A BOOK OF DRAGONS
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1985]. First edition, first printing. Large octavo. Blue embossed boards, orange cloth spine. Twenty dazzling full-color portraits of dragons by Leonard Baskin, "with the help of his son Hosie he brings us a glorious gathering of dragons from all mythologies and literature: ranging from the Bible to contemporary fantasy. Smaug from Tolkien's Hobbit, Grendel's Mother from Beowulf, and eight-tailed dragon from Japan, a fearsome eagle-winged dragon from Babylonia, etc. and two Baskin originals." Fine, in very good illustrated dust jacket with some shelf-wear at bottom edge. Fine / Very good. Item #851
ISBN: 0394862988
Price: $45.00
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