New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Illustrated by Lois Lenski. Purple cloth with publisher's printed labels on cover and spine. Neat contemporary owner gift inscription on half-title, binding slightly cocked with moderate wear at base of spine and bottom corners, very good in an about good only dust jacket with the middle of the spine roughly excised, nicks and tears at the edges, moderate rubbing and soiling, and heavy interior tape repairs. Lofting took a break from his *Doctor Dolittle* series to write this medieval fantasy that takes place in an age when magic is dying and science beginning.

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Bookseller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 548642
Title: The Twilight of Magic
Author: LOFTING, Hugh
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1930
Keywords: Children'sBook

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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Cocked: Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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....