THE FORTRESS OF THE PEARL: AN ELRIC TALE [First edition]

Michael Moorcock

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ISBN 10: 0575045159 ISBN 13: 9780575045156

Published by Victor Gollancz, London, 1989

Language: English

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First impression of the true first edition. Wraparound jacket illustration by Geoff Taylor. Black and white chapter decorations by James Cawthorn. ***Near fine in black boards with gilt titles to the spine. Small surface marks to front board. No bumping. Corners sharp. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean although the paper stock has tanned. Spine tight. ***In a near fine colour illustrated price-clipped dustwrapper. Extremities of dustwrapper very slightly creased and rubbed. Tiny tear and rubbing to top outer corner of front panel of dustwrapper. Dustwrapper bright. ***248 pages. 236 x 158 mm. ***'Michael Moorcock is one of the world's bestselling fantasy writers, and Elric is his most popular and enduring creation. "The Fortress of the Pearl", the first new Elric novel for more than a decade, is a long-awaited event.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper). ***First impression of the true first edition in nice bright collectable condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

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Title

THE FORTRESS OF THE PEARL: AN ELRIC TALE [First edition]

Publisher

Victor Gollancz, London

Publication Date

1989

Language

English

ISBN 10

0575045159

ISBN 13

9780575045156

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

James Cawthorn, Geoff Taylor

Edition

First Edition

Printing

First Impression

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine

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1st edition, dw (dust jacket) price clipped fine book in fine (as new) dw

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The seventh installment in the prolific Moorcock's series about warrior Elric of Melnibone is set early in the warrior's career, opening as the Lord Gho Fhaazi seeks the principal seat on the ruling Council of Seven of the city of Quarzhasaat. He lures Elric into seeking the Pearl at the Heart of the World--the price of admission to the council--by addicting him to a slow-acting poison to which he, the Lord Gho, has the only antidote. Moorcock leads Elric over a course of monstrous and horrifying obstacles, pits him against the Sorcerer Adventurers, servants of Quarzhasatt's jaded rich, and then thrusts him into a dreamworld within the mind of an adoelscent girl. Trapped in a comatose state by the Sorcerer Adventurers, she is undergoing her own rite of passage into adulthood. Through the vast and turbulent landscape of the Dream Realm, guided by the Dreamthief Lady Oone, Elric seeks the Pearl. This is a superior adventure, colorful and exotic, well-paced and exciting.
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