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Andrew Vanbergen, coffee enthusiast and inventor of preposterous excuses, is struggling to start a bed and breakfast with his wife Rose when Jules Pennyman comes along to rent a room. Pennyman, in order to command the magic collectively contained in thirty ancient silver coins, is trying to gather them together. These coins, though, must, for the sake of the world, be kept separated. The last time they were together they were paid to Judas for the betrayal of Christ. Andrew and his friend Beams Pickett become players in the fight to keep the last coin, of which Rose's irascible Aunt Naomi is, to Andrew's astonishment, the guardian, out of Pennyman's clutches. They have some surprising allies: possums, spoon-bearing pigs, and old Uncle Arthur, whose connection with the coins goes way, way, back.
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In Blaylock's contemporary fantasy, the fate of the world falls into the hands of a daydreaming eccentric named Andrew Vanbergen. This quick-tempered Californian is muddling through the conversion of his rambling home into an inn and cafe when he unwittingly becomes one of the Caretakers who have kept the world safe for nearly two millennia. The danger is that someone like Andrew's mysterious guest Jules Pennyman will gather together Judas Iscariot's original 30 pieces of silver, thereby summoning up an apocalyptic magic. Against a lyric vision of the Southern California coast, cosmic conspiracy theories bump heads in a gleeful farce to produce another strange and wonderful book from the idiosyncratic author of Homunculus and Land of Dreams.
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- PublisherMark V. Ziesing
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0929480007
- ISBN 13 9780929480008
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages330
- IllustratorDennis Loughner
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Dennis Loughner (illustrator). First Edition. Dexluxe Limited Edition. Introduction by Lucius Shepard. Cover art by Dennis Loughner. Copy #411 of 750 signed by Blaylock, Shepard and Loughner on the limitation page. As new, never read. In fine cloth slipcase, as issued. With four different publisher postcards taken from book illustrations laid in. Signed by Cover Artist. Seller Inventory # 009137
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Dennis Loughner (illustrator). 1ST. Excellent Copy - Signed Slipcased Limited. Number 254 Of 750 Signed Copies. Signed By James Blaylock, Lucius Shepard, & Dennis Loughner On The Special Limitation Page. A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Near Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, No Real Shelf Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Near Fine Condition. Not Chipped Or Crinkled. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks, And Enjoy. Signed by Author(s). Book. Seller Inventory # 044354
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Book Description Dennis Loughner (illustrator). 1st edition. HC in dust jacket and slipcase, 1/750 signed & numbered copies. 1st Printing. Signed by Blaylock, introducer Lucius Shepard and illustrator Dennis Loughner. Four postcards of the Loughner illustrations laid in. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and slipcase. Seller Inventory # 12347
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated by Dennis Loughner (illustrator). Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Color and B&W illustrations; This book is limited to 750 copies signed by the author, the illustrator and the introducer. This book is number 293. Laid in are three 3x5 sized cards in blue cardstock with illustrations. This book is in Near Fine condition , has a Near Fine dust jacket and a Near Fine slipcase. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "James Paul Blaylock (born September 20, 1950) is an American fantasy author. He is noted for a distinctive, humorous style, as well as being one of the pioneers of the steampunk genre of science fiction. Blaylock has cited Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Dickens as his inspirations. " (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author & Illustrator. Seller Inventory # A44609
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