The Crystal Cave

462pp. Brown cloth-covered boards (a little worn at spine ends, but strong, clean and tight). Internally some browning else neat and tidy. In its original dust jacket (rubbed and lightly chapped at edges, crumbled at spine ends). Beginning in the chaos of post-Roman Britain, this is the story of the wizard, Merlin – the enchanter of fairy tales, the magician in the black robe, the prophet of legend and guardian of King Arthur.