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Author:Craig Shaw Gardner
Title:A Malady Of Magicks
Publisher:  Headline
Country:UK
Date:1988
Format:Paperback
Genre:Fiction, Fantasy, Humour
ISBN-10:0747231362
Barcode:9780747231363
First Published:  1986
Rating:3.0  Rate
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copyright © 1986 by craig shaw gardner

first published in great britain in 1988
by headline book publishing plc

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 (= 4th printing; no date of this given)

chapter two appeared "in substantially different form" as
"a drama of dragons" (novelette) "dragons of light" scott card (sic; actually orson scott card) 1980
chh. 3 & 4, more or less, as
"a dealing with demons"'(ntte) "demons and daggers: flashing swords! 5" lin carter (1981)
ch. 5 as
"a gathering of ghosts" (ntte) "ghosts" marvin kaye (1981)

dedication: "this first one is for my mother and father without whom . . ."

240pp, including 4 uncounted unnumbered pp. titles, indica; 1 end p. mail-order information
cover art by josh kirby (credited on rear cover)
cover price £2.99, °australia $9.95, new zealand $12.99 inc. g.s.t.
°=recommended price only

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ppint.
27th Nov 2018
 bar-code number truncated by too-small field: 978074723136300299

craig shaw gardner's acknowledgements in book three mention that his "first major published story was "a malady of magicks" in" fantastic october 1978 and includes a tip of his hat or a tug of the forelock to the magazine's editor, ted white, who bought the short story.

reference copy provided courtesy of tony at the old pier bookshop, morecambe seafront.
 

 
ppint.
27th Nov 2018
 the ebenezum trilogy #1 (though not advised as such):

#1: "a malady of magicks" (this book)
#2: "a multitude of monsters" (1986), q.v.
#3: "a night in the netherhells" (1987), q.v.

the ballad of wuntvor trilogy follows with dire inevitability:

#1: a difficulty with dwarves" (1987), q.v.
#2: an excess of enchantments " (1988), q.v.
#3: a disagreement with death" (1989), q.v.
 


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