Weird Tales Sept 1947 – Clark Ashton Smith's Quest of the Gazolba Cover

Exotic adventure and dark enchantment hang over this lush fantasy tableau — a reclining dark-haired woman in scanty attire lies before a menacing armored warrior clutching a battle-axe, while an enormous spectral raven bearing a strange glowing object soars over distant onion-domed towers rising from misty waters. A small jeweled flying vessel drifts through the atmospheric blue-grey sky, suggesting a world where sorcery and sword-and-sorcery spectacle reign supreme.