A RENDEZVOUS IN AVEROIGNE: THE BEST FANTASTIC TALES OF CLARK ASHTON SMITH
by Smith, Clark Ashton
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Light spotting to page edges, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (16760)
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About This Item
[Sauk City, WI]: Arkham House Publishers, [1988]. First edition. Light spotting to page edges, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (16760). Octavo, illustration by J. K. Potter, cloth. Introduction by Ray Bradbury. A retrospective collection of thirty stories featuring many of the author's best works as well as the definitive publication of "The City of the Singing Flame" taken from the author's original typescript. Many of the stories were checked against the author's original typescripts.
Synopsis
A Rendezvous in Averoigne is a collection of science fiction, fantasy and horror stories by author Clark Ashton Smith. It was released in 1988 by Arkham House in an edition of 5,025 copies. The collection contains stories from Smith's major story cycles of Averoigne, Hyperborea, Poseidonis, Xiccarph, and Zothique.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16760
- Title
- A RENDEZVOUS IN AVEROIGNE: THE BEST FANTASTIC TALES OF CLARK ASHTON SMITH
- Author
- Smith, Clark Ashton
- Book Condition
- Used - Light spotting to page edges, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (16760)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Arkham House Publishers
- Place of Publication
- [Sauk City, WI]
- Date Published
- [1988]
- Keywords
- Horror . SC
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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