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The Story of the Stone: Available Copies

Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Fast & Free Shipping â" Good condition. It may show normal signs of use, such as light writing, highlighting, or library markings, but all pages are intact and the book is fully readable. A solid, complete copy that's ready to enjoy.

Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

fine in a fine price clipped dust jacket

Spine uncreased though chipped at end. Binding firm. Wraps are foxed and chipped and worn around edges. Rear cover marked by two lengthy creases and short tear in fore edge. 289p. Toned pages unmarked aside from a faint moisture stain along bottom edge of last few pages.

clean, firm, sharp copy, dj has edge wear, BCE. BP/Scifi

Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDGood condition, some wear to dustjacket, edges and spine, bumped tips, 8v0, 249 pages

Stated first edition. Hardcover quarter bound in black cloth and green boards. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Mark Harrison.

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

fine softcover like new, uncorrected proof

clean and tight, jacket has a 1/2 inch tear in the front cover, some other edge wear but not much.

Stated first edition. Near fine book in a like dustjacket.

236 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.

236 pages. Author's second book, preceded by World Fantasy Award winner Bridge of Birds. Slight shelf wear, partial sticker on the rear panel of the jacket. Text clean.

ISBN 0385246366. Hardback. First Printing. Very Good condition book with some foxing brown spotting to bottom edge, in a Very Good condition dustjacket with minor rubs and creases around its edges.

1st print, light wear

The second book in the Master Li series. Mark Harrison dust jacket.

First edition. Small bookstore stamp in corner of front fixed endpaper, otherwise very fine in very fine dust jacket.

This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox is a series of three books about Li Kao, an ancient sage and scholar with "a slight flaw in his character", and his client, later assistant, the immensely strong peasant Number Ten Ox, who narrates the story. The series blends Chinese mythologyauthentic and imagined, from several eraswith detective fiction and a gentle, ironic humour. The first book Bridge of Birds was published in 1984, the title derived from "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl" myth. It was followed in 1988 by The Story of the Stone and in 1990 by Eight Skilled Gentlemen. No further books followed, although Hughart had planned a series of seven novels. In the last of these, Li Kao and Number Ten Ox would die facing the Great White Serpent (a conflict alluded to in Bridge of Birds)." (from Wikipedia)

HC in dust jacket. 1st Printing. A little foxing to the edges of the page block and light fading to the spine of the jacket. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.

Mass market paperback, 289 pp., This is the first Bantam printing of this work. This copy has some wrinkling on the spine but remains firm. There is wear on the corners and a small piece of tape on the bottom of the back cover from a previous owner. There is some toning on the front end paper and back end paper but does not impact the text. There is a small part of the spine that is fraying but is still attached.

vg+ Corgi Books 1990 edition paperback remainder pen mark on bottom of pages In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Gently read.; First edition stated.; 9.30 X 6.10 X 1.20 inches; 236 pages

2nd Master Li and Ten Ox novel. A sharp, unread copy.

ISBN 0385246366. Hardback. First Edition as stated on the copyright page. Very Good to Near Fine condition in a Very Good to Near Fine condition Dustjacket. Tight bright attractive copy with no markings to the book. $17.95 original price is still present and unclipped on the front Dustjacket flap. We have placed the Dustjacket in a Brodart clear plastic protective cover and it looks much better than described.

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers