Edward Eager's Magic Tales [Boxed Set] Half Magic, Magic by the Lake, Time Garden, Knight's Castle, Magic or Not?, Well-Wishers, Seven-Day Magic by Edward Eager - 1999-01-01

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Scholastic, 1999. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/Very Good. THIS IS A PUBLISHER ODDITY Edward Eager's Magic Tales is a slip-cased set of seven books, classics of children encountering magic in the world around them. This is a slip-cased set of the first six titles (Seven-Day Magic not present), with the case listing all seven titles, but the case is sized for only the six books included. This appears to be the way the bindery produced this set, and I can find no reports of others like it. The box gived its copyright date as 1999, while the copyright for this edition is given as 2001 for each book. The books indicate they are 4th or 5th printings, so it is hard to specify the exact printing. The books are for the most part in As New condition, save for Knight's Castle, which has some slight folding of the rear cover. The slip cover has sticker residue on the front cover, residue on the top back corner, and minor bump damage, but is otherwise intact. The greatest fault with… Read More

Scholastic, 1999-01-01. Paperback. Fair. 7x5x4. MISMATCHED COVER/BINDING ART, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SIZE BOOKS. Ex-library: stickers. Some wear. 7 book set.

Scholastic, 1999. paperback. Good. 7x5x4. Paperback boxed set in good condition. Some edge wear and mild soiling to box. Half Magic will have spine creasing and previous owner's name inside. The rest of the books are in like new condition. Very good reading shape, all of them. Our feedback says it all! Feel confident when you order from Hilltop Book Shop.

New York: Scholastic Inc., 2001. First Printings Thus . Soft cover. As New/Fine Slipcase. 7 3/4" X 5 . N. M. Bodecker. Seven books: Half Magic, Knight's Castle, 192 pp. 198 pp. Magic by the Lake, 190 pp. , The Time Garden, 193 pp., Magic or Not ?, 197 pp., The Well-Wishers, 220 pp., Seven-Day Magic, 190 pp. "It all begins with a strange coin on a sun-warmed sdewalk." Set of 7 books weighs nearly 2 1/2 lb. and may require extra shipping. Slipcase has 9 very small brown dots on bottom of slipcase, ow everything is as new. Books themselves seem to be unread. Bookseller's Inventory # 154434.