Sanctuary: Thieves' World; Tales for the Vulgar Unicorn; Shadows of Sanctuary by Robert Lynn Asprin - 1981

Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, 1981. Book Club Edition (first thus). hardcover. Book VG+: hint of dust to edge of text block. text clean, binding tight/DJ VG: age toning, mild edge wear. 8vo 600pp. from front flap: "What happens when such outstanding authors as Poul Anderson, Marion Zimmer Bradley, John Brunner, C.J. Cherryh, Philip Jose Farmer, Joe Hlademan, Vonda McINtryre, Andrew Offutt, A.E. van Vogt and others combine their talents to create a new world of heroic fantasy? They invent Sanctuary, a dangerous, degenerate, and altogether engrossing city that serves as the background for some of their most exciting stories." #02054.

Nelson Doubleday. Hardcover. Used - Good. The Rubaiyat LLC is a small, used bookstore in Caldwell, Idaho. All books are fair to good or better, no library copies unless specifically listed.

First edition. Dust jacket has edge wear and a faded spine; is now in a new removable protective cover. Grey boards, with pink printing on black spine, bumped. Illustrated end papers (maps); pages clean and unmarked. Nelson Doubleday (imprint of Science Fiction Book Club) hard cover with dust jacket; July 1982 first edition, first printing (code M27); SFBC #5138, 600 pages, cover art by Walter Velez. 8vo (8.5" x 5.75") This is the first and only hardcover edition. It collects the first three Thieves' World anthologies, originally published in paperback: Thieves' World, Tales From the Vulgar Unicorn, and Shadows of Sanctuary. Contains 22 stories of heroic fantasy by Poul Anderson, Marion Zimmer Bradley, John Brunner, C J Cherryh, Philip Jose Farmer, Joe Haldeman, Vonda McIntyre, Andrew Offut and others. Stories: The Gate of the Flying Knives, by Poul Anderson; Blood Brothers; by Joe Haldeman; Looking for Satan, by Vonda N. McIntyre; The Secret of the Blue Star, by Marion Zimmer Bradley; Myrtis, by… Read More

Nelson Doubleday, 1981 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Minor shelf wear to book and dust jacket. Dust jacket has a bit of a stain on bottom edge. Otherwise a tight, unmarked book. 600 pp. Book Club edition..

Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, Inc, 1981. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. A collection of short stories set in the city of Sanctuary. Includes stories by Poul Anderson, Marion Zimmer Bradley, John Brunner, C.J. Cherryh, Philip Jose Farmer, Joe Haldeman, Vonda McIntyre, and others. Scarce title. This copy very nice with some wear to the dust jacket and some light bumping and rubbing. Otherwise just some light toning to pages and jacket interior. 600 pp.

Nelson Doubleday Book Club Edition in Good condition with a Good unclipped Dust Jacket protected by a Mylar Brodart. DJ art by Walter Velez. Signed to previous owner and dated 10//85 on the title page by Lynn Abbey. Signed to previous owner and dated 10//85 on the title page by Robert Lynn Asprin.. Signed by Editors. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. Hardcover.

U.S.A.: Nelson/Doubleday, 1982. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1ST. Signed By The Author On The Title Page. Omnibus Book Club Edition. Book Is In Very Good Condition. Boards Have A Mild Amount Of Shelf Wear, Tiny Bit Of Bump To The Corners. Page Edges Have A Small Amount Of Reading Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Very Good Condition. Very Mild Wear Along The Edges. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Wrapper. Thanks And Enjoy..