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Deryni Magic

Katherine Kurtz

First published 1991
Publisher Del Rey / Ballantine
Format Paperback
Type Nonfiction
Cover art Michael Herring
Pages xi+370
Price $5.95
ISBN 0345361172

Notes

Deryni Magic details the fictional style of magic used by the Deryni, including both natural psychic abilities and complex arcane rituals.

  • "First Edition: January 1991"
  • Printing not stated, no number line
  • "Cover Art by Michael Herring" on the copyright page. No visible signature on the artwork.
  • Map artist not credited. No signatures on the maps.
  • LCCN stated on the copyright page and verified via LoC catalog lookup.
  • The title shown on the cover is "Deryni Magic: A Grimoire".
  • Price in Canada C$6.95
  • The text includes excerpts from the Deryni novels to illustrate various points. Most of the excerpts are short, but a few are a couple of pages long. "First Session" and "The Examen" are the only fiction texts that are full stories and are listed in the Contents section. Unlike the excerpts, there is no indication that these two stories had appeared elsewhere. "First Session" (pp. 202-210) appears in the middle of "Chapter Sixteen: The Training of Healers I" (pp. 194-212.) "The Examen" is the only text in "Chapter Seventeen: The Training of Healers II" (pp. 213-224); there is no other content in the chapter.

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Deryni Magic: A Grimoire Cover 2010 Grey Ghost Press Trade Paperback Nonfiction 160

Page Title Author(s) Type
202 First Session Katherine Kurtz Short Story
213 The Examen Katherine Kurtz Short Story