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Ace G-570, 1965 First printing in Good condition. Cover art by Jack Gaughan. Front cover corner clipped else a VG copy.. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Illus. by J. Cawthorn.

Ace G-570, 1965 First printing in As New condition. Cover art by Jack Gaughan. Pages tanning due to age.. Mass Market Paperback. As New. Illus. by J. Cawthorn.

Del Rey, 1981. 198 yellowing pages, white pictorial cover with gold and purple ltrs, corners/edges/& head-heel of spine are nicked,. Takes place in "a wild, beautiful and often terrible world which Alan Garner spines out of ancient folklore and his own unique imagination." Original copywrite 1960.. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Schwinger, Laurence (cover art).

magic carper, first edition thus, 1998. fine, unread, new looking, paperback,

Ace, 1966. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Jack Gaughan (cover); James Cawthorn and Charles Green (interiors). First U.S. paperback edition/printing (1966 Ace G-570). Near Fine (some light creasing), unread condition. Introduction by Andre Norton.

Don Mills, ON: Learning Concepts, 1971 Book. Fine. Pbk. First Thus. Mythical characters and children involved in an exciting adventure set near Alderley Edge in Cheshire .231p, map. School version with Notes and Questions by Jo MacAskill[. [ If you enjoyed this story look for the sequel "The Moon of Gomrath" ].

New York: Ace, 1960. First US Edition Thus/First Printing. Paperback. Near Fine/N/A. You simply won't see a nicer copy of this first US paperback edition which is obviously unread. A few tiny edge nicks - likely from when cut at the printer. Lightest creases to rear corners. Cover art by Jack Gaughan who also did the covers a few years later for the unauthorized paperback editions of The Lord of the Rings by the same publisher.

NY: PHILOMEL BOOKS. nice, clean copy! . VG. Hardcover. FIRST PHILOMEL EDITION. 1979.

Henry Z. Walck, 1969. First US Revised Edition. Small crimps to spine tips, still fine in near fine, lightly rubbed dust jacket, with sunned spine, in mylar cover..

Collins, 1965. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1965. First Edition Thus. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Ex-Libris plate stuck to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Tape marking and paper worn away to pastedowns. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Dent to top edge of rear board.

New York & Cleveland: Collins, 1979. First US Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. Follows earlier 1969 US edition by Walck. In white boards with purple cloth and silver type. Rubbing through paper at corners, especially bottom ones and some nicks to cloth at spine heel. Some moisture spots to top page ends and tops of front board and pastedown. More extensive staining to front page ends carrying over onto ffep and rfep. Does not extend into text. Jacket is price-clipped with price sticker adjacent ($7.95) - likely from publisher. Jacket is well worn with chipping mostly, but not isolated to corners and spine ends. Several short tears as well and nicks to edges. Some moisture staining mostly to top and bottom of front panel and flap creases.

Collins, 1960. First Edition. vg+/poor. vg+ book in dw missing 10% of front cover spine & rear complete 1st edition Colins 1960 1st print hardcover In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

London: Harper Collins, 2010 8vo. original green boards (crease to upper board); pp. 320, with map & illustration. A near fine copy, otherwise as new. The 50th Anniversary edition, containing a new introduction by the author and concluding note from the publisher.. First Thus. Hard Cover. F-/None Issued.

FIRST IMPRESSION. HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING, ORIGINAL DUST JACKET WITH THE PUBLISHERS PRICE INTACT OF 12s.6/d NET, ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATED ENDPAPERS. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES. FEW MINOR CHIPS TO EDGES OF JACKET WITH SEVERAL OLD SELLOTAPE REPAIRS TO CLOSED TEARS ON JACKET, FEW MARKS TO CLOTH MOSTLY ON FRONT BOARD. OVERALL A GOOD-VERY GOOD COPY & CLEAN INTERNALLY. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.

London: Collins, 1960 VG+/VG. 8vo. original blue cloth (slightly rubbed to extremities, spine slant, tiny tear to cloth on backstrip, a few spots to top edge, else clean & bright) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, edges rubbed and a little creased with fraying at spine ends, internal tape repairs); pp. 224, with endpaper maps. A very good copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG.

he First UK printing of the special 50th Anniversary Edition published by Harper Collins Children's Books in 2010. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. The slightest of pushing at the spine ends with very light toning of the text block. The book has been inscribed and signed by the author to the front blank end paper; 'For Brenda, from Alan'. Additionally signed without dedication by the author to the first page of the introduction. The dedicatee (Brenda) is a family relative of the author and has been the sole owner to date. The anniversary edition of the first title in the classic 'Brisingamen' series. Signed titles by Alan Garner are very scarce. Collectible. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

London: Collins Clear-Type Press, 1960. No edition stated, assumed 1st printing.. Hardcover in blue cloth boards with silver titling on spine, no jacket.. VeryGood unmarked, light wear to extremities, bright spine titling.. The author*s first book, original British edition. Solid clean tight copy with traces of external wear, perfect inside. 5-3/4 x 8-1/2, 224 pp, endpaper maps.

GARNER, Alan. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. A Tale of Alderley. London: Collins, 1960. 8vo, 224pp. Blue cloth with spine stamped in silver. Differing map endpapers. Spine ends and corners lightly rubbed, else a clean, tight copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (light wear – chipping, creasing, small closed tears -- around edges and folds).
First edition. Deep in a cave, a wizard watches over the enchanted sleep of one hundred and forty knights who are to be awakened to fight a great evil. The problem is, he's lost the stone he needs to awaken them. When he saves the lives of two young children from the eerie creatures that chase them, he enlists them to find the Weirdstone of Brisingamen so that the forces of evil can be kept at bay. But will Colin and Susan be able to find the stone and bring it back before it's too late? The first book by this celebrated Carnegie Medalist.

London, Collins, 1960. . First edition, first impression; 8vo; map endpapers; publisher's blue cloth lettered in silver to spine, dust-jacket, with artwork by George Adamson and photographic portrait of the author, rubbed at fore-corners, a few closed tears and some chipping around spine ends, but overall very good. The first edition of the author's first novel, the first in a trilogy that was not completed until 2012. The book was popular and critically well-received upon its publication, though the author himself came to look less favourably on it as time went on; many authors of children's fantasy fiction today consider The Weirdstone of Brisingamen one of the key works in the genre. Rare in the original dust-jacket.

London: Collins, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. First UK Edition. Publishers blue cloth with silver titles to the spine. Spine tips a trifle pushed, front board just a bit bowed and light foxing to the fore-edge overall a VG copy. The D/W (which is NOT price-clipped) is also in VG condition and is very slightly edge-worn with a touch of rubbing to the extremities. Signed by the Author on a book-plate affixed to the half-title page.