The Changeover - A Supernatural Romance
by Mahy, Margaret
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: J. M. Dent & Sons. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. (1985). Hardcover. School prize label on front endpaper. Some bruising to ends of spine. 3/8" abrasion at head of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 1985 reprint. [vi], 214 pages. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 213 x 137mm. Children's novel. Supernatural / fantasy fiction. "Although the label on the hair shampoo said Paris and had a picture of a beautiful girl with the Eiffel Tower behind her bare shoulder, it was forced to tell the truth in tiny print under the picutre. Made in New Zealand, it said, Wisdom Laboratories, Paraparaumu." - the opening sentences. .
Synopsis
The Changeover: a Supernatural Romance is a young adult novel by the New Zealand novelist Margaret Mahy, first published in 1984. It won the Carnegie Medal for that year.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20954
- Title
- The Changeover - A Supernatural Romance
- Author
- Mahy, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1985)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- New
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...