Magus a Revised Version: First Edition (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine-. Revised Edition. Little Brown & Company, Boston, Massachusetts, 1978, "Second [2nd] Printing T 03/78" (stated) of the First American Edition of the Revised Version. Fine in a Fine- Dust Jacket. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square with no markings of any kind. Binding is full rich maroon cloth with intricate blindstamp illustration of the magus on the front cover, and bright, crisp gilt title, etc., to the spine, unmarked white endpapers, and all corners square and sharp. The Dust Jacket is bright, intact and would be flawless, but for light wear along the top edge of the spine, with the original price ($12.95) intact on the front flap. See the photos. 656 pages. 6 3/8" x 9 1/2". The novel was featured on the Modern Library List of Best 20th-Century Novels. A postmodern novel considered to be an example of meta-fiction, the plot involves psychological illusions directed at a young Englishman teaching English on a Greek island. The author states that a number of scenes have been largely rewritten and one or two have been invented since the first edition in 1965. NOTE: This is a heavy book, weighing 1,102 grams / 38.8 ounces, and will require extra postage for international shipment. ISBN 10: 0316290920 / ISBN 13: 9780316290920.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; Third Printing. First American Edition, 3rd printing. First revised ed. Large vg book. Free of former owner writing or bookplates. Vg non price clipped ($12.95) DJ. Jacket will arrive in a fresh mylar cover. * (THIS BOOK IS IN OUR POSSESSION. WE SHIP MOST BOOKS SIX DAYS A WEEK AND WILL CONFIRM WITH TRACKING NUMBER FOR DOMESTIC ORDERS OR CUSTOMS NUMBER FOR NON DOMESTIC) *; 8vo; 656 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A really nice copy with an intact jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American Edition; First Printing. First American edition stated.; 9.40 X 6 X 1.60 inches; 656 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine - Slight Chips. 1st US Edition. Nick Urfe, a young British schoolteacher, travels to the Greek island of Phraxos for a vacation. There he manages to wander into a series of misadventures and confusions that bring the stability of his world into doubt. A careless flirtation with another tourist leads to a messy affair, and a chance introduction brings him under the influence of an enigmatic, elderly recluse who stands at the center of an oddly sinister cult. The preface to this edition states : A number of scenes have been largely rewritten, and one or two new ones invented. These revisions serve to accelerate the pace of the alluring, uncanny events on the beautiful Aegean island of Phraxos, to accentuate the deviousness of the Magus, or magician, himself, Maurice Conchis, and to intensify the erotic elements of the book. 656p.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First American Edition; First Printing. A; First Revised Edition USA (1978) so stated. Near Fine in a Near Fine DJ: The Book shows just a touch of rubbing to the extremtiies; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names dates addresses notations inscriptions stamps or labels. A handsome nearly-new copy structurally sound and tightly bound showing mild wear only. The DJ shows faint sun-toning to the white background field of the backstrip (the brown green and black titles thereon remain uaffected: bold and clearly legible; the front panel shows a hint of toning as well; the price ($12. 95) has not been clipped; mylar-protected. Attractive and intact: close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder Book-Club or Ex-Library. Large 8vo (9.5 x 6.5 x 1.75 inches). Language: English. Weight: 17.5 ounces. Rust-red clothm over boards with embossed design at the front panel and gilt titles at the backstrip. First published in 1965. This is the First American Edition of the Revised Edition. Hardcover with DJ. A number of scenes have been largely rewritten, and one or two new ones invented. These revisions serve to accelerate the pace of the alluring, uncanny events on the beautiful Aegean island of Phraxos, to accentuate the deviousness of the Magus, or magician, himself, Maurice Conchis, and to intensify the erotic elements of the book." This novel is a serious, saturnalian labyrinth of a book! Fowles (1926 2005) is considered to be one of the greatest British writers since 1945. He wrote a number of well-known novels, many of which were made into movies, as was the Magus. His works include "The Collector", "The French Lieutenant's Woman" and "The Ebony Tower". Perhaps the best thing about Fowles' revised edition of 'The Magus' is his new introduction, in which he discusses the novel in some detail. Since its original publication 35 years ago, The Magus has inspired legions of fans and no small number of readers who are still bewildered by it. The new introduction, however, provides fascinating insights into a novel that continues to amaze and perplex its readers. This is a novel that will lull you in with lush descriptions of the Greek Isles before blowing your mind with Urfe's bizarre encounter with intrigue, betrayal, and ultimately redemption. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 656 pages.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Uncorrected Proof. Sunned spine. Otherwise, a clean unmarked copy of the Advance Reader's Edition. 656 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1978. First published in 1965 this is the first American edition of A Revised Edition. Per the author's blurb in the book "A number of scenes have been largely rewritten, and one or two new ones invented. These revisions serve to accelerate the pace of the alluring, uncanny events on the beautiful Aegean island of Phraxos, to accentuate the deviousness of the Magus, or magician, himself, Maurice Conchis, and to intensify the erotic elements of the book." This novel is a serious, saturnalian labyrinth of a book! Fowles (1926 2005) is considered to be one of the greatest British writers since 1945. He had a number of well known novels, many of which were made into movies, as was the Magus. His works include "The Collector", "The French Lieutenant's Woman" and "The Ebony Tower". This long book, 656 pages, is in fine condition as is the dust jacket that is now protected in a mylar wrap.…

Hardback. Condition: VG. VG- DW. Revised Edition. 656 pages. Printed on thin paper with block of ?chinese characters verso title page. Bound in very pale brown cloth lettered on spine only THE MAGUS JOHN FOWLES. The entire DW is priced $12.95 at top of front flap. ISBN and photo on rear cover. Spine is lettered vertically THE MAGUS (in red) and JOHN FOWLES (in blue). Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age.Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Uncorrected proof of the Revised edition. Cream wrappers. Spotting and some creasing thus very good. Basis for the film starring Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn, Candice Bergen and Anna Karina.

Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. First American edition. A new unread copy in a new dust jacket. This copy, recently out of storage, has never been read. As perfect a copy as one could hope for. Jacket in acid-free protector, book housed in a custom-made slipcase. Tom Adams Jacket Illustration (illustrator).…

First edition thus: ''Scenes have been largely rewritten, new ones invented, the erotic element has been strengthened, as has the ending''. New six-page Foreword by the author. Octavo. 656 pages.Cheap paper tanned as usual, otherwise fine in near-fine, price-clipped dustwrapper.