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THE NEVERENDING STORY
by Ende, Michael
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0713915099
- ISBN 13
- 9780713915099
- Seller
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Monmouthshire, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Published by Allen Lane, 1983. 1st UK edition.. Hardback. Good/Very Good. Illustrated by Quadflieg, Roswitha. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. First published in German in 1979. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Marble effect endpapers. Full-page illustration of the first letter of each chapter. Green and pink text. A wonderful fantasy story about a magical kingdom. Damp staining across top edge of boards and spine. One hinge pulled but binding is tight. Text block lightly grubby and with minor foxing to top edge. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and lightly edge-rubbed.
Synopsis
The Neverending Story is a German fantasy novel by Michael Ende, first published in 1979 under the title Die unendliche Geschichte. The standard English translation, by Ralph Manheim, was first published in 1983. The novel was later adapted into several films. The majority of the story takes place in the parallel world of Fantastica (Phantásien in the original German version; referred to as Fantasia in the films), a world being destroyed by the Nothing, which represents and constitutes people's lack of imagination in the real world. The first protagonist is a young warrior, who is asked by the sick Empress to set off and find the cure for their world. The other protagonist is a boy from the real world, a reader of the novel with the same title, for whom the story gradually becomes more and more realistic. -
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On Apr 2 2013, Fireflower537 said:
This is one of my favorite books. It is as strange as it is wonderful. A boy finds a book and halfway through the story he becomes a character in the book. This is a very clever and beautiful story.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Stella & Rose's Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1827817
- Title
- THE NEVERENDING STORY
- Author
- Ende, Michael
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Quadflieg, Roswitha
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st UK edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0713915099
- ISBN 13
- 9780713915099
- Publisher
- Published by Allen Lane
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- CHILDRENS FANTASY
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