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JONES, Diana Wynne.The Pinhoe Egg. Illustrated by Tim Stevens. [London]: HarperCollins [2006]. 12mo, 458pp + [6] advts. Purple boards stamped in light blue. Patterned endpapers; illustrated chapterheadings. Spine ends a tad rubbed, else a fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket.
First edition. The final book published in Diana Wynne Jones’ belovedChrestomanci series. Cat Chant and Marianne Pinhoe have discovered something incredibly exciting, truly precious, and very strangean egg. This egg was not meant to be found. Chrestomanci himself, Cat’s guardian and the strongest enchanter in the world, is sure to find it particularly interesting. And that’s thelastthing Marianne’s family of secret rogue witches wants. But the Pinhoes’ secrets are falling to pieces, and powerful spells are wreaking havoc across the country-side. Marianne and Cat may be the only two who can set things rightif Marianne accepts her own powerful magic, and Cat solves the mystery behind the mystical Pinhoe Egg.