Tanith Lee; Marion Zimmer Bradley [intro.]

The Birthgrave [Signed Bookplate Laid in]

New York: DAW Books / Donald A. Wollheim, 1975. Very Good +. Item #9684
ISBN: 0879971770

New York: DAW Books / Donald A. Wollheim, 1975. First Edition (stated First Printing, June 1975 with full numberline). 12mo (18cm.); publisher's cream pictorial card wrappers, all edges stained yellow; 408pp.; frontispiece. Light wear to wrapper extremities, else a Very Good or better, apparently unread copy with spine straight and unbroken. Bookplate signed by the author laid in.

The author's first work of science fiction for adults, and the first in the Birthgrave series. This first printing accidentally omits the introduction by Marion Zimmer Bradley advertised on the front cover which, according to Wollheim, became separated from the manuscript "Somewhere between my desk and the printer" (isfdb).

Price: $50.00