This Rough Magic
by Stewart, Mary
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition, clipped d/j, green cloth boards, gilt/red spine titling bright; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarke
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1964. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, clipped d/j, green cloth boards, gilt/red spine titling bright; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked; neat owner's inscription on ffep.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). This Rough Magic is a romantic suspense novel by Mary Stewart, first published in 1964. The title is a quote from William Shakespeare's The Tempest. Like several other novels by Stewart, it is set in Greece and has an element of suspense.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC107309
- Title
- This Rough Magic
- Author
- Stewart, Mary
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition, clipped d/j, green cloth boards, gilt/red spine titling bright; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarke
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Pages
- 285
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, Mary Stewart, romance
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8\"\" x 5_\"\")
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