The Weirdstone of Brisingamen A Tale of Alderley by Garner, Alan - 1961

Paperback. Good.

Paperback. Acceptable.

Paperback. Very Good.

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

London: Collins, 1976 VG/VG. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (neat ex-school library with a few faint rsms to outer leaves, label to RFE, a few other slight marks, else clean & bright throughout) in dustwrapper (rubbed & a little frayed); pp. 224, with endpaper maps. A very good copy.. Third Impression. Hard Cover. VG/VG.

London: Collins, 1976 F-/F-. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (a trifle rubbed) in dustwrapper (price-clipped); pp. 224, with endpaper maps. A near fine copy.. Third Impression. Hard Cover. F-/F-.

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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.

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.

Collins. London. 1960. Proof copy, precedes the first edition. Paperback. DW. SIGNED by Alan Garner to first blank page. Two double-page maps. Outer edge of pages sl. darkened o/w near fine in wrapper that is sl. worn at edges and chipped at head and tail of spine. The whole is housed in a custom made clam-shell matching blue cloth box.