THE GAMMAGE CUP
(1959)
First edition of this classic Newbery Honor and ALA Notable YA fantasy novel.
Very good plus in very good plus jacket
Price: $500.00
Type Punch Matrix
First edition of this classic Newbery Honor and ALA Notable YA fantasy novel.
Very good plus in very good plus jacket
Price: $500.00
"No matter where There is, when you arrive it becomes Here."
Set in the Tolkien-esque Land Between the Mountains, GAMMAGE follows a group of ostracized outsiders as they eventually save the community that cast them out. Written in an America increasingly preoccupied with conformity, the book's protagonists are not rebels for rebellion's sake. They are simply themselves, the book a fable of acceptance and a celebration of differences. A sequel, THE WHISPER OF GLOCKEN, followed five years later. A quiet classic.
First printing. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1959). 8'' x 5.25''. Original full blue cloth. In original price-clipped color pictorial jacket. Illustrated by Erik Blegvad. 224 pages. Mild sunning to spine. Small closed bump/tear to front panel at lower spine fold. Touches of edgewear. Previous owner stamp to front endpaper. Very slight lean. Else clean and sound throughout.
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