THE ELFSTONES OF SHANNARA

Del Rey/Ballantine, New York, 1982, BCE.  Hard cover, 469 pages.  Red boards with silver lettering on black spine; bit of wear at spine ends, spine creased; binding wound with a lean; light age spotting on outer page block.  Dust jacket worn and has short edge tears, wear at corners and spine ends, small loss at upper rear spine edge, some creases, scratches and rubs, faded stain at upper rear panel edge and spine.  Interior clean and unmarked.  Black & white illustrations by Darrel K. Sweet, maps by the Brothers Hildebrandt.  ‘The Stones and the right to use them belonged to Wil Ohmsford, given him by his grandfather Shea.  And now Allanon, legendary Druid guardian of the Races, summoned him from his studies in Storlock to protect Amberle, the Elven girl who must carry a seed of the tree to the mysterious Bloodfire, life-source of earth, there to be quickened and to create a new Ellcrys.  While Allanon and the Elves fight a hopeless war against the emerging multitudes of Demons, Wil and Amberle plunge forward in a seemingly impossible quest for the Bloodfire.  Before them lie unknown dangers, impassable barriers, and the savage Wilderun, from which none have ever escaped.  Behind them follows the Reaper.  Against it, Wil has the Elfstones – but he has lost all power to control them.  Weaponless, he and Amberle watch as the shadow of the Reaper appears on the trail before them…’ (from flaps)