2003 Signed First Edition - Lyra's Oxford, His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Author: Philip Pullman. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Title: Lyra's Oxford. [His Dark Materials / The Golden Compass].
Language: Text in English.
Publisher: London, David Fickling Books, 2003. Signed First Edition (signed by the author on the title page).
Size: 7" x 4.5".
Pages: 48–(8) pages.
Binding: Fine original full cloth binding (hinges fine) under a protective removable mylar cover. As new.
Content: Fine content (bright, tight, and clean). Signed by the author in blue ink on the title page. Complete with the fold-out map of Oxford.
Illustrations: Nicely illustrated by John Lawrence.
The book: A fine signed first edition of this short work set in the world of His Dark Materials, following Lyra Belacqua two years after the events of the trilogy. This charming episode, enriched with a fold-out map of Oxford, offers collectors an appealing extension of Pullman’s celebrated universe.
The author: Sir Philip Pullman (born 1946) is an acclaimed English novelist best known for the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials. His work has earned numerous distinctions, including the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Book of the Year, and he was knighted in 2019 for services to literature. Pullman remains one of the most influential contemporary voices in modern fantasy.