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The Magic Spectacles: Available Copies

Young adult sf/fantasy novel. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

1st ed/1st printing, SIGNED by the author on the title page. This book is square, solid, and unread; the boards are solid and unblemished, and the lovely dustjacket is in a protective Brodart cover. No price clippings, no remainder marks. When you receive this book, you'll feel as though you've stumbled into a cave and come across.an elven sword named Glamdring -- or the crown of the fabled Prester John -- a ring of invisibility.or even a Magic Lamp, prosaic as that may sound! You MAY even cartwheel with glee!

A beautiful copy in dust jacket and slipcase. Slipcase has some light soiling at edges. One of 250 numbered hardcover copies signed by the author, Lew Shiner and artist Ferret

Very good hardcover with very good unclipped dust jacket. Straight secure spine with tight hinges and clean interior. Top page edge has minor foxing. Minor shelving and handling wear to extremities.

Young adult sf/fantasy novel. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Fine copy in dustjacket (as new).

Magic Spectacles by Blaylock,James. Copy number 98 of a limited edition of 250 copies signed by the author, illustrator and one other on limitation page. Signatures only. Hardcover first edition published in 1991 by Morrigan Press. Slipcase starting to fray around the edges.

FIRST EDITION SIGNED COPY IN VERY GOOD CONDITION

8vo; 181 pages; Signed by Blaylock on the title page. ; Signed by Author

First edition, hardcover, signed by Blaylock, Shiner and Ferret, and marked no. 88/250 on the tipped in limitation page. The book has a minor lean to the binding, very mild bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, and a tiny spot to the head of the spine. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight Very Good+ copy in a crisp, unclipped Near Fine dust jacket, which is wrapped in a Mylar cover. Housed in a matching Very Good+ slipcase, which has mild shelfwear to corners, and a hint of fraying starting to a couple of the cloth edges.

Octavo, boards. Trade issue. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (3041)

Young adult sf/fantasy novel. Afterword by Lewis Shiner (only available in this slipcased edition). LIMITED EDITION: 250 numbered hardcover copies signed by the author, Lew Shiner and dustjacket artist Ferret and slipcased. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket and slipcase (as new).

1st limited edition printing part of 250 hardbound copies with a signed limitation page signed by Blaylock, Ferret and Shiner, though there is no number on the limitation line. Clean sharp copy appears unread, firm clean text block and clean square boards covered in the same yellow cloth as the fine slipcase. For lovers of young adult fiction, parallel worlds, magic spectacles and journeys through a different looking glass

Signed by Author(s). The book has light soiling to the top of the page block. The dust jacket is unclipped (L13.95). Signed and dated "10.30.09" by the author on the title page.

Signed by Blaylock on the title page. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket.

Signed by Blaylock on the title page. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket.

Octavo, boards. First edition. Unsigned trade issue. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#91916)

First edition. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

A copy of the limited issue left unnumbered, signed by Blaylock, Ferret, and Lewis Shiner on the special limitation page. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket, housed within the publisher's slipcase. An as new copy.

Three volumes. The two Morrigan editions are trade editions and each is signed by the author. The Land of Dreams is an uncorrected proof in olive green wraps with publishers inserts.

HC, 1/250 signed & numbered sopies in dust jacket and cloth slipcase. 1st Printing. Illustrated by Ferret. Includes an postscript by Lewis Shiner that was not in the trade edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and slipcase.

Limited edition. Signed by the author, cover artist, and contributor. Three volumes with supplementary pamphlet. Housed in orange textured faux leather slipcase. 'Homunculus' is bound in the publisher's original tan cloth with white titles to the spine, in the Ferret illustrated dustwrapper. Patterned endpapers. With nine black and white illustrations by Ferret. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents are clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the near fine original dustwrapper, which is bright and fresh, with a little spotting to the underside. Not price clipped (£40.00 to the lower front flap). 'The Digging Leviathan' is bound in the publisher's original black cloth with red titles to the spine, in the Ferret illustrated dustwrapper. With six black and white illustrations by Ferret. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with a little bumping to the spine tips. The contents, with a touch of spotting to the fore-edge of the text block, are clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper, which has light spotting to the underside of the front panel and flap folds, with a small mark and a couple of spots to the underside of the upper rear flap which are visible to the printed side. Not price-clipped (£35.00 to the lower front flap). 'The Magic Spectacles' is bound in the publisher's original red cloth with yellow titles to the spine, in the Ferret illustrated dustwrapper. Patterned endpapers. With twenty black and white illustrations by Ferret. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with a small bump to the tail of the spine. The contents, with a touch of spotting to the fore-edge of the text block, are clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the bright and fresh dustwrapper, which is lightly rubbed at the extremities, and with a couple of spots to the underside of the flap folds. Not price-clipped (£45.00 to the lower front flap). Together with the light green stapled card pamphlet 'A Word About The Author' by William Ashbless, black titles printed to the front panel, and black illustrations and borders printed to both panels. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, lightly faded to the stapled fold. The contents, with the author, illustrator, and contributor's signatures on the rear endpaper and rear panel, are otherwise clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Housed in the near fine, structurally sound slipcase, which is lightly scuffed to the spine and bottom edges. Issued in an edition of 50 copies, from which this example is numbered 23, and signed by the author James P. Blaylock and illustrator Ferret in blue and black ink, respectively, on the rear panel of the supplementary pamphlet, and by William Ashbless in black ink on the rear endpaper. Ashbless is the pseudonym for the collaborative writing of James P Blaylock and science fiction author Tim Powers, while Ferret is one of several pseudonyms used by science fiction book illustrator and author Timothy MacNamara. 'The Digging Leviathan' (1984) is the eponymous first novel in the series, set in a modern Los Angeles atop a giant underground sea. Winner of the 1988 Philip K Dick Award for best paperback original, 'Homunculus' has been described as a thematic prequel to 'Leviathan' and serves as the first volume of the Langdon St Ives sequence, a steampunk science fiction series set in a Dickensian nineteenth-century London. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Bristol: Morrigan Publications:, @ 1991. Three Volumes, Hardcover, SIGNED, Limited, Fine in Fine dust jackets and in Near Fine slipcase with additional pamphlet, Cover artwork by: Ferret PLEASE NOTE: The individual volumes in this set are not signed. Rather, the additional pamphlet, "A Word About the Author" is signed by James Blaylock, illustrator Ferret and author of "A Word About the Author" William Ashbliss (Tim Powers). This set was limited to 50 numbered copies making it substantially more rare than the actual signed, limited editions that were issued in individual slipcases. The books, jackets and pamphlet are all Fine and so is the slipcase with the exception of one very small (about one-half inch) closed tear to the cover material at a corner. Three Volumes, Hardcover, SIGNED, Limited, Fine in Fine dust jackets and in Near Fine slipcase with additional pamphlet,

Letter "J" of ten lettered presentation copies, not offered for sale, signed on a special limitation page by Blaylock, the illustrator Ferret, and Lewis Shiner who wrote the introduction. Bound in maroon quarter leather with raised bands and lettering stamped in gilt. Headbands. Tooled design where the leather meets the black cloth covered boards. Marbled endpapers. A fine and bright copy, issued without dust jacket.

Digging Leviathan / Homunculus / Magic Spectacles by James P. Blaylock (Signed) (First Edition) Three beautiful signed leather-backed volumes. Quarter Leather. Set of Three, First Hardcover Editions, Special. Private Press/lettered, Signed. Signed by Author, Artist, Afterword Authors. [Bath]. [1988, 1988, 1991]. CONTRIBUTOR'S COPY, PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY, AND AUTHOR'S COPY. Limited in each case to ONLY TEN lettered and signed copies. All volumes bound in quarter maroon leather, spines lettered in gilt with five raised bands, and marbled endpapers. EACH COPY SIGNED by the author, by the artist, Ferret, and by the author of each volume's afterwords: Tim Powers and K. W. Jeter (HOMUNCULUS), Keith Roberts (DIGGING LEVIATHAN), and Lewis Shiner (THE MAGIC SPECTACLES). Each volume also has a lengthy handwritten inscription signed by James P. Blaylock to fellow author and friend, Tim Powers and his wife. DIGGING LEVIATHAN is a CONTRIBUTOR'S COPY, given to Tim Powers by the publisher. HOMUNCULUS is a PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY, given to Tim Powers by the publisher. MAGIC SPECTACLES is an AUTHOR'S COPY, given to James P. Blaylock by the publisher and then in turn given by James P. Blaylock as an AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY to Tim Powers. Each volume contains the laid-in letter of presentation from the publisher to the recipient. Lettered copies not issued in dust jacket.