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London: Jonathan Cape, 1965-1977. First British editions and true firsts of each book in the Dark is Rising Sequence. Octavo, 5 volumes. Each copy is signed or inscribed by the author. Each are in excellent condition in the original dust jackets. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. One of the most celebrated fantasy sequences of all time, The Dark Is Rising is a searing, epic rendering of the eternal conflict between good and evil. It was inaugurated in 1965 with the U.K. publication of Over Sea, Under Stone by Jonathan Cape. The sequels were published 1973 to 1977, volume four, The Grey King (1975), won both the Newbery Medal, recognizing the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children", and the inaugural Welsh Tir na n-Og Award for English-language books with Welsh background. The concluding Silver on the Tree (1977) also won the annual Tir na n-Og Award.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Textured paper over boards, gilt spine title A fine copy. The dustwrapper is clipped. It has a little wear along the edges, a short closed marginal tear along the top rear, and a trace of foxing on the rear panel, else it is in near fine condition. The first title in The Dark is Rising Series and the only title in the series where the English edition is the true first. (The US edition was printed in 1966.) A truly rare book. .

Folio Society,, 2011-2012. 5 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispieces, 35 fine coloured plates and grey endpapers; pictorial boards, buckram backs lettered in silver, a fine set in publisher's board slip-cases. FIRST VOLUME SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. One of the best-loved and most highly regarded children's sequences of the late twentieth century, Susan Cooper's pentalogy was first published between 1965 and 1977. Here each volume benefits from a new preface by the author. COMPLETE SETS ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE; SIGNED COPIES THE MORE SO.

Jonathan Cape. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, old tape marks on boards and on rear endpaper, page edges marked, no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is tanned at the spine and back cover, has a horizontal crease where previously folded at the bottom edge, with minor chips and short closed tear at top of spine, repaired internally. 252 pages, illustrations in the text by Margery Gill .

Folio Society,, 2011-2012. 5 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispieces, 35 fine coloured plates and grey endpapers; pictorial boards, buckram backs lettered in silver, a fine set in publisher's board slip-cases. One of the best-loved and most highly regarded children's sequences of the late twentieth century, Susan Cooper's pentalogy was first published between 1965 and 1977. Here each volume benefits from a new preface by the author. COMPLETE SETS ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.

Folio Society, 2012. ~DATE RANGE: 2011-12. ~Illustrated by Laura Carlin (in colour). Minor scuffing to otherwise fine slipcases. ~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request.. 1st edn thus. Hardcover. Fine. Average 200pp. per vol. No dustwrappers as issued. Binding sound, text unmarked.

Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2013. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Thus.. A beautiful copy of this first printing inscribed and signed by Susan Cooper..

The Dark is Rising Sequence: Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King & Silver on the Tree / FULL COLOR PICTORIAL POSTER, Atheneum, 1977, first printing, measuring approximately 19" by 12" and most suitable for framing. A fine copy.

Harcourt Brace World, 1966. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Gill, Margery. Ex-school library with typical marks including sticker and stamp inside front cover; envelope on rear endpage; small number stamped on the title page. A good solid book. Stated first American edition. The dust jacket has some fading and creasing; wrapped; the plastic is glued inside the covers; $3.50 price intact on front flap. Additional photos upon request. Illustrator: Gill, Margery. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 126474. .

Published by Folio Society, 2011. 1st thus edition.. Hardback. Nearly Fine. Illustrated by Carlin, Laura. Nearly fine condition with no wrapper. Teal cloth spine with silver title, pictorial paper boards. Minimal bumping to top of spine else book is fine in a grey slipcase with minimal scuffing.

Aladdin Fantasy. Collectible - Good. 2000. 1st, First Edition. Soft Cover. (T85) .