THE MAGIC COTTAGE. by HERBERT**, JAMES:

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.White background,embossed bordered dw/dj and bright,non-oxidised gilt letters to upper+lower panels of dw/dj and spine/backstrip with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edge slightly aged/toned - as usual/normal with this publisher - but generally unmarked and clean; contents bright,tight and generally clean,apart from page-edges light toning.Unblemished,plain black paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate pentangle illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-309pp includes b/w line illustrated half-title page,title page,contents list,b/w line illustrated design chapter head-pieces,and 41 chapters. "We'd had enough of the rat race.The city was closing in on us with concrete jaws.We'd accumulated too many acquaintances and not enough friends.So Midge and I found a place in the heart of the forest.The cottage was charmingly quaint - maybe a little run-down,but that was easy to fix - and it was peaceful.The setting was perfect for her as an artist,and good for me as a musician.Midge loved it,I quickly grew to love it.For a while there,we thought we'd found a haven,our very own Shangri-La.The woodland animals and birds couldn't have been more neighbourly.That was the first part of the Magic.Our work - Midge's painting,my music - soared to new heights of creativity.That was another part of the Magic.Our sensing,our feelings,our love for each other - well, that became the supreme Magic.But,you guessed it - nothing was quite as it seemed.Because for every Good,there's a Bad.And the cottage had an alternative side.The Bad Magic.It wasn't long before that darkness manifested itself,and what followed,what happened to us in our little love-nest for two,as horrendous beyond - and yeah,I mean this - beyond belief.The miracles,the healings,the crazy sect who wanted our home for themselves,the hideous creatures that crawled from the nether regions,and the bats,let's not forget the bats! - even now those terrible things seem impossible to me.Yet they happened.Oh yeah,they sure as hell happened.So be warned:this is no fairy tale. . . . . ." See also rja122, rja386, rja526, rja529, rja530, rjaz1289, rja2083, rja2095 - rja2099 inclusive and rja2100 for other James Herbert titles. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.
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