Magician

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Overview:

Title: Magician
Author: Allan Baillie
Year: 1992
ISBN-10: 0670845574
Publisher: Viking / Penguin Books Australia
Pages: 157
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Novel
Title Reference: Magician
Notes: No printed price.
Cover is similar to that of a later Puffin paperback: the Viking hardcover has the same painting and title; there is no blurb or Puffin logo; and the author's name is in a similar typeface to the title, but about the same size as the Puffin Ed.