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THE SPECTER FROM THE MAGICIAN'S MUSEUM
by Brad Strickland
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0803722028
- ISBN 13
- 9780803722026
- Seller
-
Chamblee, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
US: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. John Bellair's Lewis Barnavelt in The Specter from the Magician's Museum. Quarter black cloth over blue paper-covered boards with silver particulars and publisher's emblem to spine. In publisher's original pictorial dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Frontispiece by Edward Gorey is bright and intact. Text block and endpages are foxed; black sharpie line to lower edge. Boards are clean; light sunning to edges; corners and ends of spine are bumped. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket is clean and bright; light foxing to top edge of flaps. Dust jacket is covered in a protective mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64056
- Title
- THE SPECTER FROM THE MAGICIAN'S MUSEUM
- Author
- Brad Strickland
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0803722028
- ISBN 13
- 9780803722026
- Publisher
- Dial Books for Young Readers
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Horror
Terms of Sale
Atlanta Vintage Books
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About the Seller
Atlanta Vintage Books
Biblio member since 2007
Chamblee, Georgia
About Atlanta Vintage Books
Welcome to Atlanta Vintage Books, serving book lovers locally and worldwide for over 30 years. Our 5,000 square foot book store houses over 70,000 vintage, rare and out of print books. You'll be greeted with a smile when you enter but left alone as you browse. Our staff is friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. Special orders are happily accommodated, as hard-to-find and out-of-print editions are a specialty. Our store is light and airy with plate glass windows letting in plenty of natural light and wonderfully decorated with antique display cases, old barrister bookcases, and wood book shelves. The wide aisles and scattered seating make browsing a joy. You'll wonder where the time went.
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