[Rarebooks] FS: Alan Garner. 50% off list prices. Ends Friday

[Michael John Thompson]

FS: Alan Garner.

These are *included* in our half-price sale, which ends Friday April 24th.
Approx 700 books are in the sale.
For details see end of this email.

GARNER, Alan., THE WEIRDSTONE OF BRISINGAMEN. A 
TALE OF ALDERLY., London: Collins. 1960. First 
edition. Advance copy (uncorrected proof) in 
plain mottled blue wrappers. [iv] + 224 pp + 
[iv]. No map endpapers, although the maps are 
integrally the first and last leaves. A few spots 
to the half-title leaf, some mild spine creases, 
a very good or better copy in the original colour 
pictorial dust wrapper with artwork by George 
Adamson. The dust wrapper fits this slightly 
smaller proof perfectly and has not been supplied 
from a published copy of the book; priced at 12s 
6d on the front panel, with light wear to edges 
and slight fraying to spine tips. Overall, an 
attractive example of the rare 1st issue of the author's first book.  $1500.00

GARNER, Alan., A BAG OF MOONSHINE. ILLUSTRATED BY 
PATRICK JAMES LYNCH., [London]: Collins. [1986]. 
First edition. Quarto, original blue boards 
titled in silver on spine panel. 144 pp, eight 
full-page colour plates and numerous 
line-drawings throughout the text, pictorial dust 
wrapper, all by Lynch. Small remainder mark to 
bottom page edges, a fine copy in a fine, price-clipped dust wrapper. $30.00

GARNER, Alan., THE VOICE THAT THUNDERS. ESSAYS 
AND LECTURES., London: The Harvill Press. [1997]. 
1st edition. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers, 
trade paperback size. Slight signs of use, but a 
very good, clean copy. ¶ "Alan Garner is an 
exceptional lecturer and essayist. This 
collection, taken from the work of more than 20 
years, explores an enviable range of scholarly 
interests: archaeology, myth, language, 
education, philosophy, the spiritual quest, 
mental health, literature, music and film". $85.00

GARNER, Alan., THE WEIRDSTONE OF BRISINGAMEN: A 
TALE OF ALDERLY., New York: Henry Z. Walck, Inc. 
[1969]. First American printing of the revised 
edition. Octavo, brown cloth titled in black on 
spine & front panel. First published in the UK in 
1960. A classic fantasy novel. A fine copy in a 
fine dust wrapper, price-clipped. A very sharp 
copy, uncommon in this condition. $85.00

GARNER, Alan., ELIDOR., New York: Henry Z. Walck, 
Incorporated. [1967]. First American edition. 
Octavo, original red cloth titled in silver and 
black on spine panel. First published in the UK 
in 1965. A classic fantasy novel. A fine copy in 
a near fine dust wrapper, price-clipped and with 
a 5 cm closed tear at base of f ront spine hinge. 
A fresh copy, despite the almost invisible tear. $75.00

GARNER, Alan., THE STONE BOOK. ETCHINGS BY 
MICHAEL FOREMAN., [New York & Cleveland]: Collins 
[William Collins & World Publishing Company]. 
[1976]. First American edition. Octavo, original 
cloth. Small ink stamp on rear endpaper otherwise 
a near fine copy in price-clipped dust wrapper. $30.00

GARNER, Alan., RED SHIFT., London: Collins. 
[1973]. First edition. Octavo, original boards. 
Some mild browning & dust soiling; small corner 
of front flyleaf creased. A very good copy in 
dust wrapper, price corner clipped and evidence 
of a price sticker removed from base of inner front flap. $45.00

GARNER, Alan.; PHILIP, Neil., A FINE ANGER. A 
CRITICAL INTRODUCTION TO THE WORK OF ALAN 
GARNER., London: Collins. [1981]. First edition. 
Octavo, original brown boards titled in silver on 
spine. 191 pp., Notes, Bibliography, Index. A 
fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper, small 
closed tear at one edge. ¶ Scholarly analysis of 
Garners writings. Includes a bibliography of 
Garner's work covering Published books, Libretti, 
Uncollected Short Fiction and Verses, Essays and 
Lectures, Reviews and "Other", as well as 
Unpublished work by Garner, A Select list of 
Interviews with, articles and essays on, reviews 
and critical considerations of Garner and his 
writing, and a Select Bibliography of Background Literature. $40.00


Available at our website - over 700 books offered at a 50% discount

All books in these catalogues have been discounted:

Arkham House & Lovecraft Circle
Ash-Tree Press & Midnight House
Detective Fiction & Mysteries
Fantasy & Science Fiction Paperbacks
Fantasy and Science Fiction
Mythology, Sagas, Folklore and Fairy Tales
Occult Studies

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charge half price in Canadian, rather than US funds.

Thanks for looking...

Michael


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