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Because of the Sand Witches There

Mary Q. Steele

First published 1975
Publisher Greenwillow Books / William Morrow
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Cover art Paul Galdone
Pages 183
Price $5.95
ISBN 0688800017


Sand Witches features "a small talking lobster whose origins may be extraterrestrial, though nothing is made explicit." --SFE, biographical entry by John Clute, on the third of three Steele novels "of sf interest"

    1st ed., trade hardcover
  • Libraries (LCCN and OCLC, below) list this ISBN first of two beside 0688840019. The publisher identifies trade and library binding hardcover editions as quoted below.
  • September publication, format, price from advertisement, "Fall 1975 first publishing season [logo] Greenwillow Books a new division of William Morrow & Company, Inc.", School Library Journal 22.2 (Oct 1975) p22. From this listing (quote):   Ages 8-12 Wash drawings Sept.   80001-7 $5.95   84001-9 Lib. Bdg. $5.11
  • Cover image from Amazon.com 2022-08-15 as "William Morrow & Co (September 1, 1975)".
  • {{SFE}} notes Paul Galdone both cover and interior illustrator.

Searching by ISBN: 0688800017

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Because of the Sand Witches There Cover 1976 Macmillan UK Hardcover Novel Mark Peppé 149