The Sword of Shannara
New York: Random House, 1977. 21.5x14cm: 726pp., plus two-panel color illustration by The Brothers Hildebrandt inserted at p. 360. Book Club Edition. Black cloth-covered boards with red lettering to front and spine. Pictorial dust jacket illustrated by The Brothers Hildebrandt. Moderate wear to board edges and corners, with some wear and crinkling to spine ends. Light dust soiling with a few scattered stains to text block edges. A bit of discoloration along gutter on half-title page. Moderate wear to dust jacket edges and folds. Better than Very Good in a Better than Very Good dust jacket.
The author’s first book, an epic sword-and-sorcery fantasy that follows “the seemingly hopeless quest of a simple man against the greatest power of evil the world has known.” It is lovingly described as something to read for those who have finished The Lord of the Rings. The book’s illustrators, Greg and Tim Hildebrandt, are twin brothers whose work has appeared on numerous fantasy and science fiction covers and are perhaps best known for their 1976 and 1977 Tolkien Calendars published by Ballantine Books.
Price: $45.00
Item #10683