Diana Moorhead — The Green and the White

London, Brockhampton Press, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this exciting fantasy novel for young readers. This is the publisher's file copy. First edition. Publisher's file copy with an ink stamp to the front endpaper. Illustrated with a frontispiece and a map to the front pastedown and endpaper. Collated complete. A sensitive fantasy novel following young King Jochim who is issued with a wizard's warning that a kind of blight would impact his whole country. To remove the curse from the kingdom, he must go on a long and dangerous journey to face a number of tests. Written by Diana Moorhead, a British-born New Zealand author and librarian. Illustrated by Victor Ambrus, a Hungarian-born British illustrator of history, folk tales, and animal story books. He is also known for his appearances on the Channel 4 UK television series Time Team. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor bumping to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also smart with light shelf wear and the odd small mark to the panels. The odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. With publisher's stamp and pen marks to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Victor Ambrus. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.