The Fellowship of the Talisman de Simak, Clifford D - 1978

New York, New York, USA: Del Ray/Ballantine Books, 1978. CF1 - An unread, tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear primarily in the form of foxing of the outside cloth spine, paper board covers, outside paper edges, and fixed and free endpapers and flypapers plus there is some fading of the board top and bottom edges plus there is a remainder mark on the top outside paper edges. The dust jacket shows minor overall shelf wear with light yellowing on the spine, endflaps, and back plus there is some foxing on the inside surface. The main character is the son of a noble house pursuing a quest vital to the future of civilization. His quest takes place in England in the 1970s but in this alternate world the Dark Ages never ended. He is accompanied by a strange fellowship which is opposed by forces of supernatural malignancy, the Evil, which five centuries previously laid waste to most of Europe. The author is a winner of the Nebula Grand Master award of the Science Fiction Writers of America. By the author of "City" "Mastodonia." 346p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.