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Leiber, Fritz GATHER, DARKNESS! New York, NY: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1950 Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Sm8vo from 7-1/2" to 8" Tall. 240 pp, pink cloth covered boards w/black title block on the spine. This was first important work of Fritz Leiber in which a religious dictatorship is overthrown by rebels who disguise their superscience as witchcraft. Brother Jarles, a priest of the Hierarchy of the Church of the Great God, a religion based on concealed technoloyg, is caught up in a revolution conducted by "witches", underground scientists. jarles's inner war of morality vs duty is reflected by the witches' war against the misuse of science. Author's first novel. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-250. slight corner bumping w/slight wear at corners. Price: 33.58 USD
Leiber, Fritz and edited by Schiff, Stuart, Illustrated by Kirk, Tim HEROES and HORRORS Brown MILLS, NJ: Whispers Press, 1978 HB. Near Fine/Near Fine/near Fine Slipcase. Limited/Numbered First Edition. 8vo - over 8" - 9" Tall Octavo. xv, 237 pp, brown cloth covered boards w/gilt lettering & stamped gilt deco on front board, dj grey-green-blu w/wht lettering w/color wraparound illustration, limited & numbered, 3500 cc's w/300 numbered & SIGNED by author, artist, editor-designer, and introduction author. This is copy #278 of 300. Collection of nine stories of heroic fantasy, terror, and horror ranging from the rogish Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser to "Belsen Express" and "Dark Wings." Price: 80.75 USD
Leiber, Fritz w/foreword by Conklin, Groff Gather, Darkness New York, NY Grosset & Dunlap 1951 Reprint Hard Cover Very Good Good 12mo - over 7" to 7-1/2" Tall 240 pp, green-tan tweed composition boards, dj black-green-wht w/illustrated front panel & spine. Book from the science fiction classics series. The novel deals with events following the second atomic age. The scientists have lost their faith in democracy and seize control of the world in order to save it. Mankind sinks into a dark age. Jarles, the renegade priest is pursued by both sides, dj chipped along the top & bottom edges. Price: 12.75 USD
