Buy this book on-line NORTON,ANDRE** (pseudonym Mary Alice Norton): : Knave of DreamsLONDON.KESTREL BOOKS,1976. ISBN 0722652348.
UK,slim 8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.[US 1st edn,Viking Press,1975,preceded the UK,1st edn by a year.First UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn by Kestrel Books,1976.] FINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn,and no price- clip (£2.95) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, colour pictorial artwork by Michael Jackson,illustrated dw/dj,with white
lettering to upper panel and red+white lettering to spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Spine/backstrip partially sunned/faded to vertical length and some minimal rubbing with reciprocal loss to front gutter's edge of dw/dj.Some minimal rubbing to top edges and also to all corners.Clear,protective cover protecting some minimal,prior faults and thus preventing any further deterioration.Top edges very,very lightly dust-soiled and minimally,sporadically foxed/spotted,fore- edges brigher,crisper and cleaner; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain red cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.Described hard,but fairly and honestly - in no way as bad as it reads or sounds! UK,slim 8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn,9-252pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters - each chapter number with a b/w line illustrated border,plus [unpaginated]; half-title page publisher's advert for author's other titles,title-page,another title separator page and 4pp blanks at rear.
Andre Norton (b1912 - d.2005.) born in Cleveland,Ohio,pseudonym of American writer Alice Mary Norton who also writes as 'Andrew North' and 'Allen Weston'.Under the 'Andrew North' name,her first published story ran in 1947 - 'The People of the Crater' (in Fantasy Book'). Since
then her many novels reflect a fantasy slant with much melodrama,incorporating excursions into unknown worlds.Her earliest work was written for juveniles - fast-paced action/adventure for boys - but this overt power-fantasy (typified by
'Sword in Sheath',1949) diminished in her work as she began to produce adult sci-fi. 'The Witch World' books form a separate sequence in her writing,but all of her adult work is interrelated (if only tenously) by being set in the same vast future galaxy where alien races like the Zacathans exist.Adventures in time travel feature in 'The Crossroads of Time' (US, 1956) but see rja490714 - UK,1976,UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Among her other novels are: 'Star Guard' (US,1955),'Sea Siege' and 'Star Born' (both US,1957) - see rja490814 ('Star Born' - UK,1973,UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn), 'Star Gate' (US,1958),'Catseye' (US,1961), and 'Eye of the Monster' (US,1962).
Some of Andre Norton's short stories have been collected in 'High Sorcery' (US, 1970),and she has compiled the anthologies 'Space Service' (US,1953),'Space Pioneers' (US,1954) and 'Space Police' (US,1956).
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