MAHY, Margaret ~ The Haunting. Inscribed by the author.

FIRST UK PRINTING. J. M. Dent & Sons Limited, London: 1982

8vo., navy publisher's boards, lettered in silver to backstrip; in the original unclipped pictorial dustwrapper (£4.95) with a design by the publisher, and a photograph of the author to the lower flap; THE BOOK would be a fine copy, save for one dent to the upper board, slightly affecting the first few pages; in the near-fine DUSTWRAPPER which has only minor toning and creasing to edges. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. First UK edition, inscribed by the author in blue biro to the title page: "Best wishes Sheila/ Margaret Mahy 1986". A children's fantasy novel by New Zealand writer Margaret Mahy, which follows an eight year old boy as he discovers he is one in a long line of family members who are endowed with supernatural powers. For him, this manifests as a series of images and messages from beyond the grave. The book won the annual Carnegie Medal in the year of publication. In 1984, Mahy won the award again for 'The Changeover'.

BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Near Fine
JACKET: Near Fine