WEIRD TALES: A MAGAZINE OF THE BIZARRE AND UNUSUAL - VOL.24, NO.6 (DECEMBER, 1934)
by Howard, Robert E., August Derleth, and Clark Ashton Smith, et al. (contributors); Brundage, Margaret (cover)
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1934. First Edition. Quarto (25cm); original pictorial pulp wrappers; pp.657-784; illus. Gentle sunning to spine, modest wear to extremities, some tanning to text edges, with a few tiny nicks, tears and attendant creases to wrappers, some light dust-soil to rear wrapper, and a faint, shallow tide-mark to lower right margin of pp.657-672; Very Good. Contents include the first appearance of Howard's Conan novella "A Witch Shall Be Born," C.L. Moore's "Black God Shadow," "Xeethra" by Clark Ashton Smith, Derleth and Schorer's collaborative story "A Matter of Faith," and contributions by C.L. Moore, Bassett Morgan, John Flanders, and others. Cover art by Margaret Brundage.
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- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7258
- Title
- WEIRD TALES: A MAGAZINE OF THE BIZARRE AND UNUSUAL - VOL.24, NO.6 (DECEMBER, 1934)
- Author
- Howard, Robert E., August Derleth, and Clark Ashton Smith, et al. (contributors); Brundage, Margaret (cover)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Popular Fiction Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1934
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