NIGHT'S BLACK AGENTS. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1947. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Brief signed inscription by Leiber to author/editor/anthologist Marvin Kaye on the front free endpaper: "For Marvin Kake, / With best wishes / Fritz Leiber / Oct. 29, 1982." The author's first book. 3084 copies printed. Collects ten weird tales and heroic fantasies. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-126. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1002. Cawthorn and Moorcock, Fantasy: The 100 Best Books 67 (for story "Adept's Gambit"). Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 638. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 4-146. A very good copy in poor dust jacket which is chipped at edges and separated along the front spine fold. (#167981).
Price: $150.00
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