The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks [FIRST BOOK CLUB EDITION / 1977]

The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks [SHANNARA BOOK #1]

FIRST BOOK CLUB EDITION [1977] RANDOM HOUSE

Hardcover with dust jacket in very good reading condition. 

Dust jacket is in tact with heavy shelf and edge wear and a few sealed edge tears. 

Book itself is excellent; cover and binding are very good and contents read good as new with just a few tiny spot stains on exterior text block [not visible on inner pages.]  

Living in peaceful Shady Vale, Shea Ohmsford knew little of the troubles that plagued the rest of the world. Then the giant, forbidding Allanon revaled that the supposedly dead Warlock Lord was plotting to destroy the world. The sole weapon against this Power of Darkness was the Sword of Shannara, which could only be used by a true heir of Shannara--Shea being the last of the bloodline, upon whom all hope rested. Soon a Skull Bearer, dread minion of Evil, flew into the Vale, seeking to destroy Shea. To save the Vale, Shea fled, drawing the Skull Bearer after him....