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Susan Cooper

The Dark Is Rising Signed First Edition

Atheneum

1973

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A signed first edition of The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper.

  • Susan Cooper (English).
  • Illustrations by Alan E. Cober. 
  • New York: Atheneum,1973.
  • Signed on an official bookplate without dedication by Cooper to the front endpaper.
  • in an unclipped wrapper.


The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper is a fantasy novel about Will Stanton, a boy who discovers on his 11th birthday that he is one of the Old Ones, a group of ancient beings dedicated to fighting the Dark. As the Dark rises to power, Will must gather the six Signs, magical objects that will help him defeat the Dark. Set in a richly woven world of mythology and legend, the story is a battle between good and evil. 

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Very slight browning to the text block.

Wrapper with minor internal spotting to upper edge.

Minor signs of age and handling.

Feature(s)

First Edition, Signed, Dust Jacket

Language

English

Subject

Fiction, Modern first editions, Autographed and Signed Material, Novels, Childrens, Literature, English literature and history, Illustrated, Women Writers

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