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The Magus
by Fowles, John
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Little, Brown & Co. , 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. First printing in good condition. Bound in light green cloth showing sunning to front board and a couple of small yellow stains along spine. Top front corner is bumped. Tiny reddish stain to cloth at top corner of rear board. Light scuffing to bottom fore-edge of text block. Some fairly inconspicuous, pinkish staining along edges of the last few pages. Illustrated dust jacket shows edge wear, chipping, numerous small tears and areas of loss. Browning to underside of jacket, unclipped, in a mylar cover. 8vo. 582pp.
Synopsis
This daring literary thriller, rich with eroticism and suspense, is one of John Fowles's best-loved and bestselling novels and has contributed significantly to his international reputation as a writer of the first degree. At the center of The Magus is Nicholas Urfe, a young Englishman who accepts a teaching position on a remote Greek island, where he befriends a local millionaire. The friendship soon evolves into a deadly game, in which reality and fantasy are deliberately manipulated, and Nicholas finds that he must fight not only for his sanity but for his very survival. (via Goodreads)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHAPfowMAGUS
- Title
- The Magus
- Author
- Fowles, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co.
- Date Published
- 1965
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Chaparral Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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- Cloth
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- First Edition
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- Jacket
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