Warrior of the dawn;: The adventures of Tharn by Howard Browne - 1943

E-50: Reilly & Lee. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1943. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Reilly & Lee. 1943. 286 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Fridolf Johnson designed DJ. DJ has shelf-wear, rubbing present to the DJ especially around the extremities (spines chipped and tape re-inforced). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. The leading character, Tharn, "was a Cro-Magnon, one of the first truly human race of men. He lived a long time ago, perhaps twenty thousand years" The science fiction editor and mystery writer Howard Browne (1908-1999) was managing editor for the pulp periodicals "Amazing Stories" and "Fantastic Adventures" beginning in 1942. In addition to his novels and stories, he wrote for several television series and films including "Maverick", "Ben Casey", and "The Virginians". His novel "Thin Air" was used as the basis for an episode of "The Rockford Files" titled "Sleight of Hand" and also for a an episode of "Simon & Simon" titled, appropriately enough "Thin Air". An illustrator and artist as well as a fine pressman, the jacket's illustrator Fridolf Johnson was an editor of American Artist Magazine until his retirement in the 1970's. As a graphic artist, he designed title panels for Hollywood movies and art & typography for advertising as well as dust jacket illustrations. He compiled and edited the Knopf book "Rockwell Kent: An Anthology of His Work" and the significant reference work "A Treasury of Bookplates From the Renaissance to the Present". He compiled and edited the Knopf book "Rockwell Kent: An Anthology of His Work" and the significant reference work "A Treasury of Bookplates From the Renaissance to the Present". He compiled and edited the Knopf book "Rockwell Kent: An Anthology of His Work" and the significant reference work "A Treasury of Bookplates From the Renaissance to the Present". He compiled and edited the Knopf book "Rockwell Kent: An Anthology of His Work" and the significant reference work "A Treasury of Bookplates From the Renaissance to the Present". E-50; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .