- First Edition
- Used
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United KingdomJohn Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA
AbeBooks seller since August 20, 2009
Condition: Used
£ 22,500.00
Quantity: 1 available
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A first edition, first printing of 'The Colour of Magic' published by Colin Smythe in 1983. A fine book without inscriptions. In a fine unclipped wrapper WITHOUT the overprint to the front flap - only a couple of thin surface scratches marking this down from very fine. The first printing is said to have comprised 506 copies, but 400 of these were seemingly issued to libraries making fine copies difficult to come by - first issue examples without the overlay are exceptionally scarce and probably number a handful at best. The second state featuring the printed overlay found on the inner front flap of most copies was pasted over the original blurb as a result of inaccuracies spotted when the jacket was returned from the American printers. Certainly one of the rarest books in modern first edition fiction.
Seller Inventory # 21965
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Colour of Magic
- Author
- Pratchett, Terry
- Publisher
- London Colin Smythe 1983
- Publication year
- 1983
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Edition
- 1st Edition
John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA
Harrogate, United Kingdom
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