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Smoke and Mirrors
Short Fictions and Illusions
by Neil Gaiman
ISBN: 0380973642
ISBN-13: 9780380973644
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
A collection of 30 short stories and poems that cover every topic from the classic Holy-Grail-in-an-antique-shop to sex and AIDS.
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Harpercollins
Published date: 1998
Size: 6.25 x 9.75 inches
Weight: 1.45 pounds
Pages: 339
Publisher's Notes
The distinctive storytelling genius of Neil Gaiman has been acclaimed by writers as diverse as Norman Mailer and Stephen King. Now in this new collection of stories--several of which have never before appeared in print and more than half that have never been collected--that will dazzle the senses and haunt the imagination. Miraculous inventions and unforgettable characters inhabit these pages: an elderly widow who finds the Holy Grail in a second-hand store...a frightened little boy who bargains for his life with a troll living under a bridge by the railroad tracks...a stray cat who battles nightly against a recurring evil that threatens his unsuspecting adoptive family. In these stories, Gaiman displays the power, wit, insight and outrageous originality that has made him one of the most unique literary artists of our day.
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Smoke & Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions
Neil Gaiman
Avon. Used - Acceptable. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped daily. Over one million satisfied book lovers read with Experienced Books. 1998. Hardcover. 1st. Acceptable condition reading copy showing definate wear. All pages plus cover present. BINDING IS HARDCOVER;. Dust jacket: Acceptable. ( more information) Offered by Experienced Books LLC (United States)
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Smoke & Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions
Neil Gaiman
William Morrow. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information) Offered by Better World Books (United States)
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Smoke and Mirrors
Gaiman, Neil
Dresden, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Avon Books. 1998. First (Number Line w 1 present). Hard Cover. Good. Short Fictions and Illusions. Ex-Library with gutter cracked and separation of textblock. Good reading copy. DJ is NOT price clipped. ( more information) Offered by Once Upon a Time Books (United States)
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Smoke & Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions
Neil Gaiman
William Morrow, 1998-11-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition, 3rd Printing 1998 Avon Books (Publisher; NY) HARDBACK; text clean/UNMARKED; color cover surface near mint/mild edge wear w/1 small mended tear + no nicks; price unclipped; spine strong; NOT x-library; No remainder mark; Not book club; 340 pages + 12 preliminary pgs; "Reading the Entrails: A Rondel"; introduction; text is 29 short fiction pieces ("several never before published + many never before collected"); author biography (inside flap) w/half-page b+w photograph (back cover); color front jacket photo by J. K. Potter w/wrap-around design by Amy Halperin; "in Gaiman's hands, magic is no mere illusion, but a powerful means to reveal the nature of our humanity obscured in the smoke of our fears + anxieties...+ reflected in the funhouse mirrors of our dreams"; gift quality collectible copy of 10-year-old out-of-print hardback. ( more information) Offered by HappyHippy7 (United States)
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Smoke and Mirrors
Gaiman, Neil
New York: Avon, 1998 1st edition, Fine in Fine DJ. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ( more information) Offered by Wrigley-Cross Books (United States)
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Smoke and Mirrors: Short fictions and Illusions ( reading the Entrails, a Rondel; Troll Bridge; Snow - Glass - Apples; Vampire Sestina; One Life, Furnished in Early Moorcock; Bay Wolf;; Mouse; Sweeper of Dreams; Shoggoth's Old Peculiar; Chivalry; etc)
Gaiman, Neil
N.Y.: AVON, 1998, Book Club Edition. ----------hard cover, Near Fine, in a Very Good + dust jacket, this contains: Reading the Entrails, a Rondel; Introduction; Chivalry; Nicholas Was ---; The Price; Troll Bridge; Looking for the Girl; Shoggoth's Old Peculair; The daughter of Owls; Changes; Queen of Knives; The White Road; The Goldfish Pool and other stories; Don't Ask Jack; Only the End of the World Again; Bay Wolf; Snow, Glass, Apples; Murder Mysteries; Babycakes; Tastings; Desert Wind; When we Went to see the end of the World by Dawnie Morningside age 11 1/4; The Sea Change; Mouse; Vampire Sestina; Foreign parts; The Sweeper of Dreams; Cold Colors; One Life Furnished in Early Moorcock; We can get Them for You Wholesale, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Illus. by Photo Cover. ( more information) Offered by Leonard Shoup (Canada)
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New York: Avon Books, 1998 A square solid tight over-all clean carefully read copy. This copy has some light pagedge soil. The 24.00 jacket has some light rubbing wear,minor edgewear.. First Edition/First Printing. Hard Cover. N-Fine/N-Fine. ( more information) Offered by Pat Cramer,Bookseller (United States)
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Smoke & Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions by Gaiman, Neil
Neil Gaiman
William Morrow, 1998-11-01. Hardcover. New. First Edition, First Printing. New and in excellent condition. Pages are crisp and clean with a tight spine.Ships Quickly! Shop with confidence, satisfaction guaranteed! ( more information) Offered by novel-books (United States)
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