The Witch of Rollright - signed first edition

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ISBN 10: 0860361012 / ISBN 13: 9780860361015

Published by Rex Collings, 1979

About this Item

Signed by the author on the title page. First edition, first impression hardback with dustjacket that isnt price-clipped. Large school stamp plus owner's name inscribed on front free endpaper, no other inscriptions or annotations. [abeb].

Seller Inventory # ABE-1504766294165

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Witch of Rollright - signed first edition
• Publisher: Rex Collings
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0860361012
• ISBN 13: 9780860361015
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Supernatural Fiction
  • Children's Fiction
  • Signed

About this title

Synopsis

The Rollright Stones, survivors from prehistoric times, stand near Long Compton. What are they? Why are they there? Legends surround them. One, enshrined in an old rhyme, explains their origin. The rhyme tells how, when England was many kingdoms, a pagan king heard a prophecy 'When Long Compton you shall see, You shall King of England be.' When the king and his followers were approaching Long Compton they were stopped by a witch who 'As Long Compton thou canst not see, King of England thou shalt not Rise up stick and stand thou stone, For King of England thou shalt be none. Thou and thy men hoarstones shall be and I, myself, an elder tree.' This story, set in the late 1970s, tells how a group of children become involved with the stones and with 'The Watchers' - sinister people who, with Mother Shipton, maintain the old traditions and practices of witchcraft. In the search for treasure, hidden hundreds of years before, the children have to face and overcome the forces and powers that Mother Shipton controls.