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Genius Loci and Other Tales
by Smith, Clark Ashton
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- First edition, Hardcover, Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket,
- Seller
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Shingletown, California, United States
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About This Item
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1972. First edition, Hardcover, Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket,. Frank Wakefield. Sauk City: Arkham House:, 1972. First edition, Hardcover, Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, 228 pp.<br/> Cover artwork by: Frank Wakefield A clean, straight and tight copy with lightly dusted head, modest toning to free endpapers and with (Oswald Train's) bookplate affixed to front paste-down. Complete and tidy jacket with moderately toned spine panel very lightly chipped ay head and heel. Looks good in its fresh mylar.
Synopsis
Genius Loci and Other Tales is a collection of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories by author Clark Ashton Smith. It was released in 1948 and was the author's third book published by Arkham House. It was released in an edition of 3,047 copies. The stories were written between 1930 and 1935. The collection contains stories from Smith's major story cycles of Averoigne and Zothique.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ziesings
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49906
- Title
- Genius Loci and Other Tales
- Author
- Smith, Clark Ashton
- Illustrator
- Frank Wakefield
- Book Condition
- Used - First edition, Hardcover, Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket,
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Arkham House
- Place of Publication
- Sauk City
- Date Published
- 1972
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Shingletown, California
About Ziesings
Specializing in science fiction, fantasy, horror, small press and fine first editions.
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