William Horwood DUNCTON RISING First Edition Signed

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William Horwood DUNCTON RISING First Edition Signed

First edition, first print hardback of DUNCTON RISING (Volume Two of the Book of Silence), by William Horwood and published by Harper Collins, London in 1992. Signed 'With Best Wishes' by Horwood on the title page. Full numberline 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on the copyright page

The book is in very good condition (blue cloth boards with gold lettering to spine) with some minor wear to the slightly loose-fitting dust jacket, which is not price clipped (light creasing to edges). Internally, the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears and no other inscriptions. There is some yellowing to page edges

A wintry dawn, and a hurrying mole...

As cruel flurries of wind harry the highest and most ancient trees of Duncton Wood, timid Pumpkin reaches the Stone to pray for help. Only he and the venerable Master Librarian Stour have been left to defend Moledom's greatest library against the Newborn Inquisitors who have taken over the system.

But Pumpkin's best hopes rest with Privet, scholar and scribemole, and her adopted son Whillan, who have escaped from Duncton Wood in search of the Book of Silence, seventh and last of the ancient books of Moledom.

To find it, Privet and her friends must go to Caer Caradoc, centre of the Newborns' power, and face their sinister leader, Thripp...

499 pages

ISBN: 0 00 223941 8

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