The Dark is Rising
Cooper, Susan
Sold by Ardis Books, Fareham, United Kingdom
AbeBooks Seller since 1 August 2002
Used - Hardcover
Condition: Used - Fine
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Add to basketSold by Ardis Books, Fareham, United Kingdom
AbeBooks Seller since 1 August 2002
Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basket2012 First Thus. Fine Hardback. No inscriptions or bookplates. Very Good+ slipcase. Some fading to panels of slipcase. Illustrated by Laura Carlin. Quarter-bound in buckram with Modigliani paper sides. Frontispiece and 7 colour illustrations. 240 pages approx. Book size: 9" x 6.25". It is the night before Will Stanton's eleventh birthday Midwinter's Eve and it looks as if his wish for a heavy fall of snow will come true. But as night closes in, Will has a sense of foreboding: a stranger is watching him; the farm animals are disturbed. Even friendly Farmer Dawson is acting oddly he hands Will a strange iron symbol, warning him that 'The Walker is abroad . this night will be bad'. Soon, Will is gripped by cold fear. When he wakes the next morning, he discovers that everything has changed. On the threshold of adolescence, Will, the seventh son of a seventh son, has received the double-edged gift of magic. Aided by the Old Ones the men and women of the Light, and most importantly Merriman Lyon Will is ultimately led into a confrontation with the Dark. The second book in the eponymous series, The Dark is Rising is Susan Cooper's most famous work, a coming-of-age story and fantasy that deftly weaves in elements of the myths and legends at the heart of British culture. For this edition, Cooper has written a new preface in which she describes how moving to the United States helped her to write with greater clarity and sensitivity about the beauty of rural England. Most formative, though, was her time at Oxford University, studying under J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, who ensured 'that we were soaked in the earliest fantasies of all' from Beowulf to The Faerie Queene. Illustrated by the award-winning artist Laura Carlin, this is a beautiful edition of a compelling, gripping story. UK Postage £3.40; Airmail to most of the Rest of the World £35.00. If ordering from overseas, please check any additional tax and import duties payable in your country, which will be additional to the costs given here.
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