title: The Elfstones Of Shannara - Book Club Edition
author:  Terry Brooks 
description: Book Club edition, 1982, a gently-read, almost like-new, 469-page hardcover, with a dust jacket that is slightly rubbed at the spine end, spine, and outer corners, also with 1/2&quot; closed tear at the top spine end and small chipping at the spine, from DEL REY. By Terry Brooks. An Epic Fantasky. Illustrated by Darrell K. Sweet. This is the second volume in the Shannara series.
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  THE  
  ELF QUEEN  
  OF  
  SHANNARA
  
  Book Three of  
  _The Heritage of Shannara_
  
    
  
  Terry Brooks
  
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
  A Del Rey® Book
  
  BALLANTINE BOOKS * NEW YORK
  
  Contents
  
   _Title Page_
  
   _Maps_
  
   _Chapter I_
  
   _Chapter II_
  
   _Chapter III_
  
   _Chapter IV_
  
   _Chapter V_
  
   _Chapter VI_
  
   _Chapter VII_
  
   _Chapter VIII_
  
   _Chapter IX_
  
   _Chapter X_
  
   _Chapter XI_
  
   _Chapter XII_
  
   _Chapter XIII_
  
   _Chapter XIV_
  
   _Chapter XV_
  
   _Chapter XVI_
  
   _Chapter XVII_
  
   _Chapter XVIII_
  
   _Chapter XIX_
  
   _Chapter XX_
  
   _Chapter XXI_
  
   _Chapter XXII_
  
   _Chapter XXIII_
  
   _Chapter XXIV_
  
   _Chapter XXV_
  
   _Chapter XXVI_
  
   _Chapter XXVII_
  
   _Chapter XXVIII_
  
   _Chapter XXIX_
  
   _Excerpt from The Measure of the Magic_
  
   _Dedication_
  
   _About the Author_
  
   _Also by Terry Brooks_
  
   _Ballantine promo_
  
   _Copyright_
  
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   **I**
  
    
    
  
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  It sputtered in the oil lamps that hung distant and solitary in the windows