Reprinted in 2023 with the help of original edition published long back. Unique Leather Bound Edition having Spine and corners bind with leather with Golden Leaf Printing on round spine. 118 CHOOSE ANY COLOR OF YOUR CHOICE WITHOUT ANY EXTRA CHARGES, JUST CLICK ON MORE IMAGES FOR OPTIONAL COLORS and inform us your choice through mail. As such it makes a terrific read as an anthology of its moment in time. Subject matters range from art, fiction, and poetry to history and science. Note: ''Harper's Magazine' began publication in 1850 and recreated the American magazine, serving as a promotional vehicle for Harper and Brothers books as well as the new 'literary' fiction and essay of the time, using sophisticated illustration and the best authors. It was the practice of the time for most of the better literary magazines to issue such editions before melting down the original printers' plates. This is the publisher's edition, printed from the original plates and includes all of the editorial material (articles, stories, poetry, etc.) of the separate issues but lacks the advertisements and individual covers. An ex-library volume with small marking to spine and endpapers. A good, clean sturdy, hard cover overall, with minor shelf wear, exterior rubbed at all extremities, interior hinges and binding solid, paper moderately yellowed, BUT a touch of dampstaining at the top margin at the spine-does not affect text. Small quarto, 9 3/4" tall, 792 pages, green cloth. Single volume-six issues bound without covers and advertisements.
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Who wouldn't want to live forever in a young, perfect body? Of course, everyone knows that dark magic always comes at a cost. Fortunately, Helen isn't too broken up by the immortality curse. To further complicate matters, her grandson's eighteen-year-old friend starts flirting with her like crazy. Josephine realizes she may be in over her head when the Valituras end up casting an immortality curse on her best friend, Helen, by mistake. Her new assignment of defeating this agency may prove to be an impossible feat as their members have infiltrated all levels of the government including law enforcement and their advanced wizardry rivals her own. Purchase: Share: Description As a category six wizard in her eighties, Josephine O’Connor has always enjoyed a youthful body due to extremely slow aging but when she discovers. 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