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His Dark Materials Trilogy - Northern Lights [Golden Compass]; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass. -
Philip Pullman
1995-2000 - Scholastic Press, London - First Editions
Fine first editions of this exceptional fantasy trilogy, whose titles were derived from Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’. ‘Northern Lights’ with the publisher's bookplate signed by the author loosely inserted.
Lyra's quest weaves fantasy, horror and the play of ideas into a truly great contemporary epic trilogy, written by ‘one of the supreme literary dreamers and magicians of our time’. [The Guardian].
Northern Lights was listed in both Newsweek and The Observer's top 100 novels of all time, The Times' Novel List Top 60 Poll (2013) and was selected for World Book Night (2011). Amber Spyglass won the Whitbread Prize, also shortlisted for Booker Prize.
‘War, politics, magic, science, individual lives and cosmic destinies are all here... shaped and assembled into a narrative of tremendous pace by a man with a generous, precise intelligence. I am completely enchanted.’ – The New York Times Book Review. Northern Lights - First Edition book, without number line to copyright page. First Issue dust jacket with the publisher’s address as ‘7-9 PRATT STREET’ to rear flap (changed to ‘1-19 New Oxford Street’ for second printing), priced £12.99 to lower corner of front flap (changed to £14.99 for fourth printing), and the word ‘POINT’ on spine (changed to ‘SCHOLASTIC PRESS’ for the fifth printing).
First edition points for both The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass - Full number line of ‘2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1’ to copyright pages.
Three large octavo volumes (book size 22.3x14.5cm), pp. [8] [2] 399 [9]; [8] 341 [3]; [8] 548 [2 (Acknowledgements)] [2]. In publisher’s original purple; green; and black cloth, spines lettered in gilt, Subtle Knife with knife in gilt to upper board, Spyglass with gilt lettering to upper board, Spyglass with orange endpapers, others white. Dust jackets priced ‘UK’ and ‘£12.99’; ‘£12.99’; ‘£14.99’ to lower corner of front flaps, Northern Lights with Carnegie Medal sticker to upper cover. Condition: Fine but for the usual light toning to page edges due to poor paper stock in fine dust jackets. Ref: 111987 Price: HK$ 25,000
Lyra's quest weaves fantasy, horror and the play of ideas into a truly great contemporary epic trilogy, written by ‘one of the supreme literary dreamers and magicians of our time’. [The Guardian].
Northern Lights was listed in both Newsweek and The Observer's top 100 novels of all time, The Times' Novel List Top 60 Poll (2013) and was selected for World Book Night (2011). Amber Spyglass won the Whitbread Prize, also shortlisted for Booker Prize.
‘War, politics, magic, science, individual lives and cosmic destinies are all here... shaped and assembled into a narrative of tremendous pace by a man with a generous, precise intelligence. I am completely enchanted.’ – The New York Times Book Review. Northern Lights - First Edition book, without number line to copyright page. First Issue dust jacket with the publisher’s address as ‘7-9 PRATT STREET’ to rear flap (changed to ‘1-19 New Oxford Street’ for second printing), priced £12.99 to lower corner of front flap (changed to £14.99 for fourth printing), and the word ‘POINT’ on spine (changed to ‘SCHOLASTIC PRESS’ for the fifth printing).
First edition points for both The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass - Full number line of ‘2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1’ to copyright pages.
Three large octavo volumes (book size 22.3x14.5cm), pp. [8] [2] 399 [9]; [8] 341 [3]; [8] 548 [2 (Acknowledgements)] [2]. In publisher’s original purple; green; and black cloth, spines lettered in gilt, Subtle Knife with knife in gilt to upper board, Spyglass with gilt lettering to upper board, Spyglass with orange endpapers, others white. Dust jackets priced ‘UK’ and ‘£12.99’; ‘£12.99’; ‘£14.99’ to lower corner of front flaps, Northern Lights with Carnegie Medal sticker to upper cover. Condition: Fine but for the usual light toning to page edges due to poor paper stock in fine dust jackets. Ref: 111987 Price: HK$ 25,000