Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones [U.S. FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING] Howl's Moving Castle #2

Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones [HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE #2]

U.S. FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING [1991] GREENWILLOW BOOKS

Custom refurbished ex-library copy in excellent condition.

*Dust jacket is fixed to boards in a HQ brodart jacket protector.  All library materials removed short of two small stamps on top and side of text block [see photos.

Overall, a stunning, clean and tight copy.  Dust jacket appears near mint.  Pages read like new. 

In which a humble young carpet merchant wins, then loses, the princess of his dreams

Far to the south of the land of Ingary, in the Sultanates of Rashpuht, there lived in the city of Zanzib a young and not very prosperous carpet dealer named Abdullah who loved to spend his time daydreaming. He was content with his life and his daydreams until, one day, a stranger sold him a magic carpet.

That very night, the carpet flew him to an enchanted garden. There, he met and fell in love with the beauteous princess Flower-in-the-Night, only to have her snatched away, right under his very nose, by a wicked djinn. With only his magic carpet and his wits to help him, Abdullah sets off to rescue his princess....