From the collection of the late Jill Paton Walsh (1937-2020) and John Rowe Townsend (who died in 2014). Inscribed by the Author to the title page: 'For Jill, with love,/ Susan'. The D/W has no wear, tears or pieces missing but has a touch of creasing at the head and tail of the spine and a couple of brown splashes to the top left hand corner of the back panel. Spine tips pushed and a small patch of browning to the top left hand corner of the back panel otherwise a VG copy in like D/W with NO NEWBERY MEDAL TO THE FRONT COVER thus denoting the First Issue of the D/W. Publisher's stone-coloured boards with black spine lettering. PUBLISHER'S REVIEW COPY SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO JILL PATON WALSH. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. There is a Welsh legend about a harp of gold, hidden within a certain hill, that will be found by a boy and a white dog with silver eyes - a dog that can see the wind.Will Stanton knew nothing of this when he came to Wales to recover from a severe illness.But when he met Bran, the strange boy who owned a white dog, he began to remember.For Will is the last-born of the Old Ones, immortals dedicated to saving the world from the forces of evil, the Dark.And it is Will's task to wake -with the golden harp - the six who must be roused from their long slumber in the Welsh hills to prepare for the last battle between the Dark and the Light.

The grey king susan cooper