Nibbins also used to be a familiar, but is now a household cat who sides with Kay. All Witches Have Cats: Blackmalkin and Greymalkin serve the coven as familiars.Abandoned Area: The brewery and stables at Seekings, obsolete in the age of mass-produced beer and motor cars, now slowly falling into ruin.

The two books also have links, in terms of shared settings and characters, with a series of adventure stories for adults which began with Sard Harker in 1925.

He is aided in his quest by the Midnight Folk, an association of Talking Animals, Living Toys, and other fantastic creatures.īut not all the creatures that haunt the night are friendly: a coven of witches is also after the treasure, led by the scheming Abner Brown and the sinister Mrs Pouncer, and woe betide anyone who gets in their way.Ī sequel, The Box of Delights, was published in 1935. Young Kay Harker has a variety of adventures in search of the truth about a famous treasure that his great-grandfather, a merchant captain, was given for safe-keeping then lost when his crew mutinied. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the 'Add to Basket' button to the right.The Midnight Folk is a children's fantasy novel by John Masefield, first published in 1927. For further info on this title, click on the 'Contact Seller' button within this listing. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Covers are faded in spots but otherwise in sound condition. Moderate foxing front/rear pages, but body of book clean and unfoxed. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is faded/sunned. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. First Illustrated Edition, or first by this illustrator and in this format. John Edward Masefield (1878-1967), English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death in 1967. 'The Midnight Folk' was Masefield's first children's fantasy novel. Abner has his witch friends and his dark magic to help him, but Kay has the very special Midnight Folk. Determined to recover the long lost family treasure, Kay finds himself in a race against the evil Abner Brown. Overall a vg++ copy of this scarce and enchanting book. Rather savagely price clipped with bottom quarter of front flap cut away, blue boards with gilt titling, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown (Harriet Holland), top of page block dyed blue as issued. Some edge wear and a couple of short closed tears to top and bottom of largely dark green jacket and spine, slight yellowing to back jacket, corners and folds slightly rubbed.

The midnight folk by john masefield