1995 First Editions Morocco Binding - Philip Pullman His Dark Materials Trilogy

A first-edition set of Philip Pullman’s three-volume His Dark Materials trilogy (1995–2000), in later full navy morocco bindings.

Author: Philip Pullman.
Title: Northern Lights; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials trilogy).
Publisher: London, Scholastic Press, 1995–2000.
Edition: First editions of all three volumes, as described in the existing catalogue record.
Language: English.
Pages: 399; 341; 548, [2].
Size: 8.5 × 5.5 inches.
Binding: Later unsigned full navy morocco, with raised bands, gilt spine titles and rules, gilt borders to the boards, all edges gilt and marbled endpapers. Slight scuffing and minimal sunning to the spines. The original publisher’s cloth front covers and spines are preserved at the rear of each volume.
Content: Fine; pages bright, clean and firmly bound.
Illustrations: Original publisher’s binding elements retained, including the gilt dagger device on the cloth of The Subtle Knife; no separate illustration collation recorded.

Estimate: USD 1,500–2,000.

The books: Published between 1995 and 2000, Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials comprises Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. The trilogy follows Lyra Belacqua and Will Parry through interconnected worlds, bringing questions of authority, knowledge and moral choice into an extended fantasy narrative. The Amber Spyglass received the Whitbread Book of the Year award.

This set brings together first editions of the three works in later, matching navy morocco bindings. The gilt decoration, marbled endpapers and gilt edges provide a unified presentation, while the original publisher’s cloth covers and spines, bound in at the rear, preserve material evidence of the books’ original appearance. The bindings are unsigned, and no binder attribution is asserted.

The author: Philip Pullman (born 1946) is a British novelist whose work includes the His Dark Materials trilogy and related fiction. His writing draws on myth, philosophy and literary traditions while addressing questions of freedom and belief.