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Harpist in the Wind
by McKillip, Patricia A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Atheneum, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [9], 3-256 pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $8.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Orange endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a map. The final book in McKillip's Riddlemaster trilogy. The first state jacket, lacking the "Argo" logo. This copy is bound upside down and backwards in its boards, but is complete. Jacket shows a faint crease to its rear panel.
Synopsis
Book #3 In the Riddle Master Trilogy- In the midst of conflict and unrest the Prince of Hed solves the puzzle of his future when he learns to harp the wind, discovers who the shape changers are, and understands his own relationship to Deth, harpist of the wizard Ohm.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000011925
- Title
- Harpist in the Wind
- Author
- McKillip, Patricia A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Atheneum
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
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About the Seller
Evening Star Books
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Madison, Wisconsin
About Evening Star Books
We buy and sell rare and fine books in many fields. Our interests include philosophy, modern first editions, and works of historical or intellectual interest. In addition to bookselling, we regularly do valuations and appraisals for non-IRS purposes. Evening Star Books is a Limited Liability Company.
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
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