ELIDOR (scarce advance proof copy in dustwrapper - preceding publication of the first edition)

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A scarce uncorrected advance reading proof copy that precedes the publication of the first impression of the true first edition, rare to find complete in the original publisher's colour-illustrated dustwrapper (trimmed by the publisher to fit the proof copy - which is a smaller size than the hardback first edition). The author's third book. Colour dustwrapper illustration by Charles Keeping. Black and white illustrations in the text also by Charles Keeping. ***Very good in pale blue 'cloudy sky' marbled thin card wrappers. No inscriptions. Light foxing to the fore-edge and outer margin adjoining fore-edge of text-block. Hint of unobtrusive sporadic foxing to prelims and to wrappers. No tears. Pages clean. Spine tight. ***In a very good colour-illustrated dustwrapper that has not been price-clipped, showing original publisher's price of 13s. 6d. net. Extremities and corners of dustwrapper slightly rubbed. Head and tail of spine of dustwrapper slightly rubbed and creased. Rear panel of dustwrapper foxed to outer edge and top edge. No tears. No fading. Spine and front panel of dustwrapper bright. 210mm x 144mm. 160 pages. ***'With his first two books, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen and The Moon of Gomrath, Alan Garner's vivid imagination and powerful writing won from the critics praise rare for a new writer of children's fiction. --- This is Alan Garner's strength: his ability to treat magic in a contemporary setting without any of the whimsy usually associated with this subject. In this, his newest book, the contemporary nature of the story is even greater than in the first two. Four ordinary children living in Manchester are suddenly and seemingly inexplicably thrown up against forces far stronger than any ever conceived by a writer of science fiction. ***The originality of the story and the power of its telling sweep the reader along from the first page to the last, and Charles Keeping's drawings perfectly complement the narrative. ***It is a book that to describe would give away its secrets. It demands to be read.' (Quote from inside dustwrapper blurb). ***Preceding the publication of the first impression of the true first edition, this is a rare advanced reading proof copy of Alan Garner's third novel. Extremely hard to find, especially complete in the attractive colour-illustrated proof dustwrapper. A scarce item as only a handful of these proof copies are likely to have survived, and not all with their dustwrappers. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. N° de ref. del artículo 4367z

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