Adventures of The Wishing Chair first edition. Very scarce
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Re: Adventures of The Wishing Chair first edition. Very scar
Well, I'm assuming about the modern copy — I haven't seen it myself, as I said. I'd also just rather have the thrill of owning an original edition of a rare book, when all's said and done. But preferably NOT a copy that's falling apart, that's all.
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Re: Adventures of The Wishing Chair first edition. Very scar
Courtenay wrote:As I've already mentioned, there was at least one golliwog character whitewashed out of The Wishing-Chair Again (turned into a teddy bear), plus the fact that since the 1960s the final chapters of Adventures of the Wishing-Chair have been missing and apparently no-one noticed. I'm guessing that the omnibus edition doesn't reinstate them where they should be, but includes them as part of More Wishing-Chair Stories.
Yes, you're right that those chapters appear as part of More Wishing-Chair Stories in the Dean omnibus edition. I can't remember whether the golliwogs have been removed and my copy isn't easy to access so I'm afraid I can't check.
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