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The Grey King
by Susan Cooper
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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About This Item
COOPER, Susan. The Grey King. Illustrations by Michael Heslop. NY: Atheneum, 1975. 8vo, [xii] 211pp. Gray cloth stamped in black. Green endpapers; two double-page b&w illustrations. Spine ends a tad rubbed, evidence of 2¼" square sticker removed from front free endpaper, else a tight, clean copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (slightest chipping and wear around edges, front flap a tad wrinkled, medal affixed). With a bookplate signed by Newbery Medalist Susan Cooper laid in.
First edition. 1976 Newbery Medal Winner! The fourth book in Susan Cooper's award winning The Dark is Rising sequence. With the final battle between the Light and the Dark approaching, Will sets out to find a magical harp hidden in the Welsh hills, which he must use to wake the Sleepers – six noble riders who have slept for centuries. But an illness has robbed Will of nearly all his knowledge of the Old Ones, leaving him with only a broken riddle to guide him. Will's journey will bring him face-to-face with the most powerful Lord of the Dark – the Grey King – who holds the harp and Sleepers within his lands. Can Will find a force strong enough to tear them from his grasp?
Synopsis
The Grey King is a children's fantasy novel by Susan Cooper which was awarded the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1976. It is the fourth of five stories in her young adult Arthurian fantasy cycle, The Dark Is Rising. Elements of Welsh folklore, albeit freely adapted or re-invented by the author, play an important role in the book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books of Wonder
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1049745
- Title
- The Grey King
- Author
- Susan Cooper
- Illustrator
- Michael Heslop
- Format/Binding
- Gray cloth stamped in black
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Atheneum
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1975
- Pages
- [xii] 211pp.
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Newbery Medal
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