GARNER, Alan. The Owl Service. London: Collins. 1967. 8vo. First edition, first printing. Publisher’s red cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the dust jacket designed by Kenneth Farnhill. A very good example, the cloth a little bumped at the spine head and tail, the binding tight and square. A few spots to the textblock edges, but the contents fine throughout with no stamps or inscriptions. The dust jacket unclipped (15s net), rubbed at all corners and spine tips, with several small closed tears and tiny chips, some light rubbing and marks to joints and rear panel, but a pleasing copy overall.
The author’s modern interpretation of the popular Welsh myth, Blodeuwedd. The novel won the Carnegie Medal and cemented Garner as the leading fiction writer dealing in British myth and folklore.
GARNER, Alan. The Owl Service. London: Collins. 1967. 8vo. First edition, first printing. Publisher’s red cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the dust jacket designed by Kenneth Farnhill. A very good example, the cloth a little bumped at the spine head and tail, the binding tight and square. A few spots to the textblock edges, but the contents fine throughout with no stamps or inscriptions. The dust jacket unclipped (15s net), rubbed at all corners and spine tips, with several small closed tears and tiny chips, some light rubbing and marks to joints and rear panel, but a pleasing copy overall.
The author’s modern interpretation of the popular Welsh myth, Blodeuwedd. The novel won the Carnegie Medal and cemented Garner as the leading fiction writer dealing in British myth and folklore.
