, vol.1 slightly cocked, thumbing to fore-edge of textblocks of vols. 1 & 3. VG-. more information

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Del Rey, New York, (1988), 2nd printing.. 227 pp, mass market paperback. "They were refuges from death, rescued from the distant past and futures unforeseen. From every land the Oracle had gathered them and governed them in Mera, whose high walls kept out time and death and hell-spawned d. emons. But then the Oracle sent Jerry back out, on a rescue mission. He recruited Killer, a 400-year-old juvenile delinquent from ancient Greece...Beyond Mera's magical North Gate, Jerry and Killer found an empty farmhouse on a high plain...Ari. a d n e, the woman they were to rescue came seeking shelter for her children. Children! But children couldn't enter Mera. And Jerry's mission began to fall apart, as Mera's vengeful demon enemies closed in..." Interior - very light browning to p. ag es , otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear, soft crease on rear cover. VG. more information

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Del Rey, New York, (1999), Ist pb printing.. 468 pp, mass market paperback. B&w illustrations, maps. "Join David and Leigh Eddings on a fascinating behind-the-scenes tour of the extensive background materials they compiled before beginning the masterpiece of epic fantasy unforgettably set do. wn in The Belgariad and The Malloreon and their two companion volumes, Belgarath the Sorcerer and Polgara the Sorceress...Rare volumes will be opened before your eyes. Sacred holy books in which you may read the secrets of the Gods themselves an. d o f their prophets. Scholary histories of the rise and fall of empires from the Imperial Library at Tol Honeth. The profound mysteries of the Malloreon Gospels. The Rivan Codex will enrich your understanding of all that has gone before..." In. te r io r - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor edge wear. NF. more information

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Popular Library, (New York), (1986), 1st. printing.. 215 pages, Paperback. "One women - against the treacherous world of wonders. Corruption and famine were rife in the land, Rebellion had rended the Forest Province violently asunder. It was the mission of Tevra, colonel of the Light Cavalry, a wom. an in a stern man's world, to wring order from a kingdom of chaos - at swordpoint if need be..." Interior: Pages are browning and have waviness to the foredge of the pages (no water marks but has probably been in a humid enviroment). Exterio. r : M i n or edgewear to covers and spine is flat and uncreased. VG.. more information

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Voyager/HaperCollins, (London, 2000), Ist printing.. 440 pp, Paperback. Cover art by Les Edwards. "In (the) strange vertical realm (of Stone), where the clouds tumble downwards and the greatest peril is to fall, Jonah Lightfoot and Annie West come face to face with dryads and dragons, a forest that . talks, a globe-shaped ship. Ancient myth and the magic by which our world was once ruled are alive still on Stone...and the magic is just beginning. Archan the immortal red dragon - forever evil - is on her way back to Stone from the abyss into wh. ich she was cast." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor edge wear, spine flat and uncreased. This is a new, unread book. Near Fine. more information

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TSR, (Lake Geneva, WI, 1996), Ist printing.. 309 pp, mass market paperback. "Something evil is stalking the small mountain village of Stridgenfel. Townspeople have been found savagely murdered, their hearts stolen from their bodies. Have the savage Ammak tribesmen returned? Or is there an . even greater evil stalking the abandoned fields, feasting on human prey?" Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light edge wear. VG+. more information

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Ace, New York, (1990), Ist printing.. 243 pp, mass market paperback. B&w map. "Young Prince Conrad had never seen such a beautiful maiden. Her name was Sofia, and she was magic. Bewitching, beguiling, bewildering...It was as if she had cast a spell on him. But was it true love that. captured his heart? Or a dark, powerful sorcery as tempting and inescapable as evil itself? The answer would soon be revealed...at the stroke of midnight." Interior - very light browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ow. n e r ship marks. Exterior - clean and bright. VG+. more information

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Daw, New York, (1992), Ist printing.. 364 pp, PB. The Phoenix, trapped in the La Brea tar pits, and the Demon, imprisoned under an army of clay warriors in China, begin to stir.."And in Los Angeles and China - the very earth began to dance as these two creatures of legend fought to bre. ak free. And as earthquake and fire gegan to take its toll on the mortal world, four desperate people began to suspect the terror that was about to engulf Los Angeles..." Interior - pages browning very lightly, otherwise clean and tight with . n o p r evious ownership marks. Exterior - light edgewear, faint crease to spine. VG. more information

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Aspects/Warner, (New York, 1998, Ist/1999, Ist/2000, Ist edition).. 344 pp, 376 pp, 406 pp, large 8vos, hard covers in dust jackets - 3 volumes. "The three-volume 'Journeys of the Catechist' is a triumph of boundless wonder and unending imagination - the quest of a uniquely compelling hero on a world where the impo. ssible is normal and plain virtues may be the greatest weapons a warrior can possess. Etjole Ehomba is a simple, humble herdsman from an isolated tribe, and a man of honor. Thus he feels morally obliged to fulfill the dying wish of a shipwreck. e d s tranger: 'Save the Visioness..." So with only his spear, his sword, and a bag of gifts from the women of the village, Ehomba leaves family and home to walk the length of the world, cross an impassable ocean, vanquish an unstoppable evil, an. d re s cu e a woman he has never met for the sake of a dead man he does not know. Honor demands nothing less..." Tiny closed tear with crease (archivally taped) at top of pages 17-20 in book 1, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spines of books 1 &. 2 , r em ain der marks on top or bottom of textblocks, tiny dint to top edge of front board of book 1. Dust jackets have very light edge wear and rubbing. A nice looking set! VG/VG+. more information

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Avon/Eos, (New York, 1998, 1999), Ist printings.. 312 pp, 323 pp, - mass market paperbacks - 2 volumes. "They are called the Wild Hunt: An immortal corps of thirteen men - knights, princes, and commoners - from various places, times, and stations in life. Cursed by a trio of goddesses for their m. urderous deeds of their past mortal lives, they are bound together in condemnation to eternal sleep...except when called back to earthly realms by sacred rite for a quest to avenge or destroy. When summoned, the Wild Hunt has until the next full. m o on to fulfill its mission; failure means final, agonizing death in flame. Yet a slim ray of hope shines for each of these doomed men. If any one of them finds a love great and pure, his curse will be lifted..." Interiors - clean and tight wi. t h no previous ownership marks, Exteriors - minor edge wear, flat uncreased spines. VG+. more information

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Ace, New York, 1994, first printing.. 311 pp, mass market paperback. ISBN 0441000134 Concludes the trilogy begun with 'The Jewel of Equilibrant' and 'The Heart of Sparrill'. "Matthew Logan thought he'd never see his California home again. Here he was - trapped in a land of all-consu. ming darkness - and forced into the unlikely role of spellcaster....It's apocalypse now or never. With the help of a powerful priestess, Matthew must harness his own special power against the armies of darkness. And that power depends on one thi. n g - an ancient, legendary book know as 'The Darklight Grimoire'." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear. Very Good. more information

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Signet, Scarborough, Ontario, 1988, second printing.. 234 pp, mass market paperback. ISBN 0451152301 "When Amanda Taylor and her stepson, the elf prince Cassiodoron, fled Elfhame for the mortal lands of Earth, Cass's royal father swore he'd hunt them down and bring them back. Yet for a time the fugi. tives found a haven in the peaceful Connecticut town of Godwin's Corners....until a freakish accident revealed Amanda's hideaway to the king. Soon he and his minions besieged the town with a campaign of magical mayhem from dog-devouring plastic w. a r e to a salamander's blazing creation of an impromptu fire sale. Amanda and Cass were in desperate need of allies and found them in lawyer Sandra Horowitz, her professor husband, and Davina, their Welsh maid who was gifted with the Sight. Yet w. ho w ould be the winner when mortals challenged the powers of immortal spells?" Interior - light browning to inside of covers, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear. Very Good. more information

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Unwin, London, (1987) 1st printing. 305 pages, PB.. "When the Jade Emperor's daughter falls in love with a common cowherd and elopes with him to Earth there is an uproar in the celestial court. The furious god summons the Star Dragon to fetch her back. But, as Confucius says, "There are many revolu. tions in the Chinese dragon's tail!" for the Star Dragon, once unleashed, will spread conflict and chaos wherever he goes." Minor edgewear to covers. VG+.. more information

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Avon, New York, (1988), Ist Avon printing.. 248 pp, mass market paperback. "Simon never wanted to meet an ogre. He never wanted to face a town full of terrors armed with an Acme Kitchen Wonder. But Simon was a con man who got caught and sentenced to deliver mail in the lovely town of Feste. ron. It would have been an easy sentence if Festeron hadn't been turned into the town of Witchville. Suddenly Festeron wasn't lovely any more. The postmaster wanted to cancel him. The librarian wanted to shelve him. The Boot Patrol wanted to. k i ck him, and Gloria, sweet Gloria, the girl of his dreams, was dating the entire Patrol. Armed with a magic radio and a kitchen appliance, Simon must face ogres, grues, wraiths, and one really mean librarian to turn Witchville back into Festero. n a ga in." Interior - pages browning lightly, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light edge wear, tiny area of surface paper loss at bottom corner of front cover. VG. more information

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Baen, Riverdale, N.Y., 1994, first printing.. 382 pp, mass market paperback. ISBN 0671876104 "Frost: In a world where a magician must be as big as the spells he casts, he's a giant with ego to match. Madia: A ragamuffin princess cast penniless to fate, Frost is hers to command. The Subartan. Guards: They'll protect Frost through thick and thin, but they're only human. Tyrr: In a time when Dark Magery is all the rage, he's the Darkest Mage of all. He's the one who arranged for Madia to fall from grace, but he's still not satisfied. . D emons: Very powerful indeed, they love humans: fried or broiled will do, but raw is best of all....If Frost is to save Madia from a death worse than fate, he and his team must find and seize the 'Demon Blade'. Long gone, the blade has recently co. me to light in the swamplands of the Far North. Alas, it is in the possession of swamp things who are not inclined to let it go; Frost can probably persuade them if he can get there in person, but Tyrr has learned of the whereabouts and is on the. way , together with his demon crew...." Interior - very light browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear, book slightly cocked, spine slightly concave with one faint crease, light bro. w ning to edges of textblock. Very Good-. more information

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Pocket Books, New York, (1979, 1st.).. 238 pp, PB. "On the banks of the magical Mountain...was a land of flying Satyrs and humanlike fairies - a battleground where the two tribes of the Mountain fought for power. Brought here by her cousin, the Earthling Judith lived in the tranquility. of the fantasy world. But, as an Other-worldly being caught between warring peoples, Judith was destined to die...until she discovered the Evil driving her cousin's enemies to fight to regain their power, now and forever!" Interior - pages b. r o w n i ng lightly, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edgewear, tiny sticker pull on front cover, spine flat and uncreased. VG. more information

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Viking, (Markham, Ontario, 1990), Ist ed.. 460 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0670835498. An exotic and richly detailed novel of Ancient Egypt - a tale of magic, power and unnatural lust that takes readers back through history to breathe the scented air of the Ph. aroah's palaces and invites them to walk among the tombs of Saqqara, City of Dust. Previous owner's bookplate on free front endpaper, light waviness to edges of textblock, minor edge wear, tiny dint at top edge of front board. Dust jacket has li. g h t wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, very light rubbing. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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Legend, London, 1995, first printing.. 283 pp, mass market paperback. ISBN 0099892901 "After the bloody battle of Colden Moor the warlike highlanders had lost their independence. They lived in surly subservience to the Outlanders, and only a teenage girl survived to represent the line. of kings: Sigarni. Sigarni the silver-haired. Huntress, whore, princess. All of these she was called. But those who pierce the veil of the future knew that a leader was coming to the North - a leader descended from Ironhand, mightiest of the . h i ghland kings...." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear, soft bump to bottom corner of rear cover - slight migration into adjacent pages. Very Good. more information

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Corgi, (London, 1998), reprint.. 412 pp, mass market paperback. "The prophecy was clear. Upon the death of three kings the world will be plunged into chaos, and all the cast-out demons of history will return to establish a new age of darkness. Two of the kings are dead. The thi. rd, about to be born, is hunted by the Demon Riders of the Krayakin, Lords of the Undead. All the terrifying forces of evil range against the pregant queen at bay in a haunted forest. But she is not alone. Three warriors stand with her, the la. s t remnants of the once proud Drenai army..." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear, spine has three very light creases. VG+. more information

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Headline, (London, 1993), Ist printing.. 534 pp, PB. Cover art by Anne Yvonne Gilbert. "...The Old Woman of the fens has been watching over Tobias, protecting him from the wild powers of the litchfires that prowl the mist-ridden waterways. For Tobias is the possessor of a magical herita. ge that makes him an ideal victim for the predatory water-creatures which seek to meld their own wildfire with the strengths of others..." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edgewear, very small soft. c r e a se to top corner of rear cover, spine flat and uncreased. VG+. more information

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Del Rey, New York, (1989, 1990, 1992), Ist printings.. 297 pp, 213 pp, 233 pp, PBs - 3 volumes. Cover art by Romas. "The king had died and Queen Shaia lay lifeless while the ravening mobs went wild, led by the Witchfinders of the Church. Prince Kahun and Prince Gatsack were busily fighting each other. for the right to ascend the throne. And far away in the deserted land of Semeryan, the wizard Wizenbeak was busy. His water-finding dance was finished, and the dry land would soon be fertile again. Now he was building housing and a fort for. t h e colonists he had brought. Nothing could have seemed more peaceful. But there was no peace. Wizenbeak stood accused of being a dangerous wizard, and the Witchfinders had him marked as their target. One army was sent against him and a larg. e r on e w as on the way. Against that might, Wizenbeak had only a tiny force. Wizenbeak's men prepared - as, in his own way, did Wizenbeak..." Interiors - pages browning lightly, bookstore stamp on first page of book 1 - othewise clean and tight. . E xte ri or s - light edgewear, tiny area of surface paper loss at bottom of spine of book 1, spines flat and uncreased. VG. more information

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Bantam, New York, (1989), Ist printing.. 279 pp, PB. "Barion and Coyul are two brothers from a civilization vastly superior to our own. Stranded on Earth, they decide to create the human race - without fully thinking the process through. Now, a few million years later, their upstart cre. ations are proving to be the biggest mistake of their lives..." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edgewear, spine flat and uncreased. VG+. more information

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Ziff-Davis, NEw York, 1961.. 130 pp, soft cover (stapled in wraps) - digest size. Contents: The Creator by Clifford D. Simak; The Forest of Unreason by Robert F. Young; No Harm Done by Jack Sharkey; The Goggles of Dr. Dragonet by Fritz Leiber; Solomon's Demon by Arthur Porges. ; Second Ending (Conclusion) by James White. Interior - pages browning lightly, tiny to small corner creases on some pages (one small corner piece missing) , otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - moderate edge . w e a r with a few small closed tears, creases down front cover, spine has a few wrinkles and creases. Good reading copy only. more information

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TOR, New York, (1997), Ist trade paperback printing.. 284 pp, Trade paperback. Cover art by Thomas Canty. Contains 15 short stories. This is a new, unread book. NF. more information

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Tor, New York, (1994), Ist mm printing.. 301 pp, mass market paperback. "It is the time of the greatness of Elizabeth I, and London is ablaze with glory; the time of drama and poetry, plague and intrigue, and Oriana, the Faerie Queen has entered London with her court, searching for her lo. st son..." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light wear along bottom edge of rear cover. VG. more information

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Headline, (London, 1992), Ist pb printing.. 439 pp, mass market paperback. "A vividly original fantasy of ideas, this is the story of a people striving against all the odds to escape from a life of enforced drugery and ignorance..." Interior - pages browning lightly, otherwise clean and tig. ht with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light edge wear. VG. more information

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Ace, New York, 1989, first printing.. 180 pp, mass market paperback. ISBN 0441066119 "Long ago, when it was always spring....A road ran between what would someday be Europe and the Land of Ten Thousand Willows, where sleepy dragons stretched in the sun. It was in this age that two we. re bound together, first by fate, then by love: the young Emperor Ty-Sun, and the Puritan girl, Blessing Dunncaster. He from a cultured land where magic and manners were one. She from dark, brooding Britain, with the witch-power wild in her bloo. d . Together, they must fight and find their way to the Black Jade Road, where each step counts as five - and each danger, ten. For the pearls that are days are running low. A darkness is falling over the land. And the dragons are singing a mou. rn fu l song of Death...." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - faint red stain on rear cover, very minor edge wear. Very Good. more information

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Bard/Avon, (1998), Ist PB printing.. 393 pp, mass market paperback. "...in the busy days before the highest, most glorious holiday in Christendom, (Pippa's) little girl is lost to her - stolen by bigots and zealots bolstered by the powers of official government who have labeled Pippa . Rede a monster, leaving her homeless, jobless, and childless to face the longest, coldest nights of the year all alone. Yet, when all else has been swept away, there is still magic in the world. And in the dark, wild wood, at the very edge of the . Mystery, Pippa embarks on a transforming inner quest, determined to unlock the strengths she will need to take on the vested omnipotence of the State in order win back her Winterbelle and restore the rightness of the universe..." Interior - clean a. nd tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light edge wear, slight lean to spine. VG+. more information

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Del Rey / Ballantine, New York, 1995, first printing.. 248 pp, mass market paperback. ISBN 0345382927 "Diligence was the only daughter of one of the eight kings of the land known as the Wheel - and of an immortal mother before whose power armied quailed. When earthquakes and raging firestorms threate. ned to destroy the Wheel, Diligence was dispatched to the side of the mother she had never known - in exchange for an audience with the all-knowing Dreamwright, who might have the solution to her people's plight. Mountain boy Hitch had left his n. a t ive peaks in search of adventure, but he was not prepared to face an unknown world of monsters and magic alone. So he was happy to join the princesses' caravan, glad only of a job and the companionship. But, as Hitch would soon find, this was . no o rdinary journey. For the way to the palace of the Dreamwright led through lands filled with Wander Men and ramble houses, messengers made of glass, nighthoots and choir-wolves, lands where long-dead warriors refought ancient battles, where fo. ul sor cery and twisted science awaited the unwary....and where Hitch and Diligence were the only ones who could make the difference between deliverance and oblivion!" Interior - minor browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous o. wne rshi p marks. Exterior - minor edge wear. Very Good. more information

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TSR, (n.p., 1997), Ist printing.. 311 pp, PB. B&w map. "When the valiant alien Rael emerge from their crashed starship, the people of Aston Point are drawn into a deadly struggle against the mechanical constructs of the Overseer - and before their adventures are done, they will tr. avel to the stars to match spells against computers and battle-axes against tanks, to save a dozen worlds as innocent as their own." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edgewear, spine flat with two . l i g h t creases. VG. more information

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Daw, New York, (1992), 2nd printing.. 299 pp, PB. A collection of 16 stories. "From a virtual reality dragon hired to keep the burglars at bay...to a once a century get-together of all the winged destroyers who secretly wreak havoc in the world today...to an antique dealer with a hist. ory far more incredible than that of anything he offers for sale...to an amazing little dragon of the truly home-grown variety - prepare for the challenges and delights that await you in this all-original collection of imagination-capturing drag. o n t ales." Interior - very light browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear, a few soft creases to covers, spine flat and uncreased. VG-. more information

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Daw, New York, (1993, 6th/1994, Ist/1995, 3rd printing).. 506 pp, 527 pp, 556 pp, paperbacks - 3 volumes. "Their technological resources destroyed, a colonizing expedition from Earth has been stranded on the world of Methuen for over two hundred years. Their continued survival is largely due to the organ. ization of healers known as the Eumedicos and to the Seekers Veritas, a unique group composed of pairs of Bondmates, one human and one ghatti - a telepathic catlike being native to Methuen who bonds with a specific human for life. These Bondmate. s t ravel from town to town, settling disputes by truth-reading the minds and emotions of plaintiffs and defendants. While most people respect the Seekers, there are those who fear the ghatti powers. And now someone has been attacking Seeker pair. s. W hat no one knows is that this destroyer has targeted one specific pair of Bondmates as special victims - the woman Doyce and the ghatta Khar'pern. For the key to defeating this deadly foe is locked away in Doyce's mind behind barriers even h. er g hat ta has never been able to break down..." Interiors - bookstore stamp at bottom of first page of book 1, otherwise clean and tight. Exteriors - minor edgewear books 1 & 2, soft creasing to front cover and light edgewear to book 3, spines a. re fl at w ith faint creasing to book 3. VG+. more information

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Daw, New York, 1995, 2nd printing.. 556 pp, mass market paperback. ISBN 0886776554 "The war is over between the neighboring realms of Canderis and Marchmont. But another and perhaps far deadlier battle still rages on. The discovery that Marchmont is home to the Resonants - men and. women gifted with the ability to read and control the minds of others - has badly shaken the people of Canderis. For while they value their own Seekers - humans who empathically bond with the catlike ghatti to read truth - they are deathly afrai. d of the rogue Resonants known as Gleaners. And their fears are well-founded, for one faction of Gleaners has for years preyed upon the innocent and defenseless, transforming those around them into mindless, soulless slaves. And even as Seeker Je. nr e t undertakes a mission to find the Resonants of Canderis and bring them to safety, Seeker Doyce is about to embark on a far different path - a ghatti-led journey into the past. For as a new vigilantes' reign of terror threatens the lives of Se. eke rs and Resonants alike, the secrets of that long-ago time when the first Seeker-ghatti Bond was formed may hold the only hope for their future...." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor edge wear.. Ve ry Good+. more information

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[TSR, 1996].. Unpaginated, 10 3/16" H, stapled in wraps - comic book format. Color comics throughout. The wizard Elminster takes an apprentice on a tour of the Forgotten Realms... Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor e. dge wear, faint line indentations and very faint foxing marks on rear panel, small crease at bottom rear corner. VG. more information

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TSR, Lake Geneva, WI, 1996, first printing.. 395 pp, mass market paperback. ISBN 0786904887 "Although fate had inextricably entwined their futures, both Thelvyn Fox-Eyes and the dragons know their destiny has yet ot take its final twist. If the strange prophecy revealed to Thelvyn is to be . fulfilled, the Dragonlord will effect profound changed on the destiny of the dragons, yet neither side ever suspected they would stand together against a new, even more powerful enemy. Convincing the dragons to submit to his authority has been diff. icult enough, but now the new Dragonking must lead his subjects in a seemingly hopeless war to save a world that fears and despises them...." Interior - one page with small corner crease, book store stamp on second page, otherwise clean and tight. w ith no other ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear, small scuff on front cover. Very Good. more information

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St. Martin's Press, New York, (2001), Ist edition.. 235 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w illustrations by John Howe. "...sixteen bestselling fantasy authors share details of their personal relationships with Tolkien's mythos, for it inspired them all. Had there been no Lord. of the Rings, there would also have been no Earthsea books by Ursula K. Le Guin; no Song of Ice and Fire saga from George R.R. Martin; no Tales of Discworld by Terry Pratchett; no Riftwar stories from Raymond Feist; no Legends of Alvin Maker fro. m O rson Scott Card. Each of them was influenced by the master mythmaker, and now each reveals the nature of that influence and their personal relationships with the greatest fantasy novels ever written in the English language..." Other authors: . Po u l Anderson; Michael Swanwick; Esther Friesner; Harry Turtledove; Robin Hobb; Diane Duane; Douglas A. Anderson; Charles de Lint; Lisa Goldstein; Glenn Hurdling; and, Terri Windling. Concludes with brief author biographies. This is a new unread. bo ok . F/F. more information

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Ballantine, New York, (1971, Ist PB printing).. 185 pp, PB. A solid, reading copy only, pages browning, soiling to covers, edges, etc. Fair. more information

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Del Rey, New York, (1991, 1992), Ist pb editions.. 295 pp, 356 pp, - mass market paperbacks - 2 volumes. "...two wizards, Jaldis and Rhion, had dared the dread Dark Well to answer the desperate call of a world without magic. Jaldis had not survived the dreadful Void. Now Rhion was alone in a worl. d he could not imagine - the world of Germany in 1940. The four would-be wizards of the Occult Bureau welcomed him to their home in Schloss Torweg. They wanted his help desperately. But they would not heed his advice against calling up of dark. m a gic. They needed magic to overcome the enemies they claimed were trying to conquer their fatherland. To that high mission, nothing could be neglected, however dark and ugly. They lied to him, claiming the Dark Well had been destroyed, removi. n g hi s only hope of returning to Tally and his two sons. And soon he realized he was no more than a useful prisoner. But he knew the Dark Well still existed. And somehow, despite whatever they did to him, he must find a way back across the Void. !" Int eriors - pages browning lightly, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks, Exteriors - minor edge wear, flat uncreased spines. VG. more information

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Warner, New York, (1982/2nd, 1982/2nd, 1982/1st, 1982/1st). 352, 349, 253, 378 pp PB. "Welcome to the Enchanted Twilight World of Atlanton Earth. You are invited to enter a universe unto itself...a vast realm of forest and river, mountain and cave, town and castle...a place of peril where the forces of lig. ht and the forces of darkness meet in inexorable, immemorial combat using all the deadly weapons of armed might and all the sinister spells of eerie enchantment that wizard and witch, mortal and immortal can command." Interiors - clean and tigh. t w i th no previous ownership marks. Exteriors- light edgewear , light rubbing to covers of 2, 3, & 4 (tiny areas of text loss on rear of 2 and color loss on front of 3), light soiling to bottom of textblocks of 1 and 2, spines are flat with wrin. kl e o n 2. VG. more information

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Legend, (London, 1993).. 229 pp, mass market paperback. "All is not well in the kingdom of Rhyngill. Despite regular payment of tithes, including PAYE (Pay As You Eat), the citizens are all tired and underfed. Firkin, a lad who is definitely alpha plus in the get-up-and-. go department, blames the king, and sets out to find an assassin who will rid the kingdom of its ruler. But little does he know that the real villain is someone else entirely - or that the origins of his friends' troubles involve lemmings, pigeo. n s and heavy earth-moving equipment. It takes a pieman, a magician and a knight with a North Country accent to help Firkin see the error of his ways!" Interior - very light browning to pages, clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Ex. te ri o r - faint crease down front hinge, minor edge wear, flat uncreased spine. VG. more information

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Legend, London, (1996) 1st printing.. 296 pages, mas market paperback. "Life as Clerk-in-Charge of Avocado Preservation in the Mountain City of Axolotl was a real cushy number. Hurling a few bones about the place, peering into the future, foreseeing all the forthcoming problems scream. ing your way and making plans to dodge destiny's hurled brickbats. Piece of cake. Or at least it would have been if Quintzi Cohatl actually possessed anything remotely resembling foresight. After forty years in the job his lies were getting a . b i t thin. So when a travelling salesman offered him a bargain crystal (with Scry Movie Channel option) how could he refuse?..." Very minor edgewear and one light crease down the spine. VG+.. more information

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Ace, New York, (1994,1995, 1997), Ist printings.. 402 pp, 448 pp, 365 pp, mass market paperbacks - 3 volumes. B&w maps. "For decades, the last scions of the Dunladry have languished in luxurious exile, growing soft and weak in the comforts of the Feyan court. Now their highland home cries out fo. r its rulers - Duncan, with his virgin blade, and Mhairi, his sister - to lead the clans in a struggle for freedom from the usurping tyrant. But their battle is no ordinary one of sword and steel. For the priest-servants of the usurper have th. e v e ry forces of darkness at their command. In the first test of his sword against a shape-shifting demon, the young king falls...And the fate of the empire lies in the hands of Mhairi, who must answer the call of her blood...as woman, as warrio. r, an d as queen!" Interiors - two creases to first page in book 1, small book store stamp and old price on first page of book 2, soft corner crease to top of pages 329 to end of book 3 and light browning to inside of covers of book 3, otherwise c. lea n an d tight with no previous ownership marks. Exteriors - light edge wear, soft crease down rear cover of book 3, spines flat with two very faint creases on book 3. VG. more information

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Fontana/Collins, (Glasgow, 1988).. 394 pp, mass market paperback. "Ingrid, the healer's beautiful daughter from the Viking settlement of Wayland, is pledged to redeem her village from the ravages of the Grey Folk, the bog-drowned victims of the ancient Norse rituals. Alone she sets. out across the vast and terrible landscape of the far north (of Canada) in search of the elixir of power she is told will restore Wayland to a life without fear. Her quest is imperilled by witchcraft, magic and violence. But Ingrid also finds . l o v e and passion, and discovers the secret strength of womanhood that will help her confront, at last, the ancient power of Odin, Rune-master and tyrant god." Interior - pages browning, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks.. Ex te rior - light edge wear. VG. more information

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Arbor House, New York, (1984), book club edition.. 214 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. "On the edge of the (ancient British) forest the Huxley family lives. In the 1930s, George Huxley discovered some of the mysteries of the wood and, until his death in 1946, was obsessed with its exploration.. Now, his son, Christian, lives again in the house by the wood and has discovered his father's notes. His brother, Steven, has disappeared into the wood, taking up the father's quest, and Chris is caught up gradually in the mystery. For a stra. n g e disjunction with reality appears in and around the wood invading the Huxley home. Here in this ancient place are preserved in living actuality the mythic personages of the human racial unconscious, who inhabit the wood. One who approaches t. he w oo d enters another world, the most primitive and powerful existence that humanity can imagine. And Chris must follow the others, including the beautiful huntress Mythago, on a journey to the far heart ot the wood, where the most ancient and . per ilo us monsters still live. And rule..." Tiny dint to top edge of boards, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, small scuff on rear hinge. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling - mainly along top edge and at bottom of spine, small tear . with cre ase at top of rear panel, light tiny foxing marks along top inside edge, very light browning to spine and rear panel. VG/VG-. more information

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Orbit, (London, 1997), reprint.. 292 pp, PB. Cover art by Steve Lee. "The management buy-out of Hell wasn't going quite as well as planned. For a start, there had been that nasty business with the perjurors, and then came the news that the Most Wanted Man in History had escaped,. and all just as the plans for the new theme park, Eurobosch, were under way. But Kurt 'Mad Dog' Lundqvist, the foremost bounty hunter of all time, is on the case, and he can usually be relied upon to get his man - even when that man is Lucky . G e o r ge Faustus..." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor edgewear, spine flat and uncreased. VG+. more information

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Orbit, (London, 1998), reprint.. 296 pp, paperback. "Being a Hero bothers Jason Derry. It's easy to get maladjusted when your mum's a suburban housewife and your dad's the Supreme Being. It can be a real drag slaying fabulous monsters and retrieving golden fleeces from fire-spit. ting dragons, and then having to tidy your room before your mum'll let you watch 'Star Trek'. But it's not the relentless tedium of imperishable glory that finally brings Jason to the end of his rope; it's something so funny that it's got to be. t a k en seriously. Deadly seriously..." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edgewear, tiny creases to rear corners, spine flat and uncreased. VG+. more information

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Daw, New York, (1988 3rd printing, 1989 Ist printing).. 288 pp, 288 pp., PB. "...the Elder Races have withdrawn almost completely from the world of humans and gone, to, are the dreaded wizards. Or so the people of Ardhan believe, for, unbeknownst to them, there is one wizard who still survives, a maste. r of evil bent upon claiming lordship over the entire world. No mere mortal can hope to stand against his diabolical sorcery, and so the Elders have chosen to intervene one final time. Their gift to Ardhan is Crystal, the Child of the Grove,. d a u g h ter of Power and the last born wizard who will ever walk the world..." Pages yellowing slightly, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light edgewear, spines are flat and uncreased. VG+. more information

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Mosaic Press, Oakville, (c1995), Ist ed.. 239 pp, trade paperback. SIGNED and dated on first page, "For D____ - Happy Halloween, you wild thing Don (reference to first story)" and on title page "For D____ with beast witches! Don Don Hutchison". A collection of 18 dark fantasies including . 'Wild Things Live There' by Michael Rowe, 'A Debt Unpaid' by Tanya Huff, 'Sasquatch' by Mel D. Ames, 'Grist for the Mills of Christmas' by James Powell, 'Tamar's Leather Pouch' by David Shtogryn, 'The Dead Go Shopping' by Stephanie Bedwell-Grime and. 'The Summer Worms' by David Nickle. Curl up in front of the fire - but keep the doors locked and the curtains closed! Very minor edgewear and scuffing, reading crease along front cover near spine, spine uncreased. VG+. more information

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