House of Dies Drear format-Board Book Emily and Navin's mother is

Emily and Navin's mother is still in a coma from the arachnopod's poison

reigns as the unchallenged tyrant of the cosmos

four full-color plates

Leontyne Price's first Grand Opera performance of Aida

Lyra Belacqua and her daemon

House of Dies Drear format-Board Book Emily and Navin's mother isHAMILTON, Virginia. The House of Dies Drear. Illustrations by Eros Keith. NY: Macmillan [1968]. 8vo, [vi] 247pp. Dark purple cloth stamped in gold. 5 one page and one two page b&w illustrations. Spine ends and corners slightly rubbed, else a clean, bright copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (some chips and tears, but printed matter mostly unaffected). Signed by the author, Newbery Medalist Virginia Hamilton. First edition. The Edgar Award