GARNER, Alan - ADAMSON, George.

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Original artwork for The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. Published on the wrappers for the Puffin edition of Alan Garner's first fantasy novel. George Adamson (1913-2005) provided the illustrations for the dust jackets for the original publications of The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (1960) and The Moon of Gomrath (1963). The present illustration is an expanded version, including an additional section for the Puffin book rear wrapper.Garner wrote to his original publisher stating, "I could not have hoped for the mood of the book to be better expressed. George Adamson has caught in exactly. Fenodyree is just as I imagined him and the eyes are the best part of the jacket. I am delighted."

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