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Book Description: Doubleday Canada. Hardcover. Book Condition: GOOD. Bookseller Inventory # B2421091

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Book Description: Doubleday Canada, Toronto, 1999. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Canadian Edition; First Printing. Light edge wear, small nick bottom edge front board, light scuffing of dust jacket ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 1.9 x 9.3 x 7.4 Inches; 577 pages; As with the guides to the Hobbit tetralogy and the fiction of Stephen King, Gabaldon offers a companion volume to her Outlander Series four time-travel historical romances, Drums of Autumn (1997), etc., in which she tells us much is revealed regarding Claire and Jamie Fraser, their lives and times, antecedents, adventures, companions and progeny, with learned commentary (and many footnotes) by their humble creator. She also provides full synopses of the four novels and includes excerpts of forthcoming books in the Claire and Jamie Fraser series. Listed, too, are all the novels characters, their origins and family trees, horoscopes, and sketches of clan badges and shields, along with genealogical notes. For non-Gaelic readers, Gabaldon assembles a glossary and pronunciation primer. Additionally, she supplies details on her research, E-mail excerpts, notes on herbal medicine, illustrations, and recipes, plus a huge bibliography. Gabaldon fans who have followed the story of British Red Cross nurse Claire Beauchamp Randall will welcome this act of buoyant hubris by a vividly entertaining author whose later installments have turned into baggy-pants behemoths of 900 pages. Bookseller Inventory # 15058

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Book Description: Doubleday Canada, Toronto, Ont., 1999. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A pristine copy, book and dustjacket as new, price unclipped. Illustrated. Includes synopsis of the Outlander series, family trees of all characters, horoscopes for Jamie & Claire. Bookseller Inventory # 004148

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Book Description: toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1999, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, 1999. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Photo Cover (illustrator). First Edition. ----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacke with a very short closed tear and a very small mark on the spine, signed by Gabaldon without inscription, gift inscription on front endpaper, 577 pages, b&w illustrations, contents include: SUNOPSES: Outlander; Dragonfly in Amber; Voyager; Drums of Autumn --- CHARACTERS: Where they come from - Mushrooms, Onions and Hard Nuts; Cast of Characters; I Get Letters - Horoscope Reading for Jamie Fraser - for Claire Beauchamp, Randall Fraser; Magic, Medicine and White Ladies . FAMILY TREES - A Genealogical Note . COMPREHENSIVE GLOSSARY and PRONUNCIATION GUIDE: A Very Brief Guide to gaelic Grammar; Glossary of Foreign Terms (including British slang) . OUTLANDISH WEB SITES and ONLINE VENUES --- RESEARCH: Researching Historical Fiction; Botanical Medicine - Don't Try This at Home; Penicillin Online - A Writer's Thread --- WHERE TITLES COME FROM: Outlander versus Cross Stitch; The Gabaldon Theory of Time Travel --- The VIEW from LALLYBROCH, Objects of Vertue, Objects of Use: Lallybroch; Arma virumque cano --- FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ---CONTROVERSY ---WORKS in PROGRESS, Excerpts of Future Books - The Fiery Cross; King, Farewell; "Surgeon's Steel"; The Cannibal's Art - Writing and Real Life --- ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY: Eighteenth Century; Scotland; Medicine including all Herbals; African Cultures; Literature; Language Resources; Rather Odd Books; Native American Culture and History; Food and Cookery; North carolina; Natural History Guide and Resources; Magic; Miscellaneous --- APPENDIXES: Errata; Gaelic Resources; Poems and Quotations; Roots - A Brief Primer on genealogical Research; A Brief Discography of Celtic Music; Foreign Editions, Audiotapes and strange, Strange Covers; The Methadone List, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. Signed. Bookseller Inventory # 146667

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Book Description: Doubleday Canada, Limited, Toronto, ON, Canada, 1999. Hardcover. Book Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. This 568 page book is in as new condition. The dust jacket is in as new condition as well. In Which Much Is Revealed Regarding Claire and Jamie Fraser, Their Lives and Times, Antecedents, Adventures, Companions and Progeny, With Learned Commentary (and Many Footnotes) by their Humble Creator. Bookseller Inventory # 002647

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Book Description: Book Condition: Very Good. Book Condition: Very Good * All orders are processed And shipped from Las Vegas Nevada USA *. Bookseller Inventory # 97803852573983.0

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Book Description: Doubleday Canada, Limited, Toronto, 1999. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. No markings or writings, book looks and feels as new. Dustjacket is not price clipped. ; 1.73 x 9.25 x 7.72 Inches; 608 pages. Bookseller Inventory # 1919

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Book Description: Delacorte Press, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2001. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Little Shelf Worn. Great book for those Gabaldon readers, pages are clean and tight with lots of black and white drawings and pictures. May incur extra shipping charges due to size. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Bookseller Inventory # 003704

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