The Owl Service by Alan Garner (The Folio Society, 2013) illustrations by Darren Hopes
The Owl Service
by Alan Garner, preface by Susan Cooper
The Folio Society, 2013
Originally published in 1967 by William Collins, winner of the Carnegie Medal and a classic of children’s literature.
This edition from the Folio Society with illustrations by Darren Hopes; endpapers and title-page decoration by Griselda Greaves.
Hardback. Publisher’s decorated cloth with title to spine; illustrated endpapers. Housed in a custom-made slipcase with green buckram ends and pale-green Clairefontaine Ingres papered sides. pp xix, [4], [1]-153, [1] blank, plus eight colour plates. Size: 9 x 6.5 inches approx. (228mm x 163mm).
A nice, clean copy that appears unread; very attractive in its complementing custom slipcase – lovely.
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