THE MAGICIANS
by

James Gunn

     First Edition
Charles Scribner's Sons
Hardcover, 1976
Fine-Unread In A Dust Jacket

James E(dwin) Gunn is a U. S. author and English instructor.  He was born on July11, 1923 in Kansas City, Missouri of a family steeped in printer's ink; his grandfather was a country editor, his father was a printer, two uncles were pressmen and a third was a proofreader. Graduating from the University of Kansas with a B. S. in Journalism, he served three years in the U. S. Navy in World War II.  After the war, he studied speech and drama at Nortwestern University, obtaining his M. A. in English in 1951.

He began writing in 1947, when he wrote a full-length play, followed by features and scripts for local newspapers and radio.  In 1948 he began writing science fiction and sold 9 out of 10 stories; they were published under the pseudonym "Edwin James."  His M. A. thesis was a critical analysis of science fiction.  He has been an editor for a publisher of paperback reprints, assistant director of Civil Defense in Kansas City, and managing editor of Kansas University Alumni Publications.  He served at University of Kansas as administrator to the Chancellor for University Relations and as instructor in English.  Some of his stories have been dramatised over NBC radio and TV's Desilu Playhouse. 

THE MAGICIANS

From Inside Front And Back Dust Jacket Flaps

Facts about the Book :

• Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.

• Copyright 1976 by James Gunn.

• Sequence of numbers (1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 C/C 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2) all present .

• First Edition.

• Dark blue hardcover with white lettering text on spine.

• Jacket design by Frederick Andersen.

• ISBN 0-684-14782-3

• 197 numbered pages.

Condition of the Book :

• The pages have never been read.

• The book came directly to us from the distributor.

• Slight browning of pages from age.

• The Book is in Fine-Mint Condition.

Condition of the Dust Jacket :

• The dust jacket is complete and still has original price on dust jacket flap.

• Slight edge creases in dust jacket.

• Dust Jacket design by Frederick Andersen.

• The Dust Jacket is in Fine Condition.

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