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The Magicians of Caprona.

JONES, Diana Wynne.

  • Published: 1980 , New York: Greenwillow Books,
New York: Greenwillow Books,, 1980. First US edition, first printing, signed by the author on the title page. The Magicians of Caprona, the second book in Jones's Chrestomanci series, was first published in the UK a few months prior; both the US and UK editions are rare signed. A hugely influential fantasy writer, Jones (1934-2011) was an important inspiration for Philip Pullman, Terry Pratchett, and J. K. Rowling. In 1999, she was awarded the Karl Edward Wagner Prize for her contribution to the genre by the British Fantasy Society. Octavo. Original brown boards, spine and rear cover lettered in gilt, front cover lettered and with cat decoration in blind, orange endpapers. With dust jacket. Jacket price-clipped, spine panel sunned: a fine copy in near-fine jacket.

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