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TOO MANY MAGICIANS
by Garrett, Randall
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Some offsetting to the free end papers, a fine copy in a just about fine dust jacket with tiny closed tear and shelf wear to hea
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1967. First edition. Some offsetting to the free end papers, a fine copy in a just about fine dust jacket with tiny closed tear and shelf wear to head of spine panel. The book is tight and feels unread. (31925). Octavo, cloth. Publisher's review slip laid in. 1967 Hugo nominee. SF locked room mystery. "Sherlockianly brilliant." - Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 3-332. Adey, Locked Room Murders and Other Impossible Crimes (1991), 793.
Synopsis
Too Many Magicians is a novel by Randall Garrett, an American science fiction author. One of several stories starring Lord Darcy, it was first serialized in Analog Science Fiction in 1966 and published in book form the same year by Doubleday. It was later gathered together with Murder and Magic (1979) and Lord Darcy Investigates (1981) into the omnibus collection Lord Darcy (1983, expanded 2002). The novel was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1967.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31925
- Title
- TOO MANY MAGICIANS
- Author
- Garrett, Randall
- Book Condition
- Used - Some offsetting to the free end papers, a fine copy in a just about fine dust jacket with tiny closed tear and shelf wear to hea
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- SF . Mystery
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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