The Bane of the Black Sword
Series: Elric
Publisher: Grafton Books
Published: 1984
Place of publication: London, UK
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780586062302
Copyright date: 1967, 1970, 1977
First sentence: In a city called Bakshaan, which was rich enough to make all other cities of the North East seem poor, in a tall-towered tavern one night, Elric, Lord of the smoking ruins of Melnibone, smiled like a shark and dryly jested with four powerful merchant princes whom, in a day or so, he intended to pauperize.