BOOKS OF LOST SWORDS. Woundhealer's Story; Sightblinder's Story; Stonecutter's Story; Farslayer's Story; Coinspinner's Story.

First editions, first printings. Five volumes. Publisher's original cloth with variously silver or gilt titles to the spine, in the Carol Russo illustrated dustwrappers. Two small bookseller's labels pasted to the rear panel of volume V. A near fine set, the bindings square and firm, the cloth and titles bright and fresh, with mild bumping to the spine tips and light rubbing to the extremities. Volume II has a little spotting to the top edge of the text block. The contents, with a touch of toning to the text block of volumes II, IV and V, are clean throughout and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the original dustwrappers that are lightly rubbed, marked and creased, without fading, loss or tears. Not price clipped ($12.50; $14.95; $15.95; $16.95; $16.95 respectively). An attractive run.

The first five volumes of Fred Saberhagen's popular Books of Lost Swords series, the follow-up to the three-volume Books of Swords series and one of the three subseries of Earth's End, or The Ardneh sequence (comprising The Empire of the East Series, The Books of Swords series, The Books of Lost Swords, and the 1995 anthology An Armory of Swords). A Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated fantasy and science fiction author and editor, Fred Saberhagen's (1930-2007) iconic fantasy series remain highly recognisable for their game-like qualities and mythological elements.