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First UK edition with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing. Price still on dustjacket. Comes complete with the publisher’s publicity handout. “Sebastian Darke is the real hero of this story but typically he’s left it to me, his faithful companion Max, to tell you all about it. Young Sebastian has the hopes and fortunes of his family resting on his shoulders so together with his trusted companion, the dashing and witty Buffalope Max (that’s me!), he must journey to the far-off city of Keladon to seek the patronage of King Septimus. The trouble is, his father was the one with all the talent. Sebastian doesn’t really have what you’d call ‘the gift’. In fact, as jesters go, he’s pretty hopeless…” IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DESPATCH