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The Owl Service. [Illustrations by Griselda Greaves]. [Second Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

The Owl Service. [Illustrations by Griselda Greaves]. [Second Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

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The Owl Service. [Illustrations by Griselda Greaves]. [Second Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

by GARNER Alan

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Collins,, [1967]. 8vo., Second Impression, with title-vignette and pictorial endpapers; grey/yellow tweed cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published two months after the first edition. Garner's classic fantasy was awarded both the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Prize.

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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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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
The Owl Service. [Illustrations by Griselda Greaves]. [Second Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Author
GARNER Alan
Book Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Collins,
Date Published
[1967]
Keywords
modern first editions, modern firsts, garner, alan garner, fantasy,

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