RARE SIGNED & SKETCHED Cornelia Funke DRAGON RIDER 2004 1st 1st ORIGINAL DRAWING

Description: This listing is for a RARE SIGNED & SKETCHED 2004 US 1st Edition 1st Printing of DRAGON RIDER by the the Bestselling author CORNELIA FUNKE!! This great book has been SIGNED & SKETCHED on the title page by the author CORNELIA FUNKE - it is signed in archival pen with only her signature and is not inscribed to anyone. This has been signed WITH HER FULL NAME - it seems that is pretty Rare these days; now it looks like she just signs with a capital CF and a couple of straight lines...With her signature, she has SKETCHED a large, original drawing of a DRAGON (see pictures above)...Also INCLUDED with this signed and sketched book is a Promotional Bookmark given out at the signing to promote DRAGON RIDER. This bookmark has also BEEN SIGNED by CORNELIA FUNKE!! (please see pictures above)... This was signed and sketched by Cornelia Funke at a booksigning appearance in 2004 in New York City - I purchased this new copy at Strand Books in NYC and went to the booksigning; I was fortunate to be there and this was signed IN MY PRESENCE. Since then, this book has been in a locked bookcase in a smoke free and pet free home. This copy is unread and has only been opened for Cornelia Funke to sign the book. Condition is as follows: FINE! The book is in MINT CONDITION and appears to be UNREAD with NO WEAR!! The corners are sharp, the book is clean and crisp. It is very giftable!! This is a 2004 The Chicken House/Scholastic US 1st Edition 1st Printing - it has the words First American Edition September 2004, and a full number string 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 under the publisher's information on the back of the title page which is the correct indicator for a first printing for this title. If you are a fan of Cornelia Funke or love Children's books and science fiction or fantasy, this is a MUST HAVE! This will be a WONDERFUL addition to your collection! Shipping will be $4.85 for Media Mail (5-7 days) or $15.85 for Priority Mail shipping - the book will be wrapped in bubble wrap and sent in a box so it arrives in its original condition. We pride ourselves on our packing and shipping so you can have confidence this will get to you safely! I GLADLY ship worldwide so please email for worldwide shipping costs. Payment must be received within 7 days of auction end - please email with any questions! Please check out the other items that I have up for auction and in my store - these include many rare Ursula K. Le Guin signed books! I am always listing wonderful Rare Books and Signed First Editions, High School and College Yearbooks, as well as special Antiques found on my many travels across the US and Europe...Remember - this is coming from OREGON which is a NO SALES TAX STATE. If you buy from me, you will not be charged any sales tax by me or eBay on this listing!!(Remember, your own state may still charge you!) Thanks for looking! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABOUT THE BOOK Dragon Rider (Dragon Rider series #1) Editorial Reviews Review "Marvelous stuff for dreaming adventurers of any age." -- Clive Barker "A warm-hearted dream of a book." -- The Guardian (UK) "A good, old-fashioned ensemble cast quest." -- Booklist "Engaging and suspenseful." -- Voice of Youth Advocates "Exciting adventures abound...This book delivers." -- The Horn Book A New York Times Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller A People Magazine Top 10 Pick DRAGON RIDER From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dragon Rider (original title: Drachenreiter) is a 1997 German children's novel by Cornelia Funke. Originally translated by Oliver Latsch, Dragon Rider was published in 2004 by The Chicken House in the UK and Scholastic Inc. in the US, using a translation by Anthea Bell. Dragon Rider follows the exploits of a silver dragon named Firedrake, the Brownie Sorrel, and Ben, a human boy, in their search for the mythical part of the Himalayas mountain range called the Rim of Heaven to find a safe place for Firedrake's kin to live when the dragon finds out that humans intend to flood the valley where he and his fellow dragons live. This book has 523 pages and is well-suited to readers aged nine to thirteen.Plot Firedrake is a young dragon who lives in a hidden valley outside of London with other dragons. After realizing that humans intend to flood the valley and the dragons living there are no longer safe, Firedrake sets off with the guidance from the eldest member of his clan (Slatebeard) to avoid the "Golden One" and to find the Rim of Heaven, a legendary location that is a safe heaven for all dragons. Firedrake travels to London with his friend Sorrel, a forest brownie, to find Gilbert Graytail, a rat who specializes in making maps. Not long after landing at the docks of London, Firedrake saves an orphan human Ben from dockworkers. Ben, in repayment for this, then provides Sorrel with human clothes so she may go in disguise to find Gilbert while Firedrake stays hidden. After finding Gilbert and providing payment, Gilbert hands over a map leading to the Himalayas, marking dangerous areas along the way. Only able to fly at night, Firedrake wastes no time wanting to leave. He and Sorrel also decide to bring Ben along with them. After Ben and Sorrel argue about turning East too soon or not, the three end up in a mountain range full of dwarves. Firedrake sleeps while the sun is up and the dwarves wait for him to wake up. While he rests however, one of the dwarves, Gravelbeard, runs to the castle in that same mountain range, revealing Nettlebrand, the Golden One, a fearsome dragon-like monster whose only purpose in life is to hunt, kill and eat dragons and his servant, Twigleg the Homunculus. After hearing of the trio, Nettlebrand decides to follow them, hoping to hunt down and kill the last of the dragons where he failed decades before. Firedrake, Sorrel and Ben fly onward, but are soon swept off course by a storm, arriving on the shore of Egypt. Encountering a basilisk and a band of zealous archaeologists, the party eventually befriends a kindly scientist named Professor Greenbloom. Sorrel is initially suspicious but soon warms up to him. Professor Greenbloom gives Ben one of two freezing-cold metallic scales he has, which unknown to the humans, once belonged to Nettlebrand. Twigleg relays the news to Nettlebrand, who immediately makes his way to the dig site to find Professor Greenbloom and recover the scales. Meanwhile, the three searchers set out on the advice of the professor to seek the advice of a Djinn, whose thousand eyes can see everything. Ben succeeds in fulfilling the Djinn's arcane requirements with the question: "Where does the Rim of Heaven lie?" The answer to the question appears in two of the Djinn's thousand eyes; it is a path, marked by the Indus River, by a mountain range, and by a monastery. Beyond this monastery is the Rim of Heaven. In the monastery, Ben must break the moonlight on the stone dragon's head. The Djinn also gives them a prophecy: "When that day comes, twenty fingers will point the way to the Rim of Heaven, and silver will be worth more than gold." Meanwhile, Nettlebrand tracks down Greenbloom, who managed to escape him. Twigleg is discovered but is allowed to stay due to his almost-perfect ability to understand and translate any language. He has grown to be very attached to Ben, and he begins relaying false information to his master, sending him into the middle of a desert where he got attacked by the sandmans, who the monster eventually escapes from. While flying over the ocean, a lunar eclipse occurs and Firedrake (who lives off of moonlight), cannot fly. He falls and lands on the back of an initially frightening but amiable sea serpent. She agrees to take the friends to Pakistan, where they will rendezvous with a Dracologist, Zubeida Ghalib. She alone knows a way to help Firedrake fly without moonlight. Along the way, the Serpent tells them (among other things) about Nettlebrand and his army of red-eyed Ravens. As the peaceful voyage atop Serpent-back continues, they are spotted by one of Nettlebrand's raven spies. Annoyed, Sorrel throws a stone which she has smeared her adhesive saliva. The stone sticks to the Raven's wing and sends him panicking to shore. In Pakistan, the friends enter a village where Zubeida the Dracologist is living and also find Professor Greenbloom. His wife and daughter, Guinevere, have joined him on account of the incident with Nettlebrand. Deeply worried, the two parties compare their findings, which all point to a single grim fact—Nettlebrand is hunting the Dragons who live in the Rim of Heaven, and expects Firedrake to find them for him. Dr. Ghalib reveals a legend of a Dragon Rider who once lived in the village. Ben is his reincarnation, and his destiny is to save the silver dragons from a terrible enemy. No sooner have they heard the legend than two more of Nettlebrand's ravens descend on them. Sorrel attempts the saliva trick again, with one variation: a few sparks of Dragon-fire are added to the mix. The stones do not adhere, but the Ravens are indeed changed before the eyes of all, into a few crabs. This new strangeness on the part of Nettlebrand disturbs the searchers, ultimately inducing Twigleg to reveal his original intentions as Nettlebrand's spy. He also reveals Nettlebrand's origin—an alchemist created Nettlebrand as a dragon killing machine to obtain the Dragons' horns which he used in his experiments to create gold. Twigleg, and his eleven other Homunculus brothers, were made as Nettlebrand's caretakers. When the Silver Dragons went into hiding, Nettlebrand killed the alchemist and eventually ate all of Twigleg's brothers, then went hunting on his own. Zubeida showed Firedrake not only the tomb of the original Dragon Rider, but also a specie of flower which collects moonlight in the form of dewdrops on its leaves. Having drunk this "moon-dew", Firedrake is able to fly even if there's no moon at all. The two parties split up to lose Nettlebrand's pursuit in the mountains. After a hazardous encounter with a Roc, they are forced off course and must take refuge in a valley. Nettlebrand continues tailing a boat wherein are Professor Greenbloom and his family, knowing they will lead him to Firedrake, but is seen by Guinevere. In the valley, help comes to Firedrake and company in the form of Lola Graytail, Gilbert's niece. Lola had been cartographing the country for her uncle and she guides them to the monastery. There, they are welcomed by the monks, who look on Firedrake as a bringer of good fortune. Also it is here that Ben "breaks the moonlight"--- actually a moonstone kept by the monks for this purpose. Ben shatters the moonstone and summons the aid of a four-armed brownie, named Burr-Burr-Chan. He agrees to guide Firedrake, Sorrel, Twigleg, and Ben to the Rim of Heaven. He warns, however, that Firedrake's kin have degenerated into earthbound cowards as a result of hiding from Nettlebrand. Whilst waiting for the moment of departure, the company discover Gravelbeard (who was threatened by Nettlebrand into becoming another spy) but fail to catch him. They fly on their way swiftly, with Nettlebrand in pursuit. To Twigleg's dismay, in the center of the Rim of Heaven is a great lake, a perfect gateway for Nettlebrand, who can travel instantaneously by water. To make sure that he is right, Lola takes Twigleg in her miniature airplane to investigate and distract Nettlebrand, while above the others seek the Dragons' cave. There, they meet with a she-Dragon, Maia. She is the only living dragon there, as the other twenty-two have since turned into stone through lack of moonlight. Outside, Lola and Twigleg found Gravelbeard. In the struggle that follows, the Dwarf's hat (which functions as an altitude compensator), is taken by Twigleg. Promptly Gravelbeard is struck with mountain sickness, allowing himself to be taken a prisoner. Nettlebrand, who now knows their location, is coming. No one knows how they could ever stop him since he is twenty times as strong as one dragon as well as immune to other dragons' firepower. In disgust, Sorrel spits on the golden scale which the Professor gave to Ben. Inspired by his success with the Ravens, Firedrake breathes fire on it and reduces it to gold paint. Twigleg comes up with a plan. He pretends to be still loyal to Nettelbrand and frees Gravelbeard then sent him back to Nettlebrand. The Golden One, elated by upcoming success, orders the Dwarf to polish his armor. Unfortunately for Nettlebrand, the armor polish has been replaced with Brownie spits. When Nettlebrand enters the cave, he was at once dive-bombed by Firedrake, Maia, and Lola in her plane. At last, the Dragons came together and set Nettlebrand afire. The Brownie spits reacted at once, dissolving Nettlebrand's armor and destroying him. Nettlebrand melts to reveal nothing but a toad underneath. As the company stare in wonder at this transformation, Gravelbeard enters. He has seen the marvelous gemstones and rock formations in the cave, and wishes to enhance them with his own skill, revealing that doing so will bring the petrified dragons back to life. Within a few days, all the silver dragons are awakened again. Firedrake and Maia went flying with Sorrel and Burr-Burr-Chan to bring the other members of their species back home. Ben and Twigleg went to live with Professor Greenbloom and his family. Two months later, news reached the humans that Firedrake has convinced the silver dragons to come with him to the Rim of Heaven. Eager to see their friends again, Ben and Guinevere occupy their time with other investigations of "imaginary" creatures until they can visit the silver dragons again. Reception Dragon Rider ranked #21 of the New York Times children's books bestseller list in September 2004. Sequels In late 2015, Cornelia Funke divulged details on a sequel to Dragon Rider, titled A Griffin's Feather. The sequel would be set two years following the first book, with Ben living with the Greenblooms at a creature refuge founded in Norway. The book was published in Germany under the title Drachenreiter: Die Feder eines Greifs on 23 September 2016, with the hopes of releasing it in English the following year in 2017. Dragon Rider: The Griffin's Feather was published on 5 July 2017. Funke also announced plans for a third book, tentatively titled The Volcano Adventure, which would be told like a graphic novel, along with mobile phone interaction. Film adaptation On 31 October 2016, Cornelia Funke posted on social medias that she was meeting with a director for an animated adaptation of Dragon Rider. Dragon Rider is being produced by Constantin Film and Rise Pictures Release is scheduled for summer 2019. Editorial Reviews Cornelia Funke From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cornelia Maria Funke is a German author of children's fiction. She was born on 10 December 1958 in Dorsten North Rhine-Westphalia. Funke is best known for her Inkheart trilogy (originally in German: Tintenwelt-Trilogie), published in the United Kingdom between 2004–2008. Many of her books have now been translated into English. Her work fits mainly into the fantasy and adventure genres. She currently lives in Beverly Hills, California. Funke has sold over 20 million copies of her books worldwide. Biography Cornelia Funke was born in 1958 in the town of Dorsten in Westphalia, Germany to Karl-Heinz and Helmi Funke. As a child, she wanted to become an astronaut and/or a pilot, but then decided to study pedagogy at the University of Hamburg. After finishing her studies, Funke worked for three years as a social worker. During her social work she focused on working with children who came from deprived backgrounds. She had a stint illustrating books, but soon began writing her own stories, inspired by the sorts of stories that had appealed to the deprived children she had worked with. During the late 1980s and the 1990s, Funke established herself in Germany with two children's series, namely the fantasy-oriented Gespensterjäger (Ghosthunters) and the Die wilden Hühner (C.H.I.X.) line of books. Funke has been called "the J.K. Rowling" of Germany; although she was highly successful in Germany, the first of her books to be translated into English was Herr der Diebe in 2002. It was subsequently released as The Thief Lord by Scholastic and made it to the number 2 spot on The New York Times Best Seller list. The fantasy novel Dragon Rider (2004) stayed on the New York Times Best Seller list for 78 weeks. Following the success of The Thief Lord and Dragon Rider, her next novel was Inkheart (2003), which won the 2004 BookSense Book of the Year Children's Literature award. Inkheart was the first part of a trilogy which was continued with Inkspell (2005), which won Funke her second BookSense Book of the Year Children's Literature award (2006).[The trilogy was concluded in Inkdeath (published in Germany in 2007, English version Spring 2008, American version Fall 2008). Cornelia's fans are sometimes referred to as Funkies. Funke also worked as a producer on the film adaptation of Inkheart. In 2010, Cornelia released the first book in her Mirror worlds series, Reckless, with the sequel, Fearless, published in the US in April 2013. In 2015, the film Ghosthunters on Icy Trails (German original title: "Gespensterjäger") was released in Germany on 2 April 2015. In 2017, Funke published The Book No One Ever Read, the first work written by the author first in English, as opposed to being written in German first. Funke calls the picture book her "Inkheart for kindergartners" and also illustrated the book herself. Funke has also embraced technology in writing and shares short stories based on her Reckless series online with her fans. On writing On her personal homepage, Funke states that the vital starting point for a good book is an "idea". She said of ideas that "they come from everywhere and nowhere, from outside and inside. I have so many, I won't be able to write them down in one lifetime." The characters, Cornelia Funke elaborates, "Mostly they step into my writing room and are so much alive, that I ask myself, where did they come from. Of course, some of them are the result of hard thinking, adding characteristics, manners, etc., but others are alive from the first moment they appear", and pointed out that Dustfinger from Inkheart was one of the most vivid characters who ever popped into her mind. For aspiring authors, Funke says: "Read – and be curious. And if somebody says to you: 'Things are this way. You can't change it' – don't believe a word."[Her social work has inspired her way in which she deals with the themes in her literature. In The Thief Lord, she shows children being in a difficult situation, but also still being children. Scipio says once that he is a good thief because he is small. She is willing to celebrate children for their own strengths, not just their ability to act like adults. In her picture book, The Book No One Ever Read, Funke starts: "Every book longs to tell its story." Personal life Funke married printer Rolf Frahm in 1979. Their daughter, Anna, was born in 1989 and soon after their son, Ben, was born in 1994. The family lived in Hamburg for 24 years, until they moved to Beverly Hills in May 2005. In March 2006, Rolf Frahm died of cancer. He was a book printer and had given up his career as an architect to support his wife. Cornelia Funke has been the official patron of the children's hospice Bethel for dying children since February 2010. Since May 2012 she is one of the German ambassadors of the UN Decade on Biodiversity. Awards1998 Kalbacher Klapperschlange for Drachenreiter (Dragon Rider) 2000 Wildweibchenpreis for her collected works2000 La vache qui lit for Herr der Diebe (The Thief Lord) 2001 Kalbacher Klapperschlange for Herr der Diebe2001 Preis der Jury der jungen Leser for Herr der Diebe2002 Evangelischer Buchpreis for Herr der Diebe2003 Corine for Herr der Diebe2003 Mildred L. Batchelder Award for Herr der Diebe2003 Nordstemmer Zuckerrübe for Kleiner Werwolf2004 Preis der Jury der jungen Leser for Tintenherz (Inkheart)2004 Phantastik-Preis der Stadt Wetzlar for Tintenherz2004 Kalbacher Klapperschlange for Tintenherz2004 Book Sense Children's Literature Award (Children's Literature Honor Books) for Inkheart2006 Book Sense Book of the Year Children's Literature Winner for Inkspell2008 Roswitha Prize Cornelia Funke was voted into the Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of 2005. In 2006, Funke was awarded the Sakura Medal by the International Students of Japan in the Chapter Book category for her successful book Dragon Rider. NovelsThe Thief Lord (2000)Dragon Rider (2004)When Santa Fell to Earth (2006)Igraine the Brave (2007)Saving Mississippi (2010)Ghost Knight (2012)Dragon Rider: The Griffin's Feather (2016) MirrorWorld seriesReckless (2010)Fearless (2013)The Golden Yarn (2016) Inkheart trilogyInkheart (2003)Inkspell (2006)Inkdeath (2008) GhosthuntersGhosthunters and the Incredibly Revolting Ghost (First Edition 1993, English version 2007)Ghosthunters and the Gruesome Invincible Lightning Ghost (First Edition 1994, English version 2007)Ghosthunters and the Totally Moldy Baroness! (First Edition 1995, English version 2007)Ghosthunters and the Muddy Monster of Doom! (First Edition 2001, English version 2007) C.H.I.X.Die Wilden Hühner (1993) – The Summer Gang (C.H.I.X. – Book 1)Die Wilden Hühner auf Klassenfahrt (1995) – The New Girl (C.H.I.X. – Book 2)Die Wilden Hühner — Fuchsalarm (1998)Die Wilden Hühner und das Glück der Erde (2000)Die Wilden Hühner und die Liebe (2003)Die Wilden Hühner — gestohlene Geheimnisse CD-ROM (2004)Die Wilden Hühner und das Leben (2007, written by Thomas Schmidt but including the characters from former "Die Wilden Huehner"-Books) Picture booksThe Princess Knight (2003)Pirate Girl (2005)The Wildest Brother (2006)Princess Pigsty (2007)The Pirate Pig (2015)Emma and the Blue Genie (2015)The Book No One Ever Read (2017) FIRST ED 1ST EDITION SIGNED AUTOGRAPH AUTOGRAPHED FLATSIGNED FLAT CALDECOT CALDECOTT NEWBERY NEWBERRY AWARD WINNERS Keywords: Autograph Autographed Flat signed flatsigned Newbery Caldecott Man Booker illustrated illustrator picturebook picturebooks picture book books (Dino Dinosaur Series, Collectible First Editions, Juvenile Literature, Glasses, Friends, i Can Read It All By Myself, Beginner Books)

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