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Publication: The Magic Goes Away

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  • Publication: The Magic Goes AwayPublication Record # 43532
  • Author: Larry Niven
  • Date: 1978-00-00
  • ISBN: 0-441-51545-2 [978-0-441-51545-5]
  • Publisher: Ace Books
  • Price:
    $14.95?$: US dollar
  • Pages: [6]+213+[5]
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: CHAPBOOK
  • Cover: The Magic Goes Away (1978) • by Boris Vallejo
  • Notes:
    • On copyright page:
      • Copyright © 1978 by Larry Niven
      • Special Numbered Edition,
      • Signed by the Author
    • On title page:
      • Limited Edition
    • On first front free endpaper (all handwritten):
        <author's signature> <copy number> / 1,000
    • On rear dust jacket flap:
      • Cover illustration by Boris (over) Interior black and white (over) drawings by Esteban Maroto
    • No statement of printing; no numberline
    • No publication year stated; only copyright year
    • It seems likely that this limited edition hc was published simultaneously with the tp version, in which case the publication date would be 1978-10-00
    • Front cover art signed "Boris"
    • There are more than 80 interior illustrations by Maroto, most of which are full-page, and many of which are double-page spreads.
    • The illustration on page 1 is signed "Esteban Maroto"
    • The last 5 unnumbered pages are a continuation of the interior artwork
    • Rear cover art by Maroto (reproduction of page 169)
    • A rough page count of the text comes to around 115 pages
    • PV1 copy is signed by Niven, but not numbered
  • External IDs:
Cover art supplied by ISFDB on this Web page
Chapbook Title: The Magic Goes Away • (1978) • chapbook by Larry Niven

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