Author: Robert E. Howard; Peter S. Beagle; Stephen King Title: Almuric, the Folk of the Air, & Needful Things
Description: London, Donald M. Grant; Headline; BCA, 1975-1992. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of three intense novels from Howard, Beagle, and King. Three volumes. This set contains: Almuric, 1975. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. A fantastic adventure novel set in another world, following earthman Esau Cairn, a fugitive on his native planet who is transported to Almuric, a barbaric warlike planet of the remote solar system. Written by Robert Ervin Howard, an American writer who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. The Folk of the Air, 1987. First UK edition. Following the League of Archaic Pleasures, a group of medievalists from 1980s California, as they travel back to the past sent into a limbo five centuries before their time. Written by Peter Soyer Beagle, an American novelist and screenwriter, especially of fantasy fiction. Needful Things, 1992. Second reprint. A horror novel and the first novel King wrote after his rehabilitation from drug and alcohol addiction. The story focuses on a shop that sells collectibles and antiques, managed by Leland Gaunt who often asks customers to perform a prank or mysterious deed in exchange for the item they are drawn to. As time goes by, the deeds lead to increasing aggression among the townspeople, chaos and eventually death. Written by Stephen Edwin King, an American author widely known for his horror novels who has been crowned the "King of Horror". In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrappers are very smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the extremities. Minor sunning to the spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot or handling mark. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Keywords: Aluric Howard Folk Air Howard Needful King None
Price: GBP 44.00 = appr. US$ 62.83 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 942T31
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