The Sowers of the Thunder. [SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR] With illustrations and Decorations by Roy G. Krenkel
by Howard, Robert E. (author); Roy G. Krenkel (illustrator)
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West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, 1973. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Krenkel, Roy G.. Octavo. 285, (1)pp. Color illustrated dust jacket with black spine lettered in red, over gray cloth, decorated and lettered in black. Title printed in brown & black, with a vignette. Color frontispiece. Illustrated endpapers. Text enhanced with over 100 black & white drawings. Inscribed and signed on the half-title by Roy G. Krenkel. Minor wear at edges of dust jacket, otherwise a fine copy.
"Somber... Heroic... masterful. Four grim tales of savagery written... for Oriental Stories and Magic Carpet, fabled and near-forgotten companion magazines in the 1930s to the kingly Weird Tales." (Jacket).
"Somber... Heroic... masterful. Four grim tales of savagery written... for Oriental Stories and Magic Carpet, fabled and near-forgotten companion magazines in the 1930s to the kingly Weird Tales." (Jacket).
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- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51669
- Title
- The Sowers of the Thunder. [SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR] With illustrations and Decorations by Roy G. Krenkel
- Author
- Howard, Robert E. (author); Roy G. Krenkel (illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Krenkel, Roy G.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Publisher
- Donald M. Grant
- Place of Publication
- West Kingston, RI
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- American fantasy fiction, "Oriental Stories" magazine, "Magic Carpet" magazine
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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