Synopsis
A mechanical street map, a deserted slum, a church in ruins, and a football. Four ordinary things lead the Watson children on an extraordinary adventure to a magical land called Elidor. In pursuit of four ancient treasures, the forces of evil have crossed over into our world, and it falls to the Watson children to find the treasures, seal the bridge between worlds, and guard the strayed unicorn Findhorn . . . even though their heroism may cost them everything.
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About the Author
Alan Garner was born and still lives in Cheshire, an area which has had a profound effect on his writing and provided the seed of many ideas worked out in his books. His fourth book, `The Owl Service' brought Alan Garner to everyone's attention. It won two important literary prizes - The Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal - and was made into a serial by Granada Television. It has established itself as a classic and Alan Garner as a writer of great distinction.
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When the four Watson children go into a ruined church in a deserted neighborhood in Manchester, England, they enter the strange world of Elidor, a land being overrun by an evil power. The children reluctantly become the guardians of Elidor's treasures--a sword, a stone, a spear, and a cauldron--and return with them to their twentieth-century world. Now the Watsons, as well as Elidor, are threatened. Garard Green, a seasoned audiobook narrator, gives the children convincing childlike voices and varies tone and phrasing to effectively communicate their emotions, as well as their words. As the Watsons courageously fight off the evil that so relentlessly pursues them, Green makes the unbelievable seem all too believable, wrapping the listener in the magical, sinister atmosphere of Garner's well-crafted fantasy. C.R.A. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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Elidor
Seller: Transformer, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good_. No Jacket. Charles Keeping (illustrator). Reprint. 160pp. 8.5 inches. No dw. Purple buckram, silver titles. Slight forward lean, slightly bumped corners, rubbed spine extremities, faintly foxed edges. Internally, discreet exschool stamp, code no, on endpaper, else contents about as new, a faint mark at corner of a near-back page. Illustrated with powerful drawings by Charles Keeping. Although a story for older children and young adults, it also appeals to any fantasy reader, involving as it does interaction between real and fantasy worlds. (Science fiction, Fantasy, Children) 350g Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # C15646
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Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
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Hard Cover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. Charles Keeping (illustrator). Seventh Impression. VG/VG+. 8vo. original purple boards (neat ex-library with occ. rsm, label and pocket to endpapers only, else clean & bright) in dustwrapper (price-clipped by publisher, a trifle rubbed & nicked, slight fray to rear foldover); pp. 160, with illustrations. A very good copy. Seller Inventory # 019143
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Elidor
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Collins, London, 1973
ISBN 10: 0001842021
ISBN 13: 9780001842021
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Seller: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket and illustrations by Charles Keeping (illustrator). 1st Edition. First published in 1965, this is a sixth impression of 1973, with the fabulous blue variant jacket. Some edge wear, chipping and short closed tears to top and bottom of jacket and spine, spine very slightly browned, corners slightly rubbed and bruised, price clipped, school prize sticker (Kingsmead School, M. Wells, Form 2R), to ffep, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 160pp, illustrated. Part folklore, part adventure, and part fantasy, Alan Garner's Elidor is a modern children's classic. When Roland opens a door in a derelict church, he unleashes the wonders of Elidor and the grave challenges that this troubled world presents. Drawing on Welsh, Irish, and English mythology, the book chronicles the trials and hardships of a group of young teenagers as they attempt to fulfill a prophecy from another world, and fight a terrible evil. Quite scarce in this early impression. Seller Inventory # 012346
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Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
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Hard Cover. Condition: F. Dust Jacket Condition: F. Charles Keeping (illustrator). Eleventh Impression. F/F. 8vo. original blue boards in dustwrapper; pp. 160, with illustrations. A fine copy. Seller Inventory # 010157
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Seller: Peter Pan books, Haltwhistle, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression hardback with dustjacket, Collins 1965. Some reading lean to spine and rounding to board corners, interior very clean and bright with no inscriptions, binding and hinges tight. Complete with original dustjacket which is not price-clipped but is significantly edge-worn with areas of loss, as shown in the photographs. Language: eng Language: eng. Seller Inventory # ABE-6564060049268468481
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