The Dark is Rising Sequence (Signed Bookplates)

COOPER, Susan. The Dark is Rising Sequence. As follows:

Over Sea, Under Stone. Illustrated by Margery Gil. London: Jonathan Cape [1965]. 12mo; 252pp. Purple boards with spine stamped in gold foil. 4 double-page and 10 full-page b&w illustrations. Slight damp-stain at fore-edge of first and last few sheets, light foxing to fore-edge, top, and bottom edges of sheets, 6 neatly written lines of hand notations at top of rear fixed endpaper, else a clean, tight copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (slight evidence of dampstaining to folds, spine ends lightly rubbed, spine a tad sunned). With a bookplate signed by the author, Susan Cooper, laid in. Rare.

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The Dark is Rising. Illustrations by Alan E. Cober. NY: Atheneum, 1973. 8vo, [xii] 217pp. Black cloth with spine stamped in copper foil. Red endpapers, 3 double-page b&w illustrations. Spine ends and corners a tad rubbed, else a fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (light edgewear, no medal affixed). 1974 Newbery Honor Book. With a bookplate signed by the author, Susan Cooper, laid in.

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Greenwitch. Frontispiece by Michael Heslop. NY: Atheneum, 1974. 8vo, [x] 147pp. Green cloth stamped in black. Charcoal gray endpapers; frontispiece in half-tone. Spine ends and corners a tad rubbed, else a fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (slight chipping and creasing at top and bottom of front panel, spine ends a tad rubbed). With a bookplate signed by the author, Susan Cooper, laid in.

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The Grey King. Illustrations by Michael Heslop. NY: Atheneum, 1975. 8vo, [xii] 211pp. Gray cloth stamped in black. Green endpapers; 2 double-page half-tone illustrations. Residue from removal of 2" square sticker on front free endpaper, spine ends a tad rubbed else an otherwise fine copy in original color pictorial dust jackets (lightest wear to corners and spine ends, with medal affixed). 1976 Newbery Medal Winner. With a bookplate signed by the author, Susan Cooper, laid in.

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Silver on the Tree. NY: Atheneum, 1977. 8vo, x 273pp. Gray cloth stamped in brick red. Red endpapers. Spine ends and corners lightly rubbed, else a fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (slight wear to spine ends and corners). With a bookplate signed by the author, Susan Cooper, laid in.

First editions of all five volumes of this award-winning series, the first volume having first been published in the UK and the remaining four volumes having been first published in the US. 1974 Newbery Honor Book and 1976 Newbery Medal Winner! Susan Cooper's wondrous, award-winning fantasy series follows the struggle of young Will Stanton who awakens on his 13th birthday to discover he is one of the "Old Ones" – immortal beings who champion "The Light," or forces for good, against "The Dark." It is Will's role to champion the Light in the coming battles against the Dark. But the Dark is rising and time is not on Will's side.