Warlock at the Wheel

JONES, Diana Wynne. Warlock at the Wheel. And Other Stories. NY: Greenwillow [1985]. 8vo, 156pp + [1] advt. Black quarter-cloth stamped in gold with burnt-orange boards decoratively blindstamped. Burnt-orange endpapers. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket. Signed by the author, Diana Wynne Jones.

First US edition, issued one year after the UK edition. A wonderful collection of stories from the author of the Dalemark, Chrestomanci, and Howl’s Castle series. An incompetent warlock, a plague of peacocks, robots, dragons, aunts, fluffy pink toadstools, and even the beloved nine-lived enchanter Chrestomanci, bring the magic and enchantment to these eight stories from one of the masters of children’s fantasy.