1947 Night S Black Agents Fritz Lieber, Jr., First Edition Original Dust Jacket Fritz Leiber, Jr. Rare Book Room

Fritz Leiber, Jr. Night's Black Agents. 1947, Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin. First Edition, Original Dust Jacket. 237 pp, 7.5 x 5.25", 12mo. In good condition. Dust jacket presents well - edges are lightly scuffed, head and tail of spine are chipped, & cream colored rear cover exhibits tanning from sun-exposure. Black cloth boards rubbed at edges - front board's bottom corner bumped. Head and tail of spine rubbed; gilt lettering bright and clean. Previous ownership bookplate found on front end-page: Ex-Libris King Lawrence Parker. Normal toning throughout text-block, mostly to edges of leaves. Binding tight and intact. Please see photos. Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. (1910-1992) was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. With writers such as Robert E. Howard and Michael Moorcock, Leiber is one of the fathers of sword and sorcery. Leiber was heavily influenced by H. P. Lovecraft, Robert Graves, John Webster, and Shakespeare in the first two decades of his career. Leiber also liked cats, which are featured in many of his stories. His first stories in the 1930s and 40s were inspired by Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. 1947 marked the publication of his first book, Night's Black Agents, a short story collection containing seven short stories grouped as "Modern Horrors,' one as Transition, and two as Ancient Adventures: The Sunken Land and Adept's Gambit, which are both short stories of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. First Edition, in Good Condition. Gift Quality! RAREA1947CGHX 04/24 - HK1411