The Dragon Waiting

New York: Timescape, (1983). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 365 pp. Original quarter crimson cloth over charcoal paper-covered boards, stamped in silver, in original unclipped ($15.95) dust-jacket. Edge wear consistent with a few tiny tears, wrinkles and some waviness. Some tape repairs to verso of jacket. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Lightly bumped bottom front corner. Light curling to spine ends. First issue with a clean and unmarked interior. Signed and dated by the author in black pen.

Dust Jacket: Very Good

Hardcover: Very Good

“The Dragon Waiting: A Masque of History is a 1983 fantasy novel by John M. Ford. It won the 1984 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. In 1985 Neil Gaiman reviewed The Dragon Waiting for Imagine magazine, and called it "a complex and brilliant work, serious, funny, and highly entertaining," recommending that readers buy it despite the cover art.”