Robin McKinley HERO & THE CROWN First and 12 similar items

THE HERO AND THE CROWN. By Robin McKinley. New York: Greenwillow Books, (1984). First edition, first printing. "First edition" statement and first printing number code sequence 10 through 1 to the copyright page, $11.50 to the jacket's flap. Winner of the Newbery Award, and nominated for the Mythopoeic and Locus Awards. The second book published in the Damar fantasy series, rich with horses, wizards, and dragons, is a prequel to THE BLUE SWORD, and features Aerin, King Damar's only child and daughter of a witch woman. An exceptionally nice and well-preserved first printing collectible. Fine, tight, square, and crisp in white tweed linen over textured key-lime boards with blind embossed publisher's willow tree insignia to the front cover and with gilt embossed titles to the spine, green-and-white headband and tail-band, textured key-lime end-papers; in a fine dust jacket with knight and flaming dragon fantasy scene art by David McCall Johnston, and with a well-preserved, un-faded color spine panel that shows rich olive and bright white titles. NO remainder mark. The dust jacket will be placed in a clear, removable protective sleeve after photographing for this entry. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION FANTASY BOOKS THANKS!