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The Owl Service
by Garner, Alan
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- F-
- ISBN 10
- 000671675X
- ISBN 13
- 9780006716754
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Armada Lions - Collins, 1976 12mo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed & sunned, speckling to top edge); pp. 156, [4 (advts.)], with illustrations. A near fine copy. Winner of the Carnegie Medal 1967.. Sixth Impression. Soft Cover. F-.
Synopsis
The Owl Service is a novel by Alan Garner first published in 1967. It is a contemporary interpretation, which Garner described as an "expression of the myth", of the story of the mythical Welsh figure of Blodeuwedd, whose story is told in the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi. The legend concerns a woman created from flowers by a Welsh wizard. She betrays her husband, Lleu, in favour of another, Gronw, and is turned into an owl as punishment for inducing Gronw to kill Lleu.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030170
- Title
- The Owl Service
- Author
- Garner, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - F-
- Edition
- Sixth Impression
- ISBN 10
- 000671675X
- ISBN 13
- 9780006716754
- Publisher
- Armada Lions - Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Alan Garner The Owl Service Childrens Literature Fantasy Wales
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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- Sunned
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- 12mo
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- Fine
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