London: Secker & Warburg. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 0436575140 . First UK Edition. "The title of Angus Wilson's new and major work is ironical - AS IF BY MAGIC. For the theme of this wide-ranging, totally contemporary novel is the near-compulsion in all sorts of men and women to escape from the human problems that on all sides beset us by resorts to false or at best misguided magics..." - Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector Rolland Comstock on front paste-down. Head and tail of spine and bottom front corner are bumped, sticker from previous bookseller on front paste-down near tail, head-edge of boards is lightly faded. Price clipped. Dust jacket has edge and shelf wear with chipping at the corners, tanned along edges, small stain on back cover, protected in an archival cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 415 pages .

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Bookseller: Good Books In The Woods (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 52298
Title: As if by Magic A Novel
Author: Wilson, Angus
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0436575140
ISBN 13: 9780436575143
Publisher: Secker & Warburg
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1973
Keywords: 0436575140

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