MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION: FRITZ LEIBER

Limited edition. Publisher's original black cloth with silver titles to the spine and octopus illustration in blind to the upper board, in the Jim and Ruth Keegan illustrated dustwrapper. Black satin bookmark. Textured endpapers. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh, with just a touch of rubbing to the tail of the spine. The contents are clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper, which is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped.

Issued in an edition of 500 copies, this example is out of series, so is not signed or numbered. A collection of 33 of Leiber's best science fiction short works, including the 1970 Hugo Award-winning novelette 'Ship of Shadows' (1969) and the 1976 Hugo and Nebula Award-winning short story 'Catch That Zeppelin!' (1975). Fritz Leiber (1910-1992) was one of the leading writers in the field of Sword and Sorcery, along with Howard and Moorcock. Through his Fafhrd and Gray Mouser duo he established many tropes of the genre, spreading their adventures over five decades.