Quag Keep
by Norton, Andre
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine copy in very good(+), unclipped dust jacket; DJ is lightly edgeworn with a bit more wear to upper corners (no tears, just c/very good +
- Seller
-
Oakland, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Atheneum, 1978. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. Fine copy in very good(+), unclipped dust jacket; DJ is lightly edgeworn with a bit more wear to upper corners (no tears, just chips); three very smalll chips to DJ along rear spine joint; o/w DJ is clean and bright; cloth is clean and free of fraying; faintest rubbing and bumps to bottom open corners of boards; very light brown stain to ffep and rear endpaper (appears to be a blemish that happened during printing); o/w pages are like new: clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; edges of pages are clean; binding is tight and square; a gently loved copy./very good +. Octavo in brownish red cloth with black titles to spine; 224 pp.; 22 cm; $7.95 on jacket. In English. || Abstract: Seven strangers, each wearing a similar bracelet, meet and become pawns in the continuing struggle between the forces of good and evil. "One by one, Milo encounters six strangers of vastly different backgrounds, each having half-memories of belonging in another world, but each wearing a similar bracelet and under a wizard's geas to find and destroy and alien and evil power that is controlling their lives. When their bracelets grow warm, the dice roll and they enter another stage of the in which they seem pawns." -jacket.
Synopsis
Daw SF #353 (UJ1487). A Margaret K. McElderry book. Cover art by Jack Gaughan.
Reviews
On Apr 6 2013, Fireflower537 said:
This book was so shoddily written that it ruined what should have been a really cool story. I thought Andre Norton was supposed to be a GOOD writer! This book was garbage.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85227
- Title
- Quag Keep
- Author
- Norton, Andre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine copy in very good(+), unclipped dust jacket; DJ is lightly edgeworn with a bit more wear to upper corners (no tears, just c
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, second printing
- Publisher
- Atheneum
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Good and evil, Juvenile fiction, Fantasy games
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bibliope by Calvello Books
Biblio member since 2005
Oakland, California
About Bibliope by Calvello Books
Over thirty-five years experience in the used, out-of-print and rare book trades. Selling online since 1997. WWW.BIBLIOPE.COM (formerly Calvello Books)
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