The Dark is Rising - UK 1st Max Zerrahn that looked battered under the

that looked battered under the weight of history

and also if its import is understood

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and unique perspective for which she is known

Some very minor shelf wear to the dust jacket

The Dark is Rising - UK 1st Max Zerrahn that looked battered under theFirst UK edition, first impression in near fine condition, no internal markings, pages clean, binding firm. The jacket is from a latter edition (1977) now in removable protective sleeve. About The Dark Is Rising is a 1973 children's fantasy novel by Susan Cooper. The second in The Dark Is Rising Sequence. The book won a Newbery Honor. It has been described as a "folkloric tale of an English boy caught in a battle between light and dark".