New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1978. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; orange cloth over yellow paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 529pp, [3]; illus. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Discreet evidence of large bookplate removed from front endpaper, with vintage bookseller's label to lower rear pastedown; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $11.95), hint of sunning to yellow portion of spine and a vertical crease along front joint; Near Fine. Second volume in the author's New Mexico Trilogy, telling the story of how progress transformed a rural backwater transformed into a boomtown, spanning a period of 40 years. Issued simultaneously in wrappers and in hardcover, the latter was reportedly issued in a run of less than 1000 copies, and ranks among the author's least-common books.

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Bookseller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 23203
Title: The Magic Journey: A Novel [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]
Author: NICHOLS, John
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1978
Bookseller catalogs: Modern Fiction;

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