Synopsis
From the author of the Booker Prize-longlisted Treacle Walker and the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize-winning classic, The Owl Service
A reprint of this classic fantasy story, first published in 1965, illustrated with black and white line drawings by Charles Keeping. Four children in Manchester chance on a ruined church where the fabric of time and place is weak enough to allow them entry into the strange world of Elidor which is threatened by the powers of evil.
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Alan Garner was born and still lives in Cheshire, an area which has had a profound effect on his writing and provided the seed of many ideas worked out in his books.
His fourth book, ‘The Owl Service’ brought Alan Garner to everyone’s attention. It won two important literary prizes – The Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal – and was made into a serial by Granada Television. It has established itself as a classic and Alan Garner as a writer of great distinction.
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Elidor
Seller: Transformer, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good_. No Jacket. Charles Keeping (illustrator). Reprint. 160pp. 8.5 inches. No dw. Purple buckram, silver titles. Slight forward lean, slightly bumped corners, rubbed spine extremities, faintly foxed edges. Internally, discreet exschool stamp, code no, on endpaper, else contents about as new, a faint mark at corner of a near-back page. Illustrated with powerful drawings by Charles Keeping. Although a story for older children and young adults, it also appeals to any fantasy reader, involving as it does interaction between real and fantasy worlds. (Science fiction, Fantasy, Children) 350g Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # C15646
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Elidor
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hard Cover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. Charles Keeping (illustrator). Seventh Impression. VG/VG+. 8vo. original purple boards (neat ex-library with occ. rsm, label and pocket to endpapers only, else clean & bright) in dustwrapper (price-clipped by publisher, a trifle rubbed & nicked, slight fray to rear foldover); pp. 160, with illustrations. A very good copy. Seller Inventory # 019143
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Elidor
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Collins, London, 1973
ISBN 10: 0001842021
ISBN 13: 9780001842021
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First Edition
Seller: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket and illustrations by Charles Keeping (illustrator). 1st Edition. First published in 1965, this is a sixth impression of 1973, with the fabulous blue variant jacket. Some edge wear, chipping and short closed tears to top and bottom of jacket and spine, spine very slightly browned, corners slightly rubbed and bruised, price clipped, school prize sticker (Kingsmead School, M. Wells, Form 2R), to ffep, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 160pp, illustrated. Part folklore, part adventure, and part fantasy, Alan Garner's Elidor is a modern children's classic. When Roland opens a door in a derelict church, he unleashes the wonders of Elidor and the grave challenges that this troubled world presents. Drawing on Welsh, Irish, and English mythology, the book chronicles the trials and hardships of a group of young teenagers as they attempt to fulfill a prophecy from another world, and fight a terrible evil. Quite scarce in this early impression. Seller Inventory # 012346
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Elidor
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hard Cover. Condition: F. Dust Jacket Condition: F. Charles Keeping (illustrator). Eleventh Impression. F/F. 8vo. original blue boards in dustwrapper; pp. 160, with illustrations. A fine copy. Seller Inventory # 010157
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Elidor - first edition, not ex-library
Seller: Peter Pan books, Haltwhistle, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression hardback with dustjacket, Collins 1965. Some reading lean to spine and rounding to board corners, interior very clean and bright with no inscriptions, binding and hinges tight. Complete with original dustjacket which is not price-clipped but is significantly edge-worn with areas of loss, as shown in the photographs. Language: eng Language: eng. Seller Inventory # ABE-6564060049268468481