Description: Raul Garcia Capella - The Leopard of Poitain. Celt Press (1985). 1st Edition. Collection of the Arquel of Argos tales set in Robert E. Howard's Hyperborea setting. Limited edition of 500 copies. From the Deepcuts review- “The Leopard of Poitain” was published in the April 1960 issue of Amra, the outline inspired by “A Probable Outline of Conan’s Career” (P. Schuyler Miller & John D. Clark, 1938). This was followed up over a period of years with other adventures of Arquel of Argos. They were fun; Raul Garcia-Capella was a competent fantasist, and he knew what he wanted to write—action-driven sword & sorcery inspired by Robert E. Howard, Leigh Brackett, A. Merritt, and Fritz Leiber. Arquel himself, the eponymous “Leopard of Poitain,” is no Conan-clone or pastiche. An adventurer, certainly, but like Leiber’s Gray Mouser more interested in the thaumaturgical and wizardly side of things than the Cimmerian. The book-length collection The Leopard of Poitain (1985) is a bit of a hybrid. The first half (“Book I”) is a stitch-up novel that collects all of the Arquel adventures published in the pages of Amra and Fantasy Book up to that point, and pieces them together with brief episodes “Witch’s Pebbles” that forecast the new and longer novella (“The Winds of Acheron”) which makes up the second half (“Book II”), and takes place in and around the events of the final Conan novel, Hour of the Dragon (1936). Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket (book has small bump to bottom of spine corner, light hint of foxing to page edges, light rubbing to jacket). Fine is the highest grade I use for a 2nd hand, out of print book followed by Very Good, Good etc. Boxed shipping is free. Foreign please use Ebay's Global shipping service. Be sure to check my other auctions for more rare out of print material by Robert E Howard, H.P. Lovecraft, and Clark Ashton Smith.
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Book Title: The Leopard of Poitain
Book Series: Conan
Narrative Type: Fiction
Publisher: Celt Press
Original Language: English
Publication Year: 1985
Type: Short Stories
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Raul Garcia Capella
Features: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Genre: Fantasy
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Fantasy
