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Great Science-Fiction & Fantasy Works
Science-fiction & fantasy literature: a critical list with discussions.
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Magic & the Magician: Available Copies
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Magic and the Magician: E.Nesbit and Her Children's Books by noel streatfeild
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780510282011
Publisher: Ernest Benn (1958)
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage (Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $40.00
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TOTAL Cost: $40.00
Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear and tear to dust jacket, now wrapped in protective sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.75
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Magic and the Magician. E. Nesbitt and Her Children's Books. by Streatfield, Noel.
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Publisher: Abelard-Schuman, London (1958)
Seller: Lawrence Jones Books (Ashmore, QLD, Australia)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $19.55
Shipping: $25.00
TOTAL Cost: $44.55
160pp, bibliography, bw ills. Or green cloth in jacket. Verl slight toning to endpapers. Jacket NOT clipped, very slight edge wear and toning to about 1mm at edges. Traces the early life of E Nesbitt and discovers some of the reasons why her books have their particular image. Much of interest of the Bastable stories, the Phoenix, the Psammead and the Mouldiwarp books, and of course the railway Children. Size: 8vo
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Magic and the Magician: E.Nesbit and Her Children's Books by Noel Streatfeild
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Ernest Benn Ltd (1958)
Seller: World of Rare Books (Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $42.73
Shipping: $6.25
TOTAL Cost: $48.98
1958. First Edition. 160 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographic and illustrated plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges.
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MAGIC AND THE MAGICIAN: E.NESBIT AND HER CHILDREN'S BOOKS by STREATFIELD, NOEL
Hardcover
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Publisher: Abelard Schuman Limited, London, New York, Toronto (1958)
Seller: Uncle Peter's Books (Clunes, NSW, Australia)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $22.81
Shipping: $37.00
TOTAL Cost: $59.81
Edges are very lightly discoloured and foxed. There is a small stain on the tail edge. Head of spine bumped. Back pastedown has light stain. Pages are browning with age, else in very good condition. Dust wrapper has price clipped. Spine is discoloured with small white markings. Edges are showing general wear and tear, there are two very small tears in the head edge. The dust wrapper is in good condition. The dustwrapper is covered in plastic. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously but they usually present better than they sound.
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Magic and the Magician, E. Nesbit and Her Children's Books by Streatfield, Noel
Hardcover
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Publisher: Abelard-Schuman, New York (1958)
Seller: Bookplate (Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $60.00
Shipping: $5.80
TOTAL Cost: $65.80
Heavy moisture marks to prelims, title page o/w clean, unmarked, albeit tanned, pages throughout. Firm hinges with still sharp corners and gilt titles to spine bright and shiny. Clean green boards. DJ has a few small scuff marks to rear panel and lower spine area o/w clean, unmarked and price ($3.95) uncut. British boards with American DJ. Rare. BP/Books on Writers/Lit Crit
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