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Great Science-Fiction & Fantasy Works
Science-fiction & fantasy literature: a critical list with discussions.
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The Wandering Unicorn: Available Copies
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Wandering Unicorn by Lainez, Manuel M.; Mujica Lbainez, Manuel
Paperback
ISBN: 9780425083864
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group (1985)
Seller: ThriftBooks-Phoenix (Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $19.98
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $19.98
Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.41
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Seller: Book Lover's Warehouse (Johnson City, TN, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fair
Book Price: $20.00
Shipping: $3.99
TOTAL Cost: $23.99
The covers are stained with shelf wear and creasing to all the corners, hinges, and spine. The outer edges are stained. The pages are lightly tanned due to age. Some of the pages are water damaged but are very readable. FAST SHIPPING & FREE TRACKING!
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Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fine
Book Price: $30.00
Shipping: $5.50
TOTAL Cost: $35.50
First Canadian edition, preceding both the American and English editions. Foreward by Jorge Luis Borges. Translated by Mary Fitton. Octavo. 322pp. Topedge trifle soiled else fine in very lightly worn, about fine dust jacket with a tiny tear at the crown. International Fiction List.
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The Wandering Unicorn by LAINEZ, MANUEL MUJICA
Hardcover
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Publisher: Lester & Orpen Dennys, Toronto (1982)
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $21.42
Shipping: $18.00
TOTAL Cost: $39.42
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light bumping to the spine ends and light scuffing to the bottom edges of the boards, else a clean and tight copy in a very good dust jacket.
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The Wandering Unicorn by MUJICA LAINEZ, Manuel
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780800880415
Publisher: Taplinger Publishing Company, New York (1983)
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA (Galena, IL, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $45.00
Shipping: $6.00
TOTAL Cost: $51.00
Translation by Mary Fitton. Foreword by Jorge Luis Borges. 8vo. Quarter teal blue cloth with black spine lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. vii, 322pp. Genealogical chart. Fine/near fine. Quite nice and tight first edition of this fairy tale by the Argentinian writer (1910-84).
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THE WANDERING UNICORN by mujica lainez, manuel
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1982. 1st English language edition. (1982)
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS (webster, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $47.00
Shipping: $6.95
TOTAL Cost: $53.95
fine hardcover, fine jacket, Foreword by Jorge Luis Borges. "Praised by Borges as 'a glowing dream set in the past' . Interesting use of fantasy archetypes from a South American perspective which proves less heroic, and more realistic, than the Anglo-Saxon perspective customary in the Tolkien canon."- Barron Fantasy, 4A-190. 1984 World Fantasy Finalist for Best Novel.
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The Wandering Unicorn. Translated by Mary Fitton. With a foreword by Jorge Luis Borges by Mujica Lainez, Manuel
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Taplinger, New York (1982)
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA (New York, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $500.00
Shipping: $12.00
TOTAL Cost: $512.00
First American edition. 170 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed by Borges on the title page. Provenance: Donald A. Yates; Gary Oleson Blue cloth and black boards. Fine in fine dust jacket
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