Magic by the Lake
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Overview:
- Title: Magic by the Lake
- Author: Edward Eager
- Year: 1957
- Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & Company
- Price: $2.95
- Pages: 183
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Novel
- Title Reference: Magic by the Lake
- Notes: First edition with "first edition" stated on the copyright page and bound in a full light blue cloth with black stamping. The real First Edition, that is printed on paper that does not turn brown. The dust jacket has a $2.95 printed price in the upper right corner of the front flap and it also has a 383 Madison Avenue publisher's address on the rear flap, which changed on the second printing jacket. I also own a 2nd printing that has a code B.11.58 on the copyright page for 2nd Printing.November.1958, it has $2.95 on the jacket and 2 titles on the rear panel. It is very much like the First printing jacket but it has a 750 Third Avenue address on the rear flap rather than 383 Madison Avenue which is on the 1st issue jacket. There exists another edition that states "first edition" on the copyright page, it is bound in a green paper like material over boards. It is printed on cheap paper that is always found browned more or less (usually more). This is a book club of some type even though it is not marked in any way. The colors on the dust jacket are printed in darker tones than the ones used on the real 1st trade edition, it also has a publisher's address of 750 Third Avenue on the rear flap. publ date 1957-04-01 per Kirkus review published same day. The Catalog of Copyright entries lists 1APR57 as the copyright registration date.