Lynn Reid Banks "The Indian In The Cupboard Series" Leather-Bound Limited Edition, 4-Vol. Complete Matching Set

Easton Press Limited Edition series of "The Indian In The Cupboard" books.

Easton Press 1995. Lynn Reid Banks "The Indian In The Cupboard Series". Leather-Bound Limited Edition. Complete Matching 4 Vol. Set. Frontispiece by David Ridley. Luxuriously bound with burgundy leather bindings accented by black. Full-color frontispiece art works and black & white illustrations inside. Each book measures 5 1/2" x 8 3/4".

Four volume set in one shipment: 

1. The Indian in the Cupboard, illustrated by Brock Cole
2. The Return of the Indian, illustrated by William Geldart
3. The Secret of the Indian, illustrated by Ted Lewin
4. The Mystery of the Cupboard, illustrated by Tom Newson

The Indian In The Cupboard

The Indian in the Cupboard is a low fantasy children's novel by the British writer Lynne Reid Banks. It was published in 1980 with illustrations by Robin Jacques (UK) and Brock Cole (US). It was later adapted as a 1995 children's film of the same name. Later books in the series were illustrated by Piers Sanford.

The original book was followed by four sequels: The Return of the Indian (1985); The Secret of the Indian (1989); The Mystery of the Cupboard (1993); and The Key to the Indian (1998). All were published by Doubleday Books in hardcover, then by Avon Books, now HarperCollins, in paperback.[citation needed] There have been multiple reprints in various formats, including movie tie-in editions. The publisher recommended reading level is age nine and up.

All the books revolve around a young boy, Omri, who discovers the powers of a magical cupboard. When plastic toys are locked in the cupboard, they become real, living beings, resulting in Omri befriending an 18th-century Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) chief named Little Bear (Little Bull in some editions). As the series progresses, Omri and his friend Patrick learn more about the cupboard's powers, including its ability to transport people to and fro through history.

The book has received numerous awards and been both critiqued and praised on its literary merit, and has once been recommended reading in the school curriculum. In a review of the first book of the series, Kirkus Reviews observed, "The first book had a fine balance between childish desire to play with the tiny figures and awareness that, though small, they were real people who ought not to be so manipulated." The book was reviewed in the 1981 New York Times article "BOOKS: Best For Children" where it was called "the best novel of the year". At one time, classrooms and libraries widely accepted the book, to the point that it was part of the teaching curricula for children at the novel's recommend reading level. In 2003 and 2004, HarperTrophy reprinted the original book, along with the other four novels in the series, and commissioned Michael Koelsch to illustrate new cover artworks.

Lynne Reid Banks

Lynne Reid Banks (July 1929 – 4 April 2024) was a British author of books for children and adults, including The Indian in the Cupboard, which has sold over 15 million copies and has been successfully adapted to film. Her first novel, The L-Shaped Room, published in 1960, was an instant and lasting best seller. It was later made into a movie of the same name and led to two sequels, The Backward Shadow and Two is Lonely. Banks also wrote a biography of the Brontë family, entitled Dark Quartet, and a sequel about Charlotte Brontë, Path to the Silent Country.