Item Overview

​Title: The Dragon (Magazine of Fantasy, Swords & Sorcery, and Science Fiction Game Playing)

​Issue: #27 (Vol. IV, No. 1)

​Publication Date: July 1979

​Publisher: TSR Periodicals / TSR Hobbies, Inc.

​Key Feature Content: Features SPI's Agincourt: The Ruin of French Chivalry, Emerald Tablet design notes, Divine Right design notes, Imperium Variant, and early Gen Con XII campaign schedule logs.

​What Is Included

​Complete Original Magazine: This listing is for the complete, authentic 48-page vintage softcover periodical. It contains all original high-level 1st Edition fantasy gaming articles, variants, vintage hobby advertisements (including Ral Partha and Grenadier miniatures), and editorial columns completely intact.

​Detailed Condition Report

​Reseller Grade: Excellent / High-Grade Collector Copy. Finding early-era The Dragon issues with this level of color preservation and crispness is exceptionally rare.

​Front Cover Artwork: Displaying an incredible, vibrant cover illustration by Kenneth Rahman. The cover paper features exceptional, brilliant color saturation and near-flawless surface gloss reflecting light beautifully. Shows virtually no surface scuffing or heavy storage abrasion.

​Spine & Edges: Spine line is crisp, tightly bound, and straight. Corner tips are sharp and square with absolutely no fraying, dog-ears, or blunt impact splits. Edge alignment is precise.

​Interior Pages: Premium archive condition. Internal pages are clean, supple, and a beautiful bright white. Completely free from childhood crayon marks, ink pen checking, highlighting, clipped coupon boxes, or thumb creasing.

​Back Cover: Flat, smooth, and clean, featuring the historic "Take a Monthly Trip With a Time Machine" subscription illustration. Free from the typical heavy dirt smudging or pencil pricing annotations common to back issues of this era.

​Binding: Original heavy-duty industrial binding staples are bright, clean, perfectly centered, and rust-free, securing all internal sheets effortlessly.

​Please inspect the full sequence of close-up, high-resolution photos (Images 26884.jpg through 26894.jpg) to confirm the stunning cover gloss and edge crispness before purchasing.

​Shipping & Handling

​Packaging: Shipped with maximum archival protection. Placed inside a crystal-clear, acid-free poly sleeve with an extra-thick cardboard backing board. The entire unit is then sandwiched securely between two matching layers of heavy, rigid double-wall shipping cardboard to completely eliminate any risk of spine-stressing, corner drops, or weather moisture during transit.

​Handling: Packaged with professional care and shipped promptly from our clean, smoke-free facility.