The Owl Service [M Books]
by Garner, Alan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- G/None Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0333315545
- ISBN 13
- 9780333315545
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: MacMillan Education, 1982 8vo. original pictorial laminated boards (ex-school library, with sealed-on acetate, rsm's, pocket etc. to outer leaves, else clean & crisp); pp. 173, [3 (pubs. cat.)], with illustrations. A good reading copy. Winner of the Carnegie Medal 1967.. Reprint. Hard Cover. G/None Issued.
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 #
- 013619
- Title
- The Owl Service [M Books]
- Author
- Garner, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G
- Jacket Condition
- None Issued
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0333315545
- ISBN 13
- 9780333315545
- Publisher
- MacMillan Education
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Alan Garner The Owl Service Childrens Literature Fantasy Wales
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Glossary
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Reading Copy
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- Leaves
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