Galatea by Pullman (31 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo. Dark yellow paper boards with cream cloth backstrip and gilt lettering on spine; pictorial dust jacket. Two stains on top edge of text block that show on top edge of pages but do not interfere with text; stain on top edge and down several inches of front board; light scuff/stain on back board; mild edge wear on boards. Jacket has mild edge wear and more pronounced edge wear / closed tears / chipping near head of jacket spine; two small stains on top edge of back jacket flap. Now in protective mylar. Jacket not price clipped, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. Still an good collectible copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Moderate library markings, minor wear, tight bindings, tidy pages. Dust jacket is price unclipped but lacks 2/3rds of rear flap, tape ghost marks, bright.

Condition: VG/VG- (see notes). 1st US. 8vo. 287pp. Slight bow to covers. Mile dampstain bottom left rear of DJ, with a. bit of effect on cover. Scan of request.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket slightly soiled.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition With The Number Line Indicating A First Printing. The Jacket Has About A Quarter Of An Inch Of Damp Stain At The Lower Back Edge. One Quarter Inch Tear At The Top Of The Back Flap. Light Edge Wear At The Jacket Edges. Not Price Clipped. No Marks Or Writing.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 287 pages. In Good plus condition with Good plus condition dust jacket. Spine is white with green and black lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "$8.95" on front flap, has mild shelving wear along edges, moderate shelving wear along spine head and tail, a 0.25 in. closed tear along spine head, small brown stains along front cover and moderate general soiling along rear cover. Boards have small circular grease stains along head edge of front cover, mild shelving wear along tail edges, and moderate shelving wear and soiling along spine head, spine tail, and joints. Text block has mild dust burning along head edge and brown speckled staining along head and fore edges. Shelved in Rm. G. 1389994. Special Collections.

Half-Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. This book has been bound in a white cloth spine and bright yellow boards, gilt lettering on the spine. No corner bumping or edge wear. Slight foxing on the top edge of the text block. A name has been inked on the front end paper and also a stamped address, otherwise the text is very clean. The binding is quite solid. The dust jacket is unclipped and in very good shape. We have placed it in a protective cover to further preservation. A very nice, clean copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Tight and square, some very light foxing in edges and endpapers. Dust jacket is intact, slightly faded at spine and edge of panels, 2 very tiny tears to top edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. 287 pages. Author's second novel. ".a fantasy, a quest, with a particularly lucid prose. No small achievement." - The Glasgow Herald. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Several small tears to dust jacket. Light dampstaining to both boards, spine, and inside of dust jacket. Binding intact.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Author's second novel. ".a fantasy, a quest, with a particularly lucid prose. No small achievement." - The Glasgow Herald.

First edition. First American printing of the second book from Philip Pullman, a fantastical novel for adult audiences. Uncommon signed. 8vo, 287pp. Quarter white cloth stamped in gilt, yellow paper boards, illustrated jacket. Signed by Pullman on the title page. Spine slightly cocked, mild bumping to corners in near fine jacket with minimal wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Linda Garland(Jacket Illustration) (illustrator). First Edition. Galatea by Philip Pullman (First Edition) Rare First Printing File Copy A tight bright copy. Unread. "Archive Copy" stamped to title page. A sharp bright dust jacket. Not price-clipped. Very scarce. First Printing of the Author's second novel. BOOK.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Rare Uncorrected Book Proof published by Victor Gollancz Ltd. London 1978. Clean and tight condition (Appears unread) No marks or inscriptions. Tanning to card cover edges. Mild tanning to pages. Small indent to front cover and first few pages near bottom.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Rare Uncorrected Book Proof published by Victor Gollancz Ltd. London 1978. Clean and tight condition (Appears unread) No marks or inscriptions. Tanning to card cover edges. Mild tanning to pages. Small indent to front cover and first few pages near bottom.

Hardback. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First edition. First edition. Crown 8vo. Pp. 287, [1, blank]. Publisher's forest green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Jacket illustration by Linda Garland (priced £5.75 net to front flap). Published as part of Gollancz's New Fiction Society series. Signed by Author to title page, bearing the printed legend 'Everything is what it seems'. A tight, unread copy, without any 'give' to the textblock, which remains clean and bright, bar a minuscule reddish spot to the f.f.e.p. top edge, and upper book corners gently bumped. Complete dustwrapper creased in places from a too-tightly applied protective wrapper, faint foxing to verso panels (not visible to front), and publisher's New Fiction Society sticker to the foot of lightly faded spine. Author's scarce second novel, an allegorical adult fantasy. Martin Browning goes in search of his missing wife in a wild quest that takes him to South America and beyond. Kirkus Reviews in a prescient book review in March 1979 remarked that "Pullman is not without ideas or talent; both shine often enough through this grandiose muddle to make one wonder what he'll do next." Well, we all know what he did do next. His Dark Materials trilogy (1995-2000), now ranks him alongside J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis as one of the greatest children's and fantasy writers of all time. signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A fine first edition of Philip Pullman's scarce second novel, an adult fantasy, published when he was 32. Signed directly to the title page by the author in blue ink and with a line under the printed sentence "Everything is what it seems". Really fine book - green cloth and bright gilt lettering to spine; very light sunning to the spine of the dustwrapper and part of the front panel, as is usual with this book. No bumps, creases, marks, chips or tears. A very nice copy indeed and one which will attract interest from Philip Pullman's numerous worldwide collectors. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Linda Garland (illustrator). First Edition. A very fine signed first edition of Philip Pullmans rare second novel - writing with great visual imagination around the quotation 'Everything is what it seems' when in reality it is not. The book is notable for being the last adult novel written by the author and for the jacket photo showing how Pullman looked with a full head of hair in his early thirties. The very fine book is bound in green cloth boards with gold titles on the spine and appears to be unread. The dust wrapper with the price on the inside flap has no cuts or tears. The book and cover are in very fine condition apart from a very small patch of damp stain on the inside back cover, on the top right hand side, hidden by the dust wrapper and evidence of a small label removed from the top of the inside front cover. Galatea was signed by Pullman in his trade mark blue directly on the title page at a UK book festival with the printed quotation 'Everything is what it seems' underlined in blue also.The 287 page book is published by Gollancz in London as part of their Fantasy Collection. Clear removable archival film protects the dust wrapper. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Author's second book. Orange boards with white quarter cloth spine. Date on free endpaper; else a fine, unmarked and unclipped copy, free of foxing or edgewear, protected by an archival Mylar Brodart cover.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First American Edition. Octavo. 287pp., bound in 1/4 white cloth over mustard paper covered boards spine lettering gilt. A fine copy in a very good unclipped pictorial dust jacket. A very nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First US printing. Fine in a fine jacket. "Everything is what it seems." Nice, clean copy.

First edition. Octavo, cloth backed boards. The author's second novel. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (11824).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 20.5 x 13.5 cm. 287 pp. Bright, unclipped jacket has some fade to spine strip only and very minor wear to top of spine cover. Dark green cloth with gilt titles to spine is entirely bright, crisp and clean. Internally: a Very Fine copy indeed - without fault. Pullman's early novel, ahead of peculiar fame, is a haunting questor novel. This is a collectible copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. ++ SIGNED by Pullman to the Title Page ++. Author's first book. American edition. +++ SEE PHOTO +++ Mustard yellow boards with white cloth quarter binding and gold titles to the spine. Top of dj slightly creased. No remainder stamps, previous owner inscriptions and not price clipped. Interestingly the US version seems to be far less common than the UK version but perhaps that is not surprising as this was his first published book. Whilst Pullman has won the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's F iction Award, the Smarties Prize and Children's Book of the Year at the British Book Awards it was only the final instalment of the His Dark Materials trilogy (which went on to win the prestigious Whitbred Prize, being the first Children's book ever to do so) that seems to have garnered Pullman the popular acclaim he undoubtedly deserves. genuine signature - can send photo of signing. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 287, [1]. Publishers' forest green cloth with gilt titles to spine, in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket by Linda Garland. Upper board very slightly bruised to lower edge. Contents clean and bright, with Author's signature to title-page in blue ink, without dedication. Jacket lightly sunned to spine, with a few minor creases. A near fine copy in very good jacket. The Author's second novel, the story of Martin Browning who goes in search of his missing wife in a fantastic quest that takes him to South America by various byways. Scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. London: Gollancz, 1978. First Edition. 287 pp. Hardcover: NEAR FINE. Dust Wrapper: NEAR FINE. Minor toning to text block. Wrapper is fresh and bright and shows only very minimal fading at the spine. SIGNED by the Author. A wonderful first edition of Philip Pullman's rare second novel. The book is notable for being the last adult novel written by the author. This is a true collectible copy of a very scarce book by the now famous author of the "Golden Compass" series. Signed by Author.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.287; [1]. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Linda Garland with printed price of £5.75 net. Signed by the author to the title page. Small bump to the top of the rear board, jacket spine a little sunned, else a fine copy. The author's second novel. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Neu. Dust Jacket Condition: Neu. 1. Auflage. 1. Galatea. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper, signed by the author on the title page. Quite scarce and never reprinted. 2. Northern Lights. London: Scholastic Publications Ltd., 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in a fine dustwrapper (as new) with all the first issue points (POINT on the spine, price of £12.99 on the front flap, 7-9 Prat Street on the rear flap, but without the ugly (and obviously later) Carnegie Medal sticker on front of the dustwrapper), signed by the author on the title page. 3. The Subtle Knife. London: Scholastic Publications Ltd., 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in a fine dustwrapper (as new) with all the first issue points (the complete number line (2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1) on the copyright page), signed by the author on the title page. 4. The Amber Spyglass. London: David Fickling Books (an imprint of Scholastic), 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in a fine dustwrapper (as new) with all the first issue points, together with the Alethiometer and the Scholastic Promotional Card ("The Story is Complete"), signed by the author on the title page ("Philip Pullman - Oxford"). 5. Lyra's Oxford. Oxford: David Fickling Books 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in fine printed boards (as new), signed by the author on the title page. 6. Darkness Visible - Inside the World of Philip Pullman. Duxford: Wizard Books, 2003. Fine in fine original printed wrappers (as new), signed by both Nicholas Tucker and Philip Pullman on the title page. 7. Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials (stage adaptation by Nicholas Wright). London: Nick Hern Books, 2003. A fine copy in fine printed wrappers (as new), together with the original cast list and three other promotional cards, signed by both Nicholas Wright and Philip Pullman on the title page. 8. Once Upon a Time in the North. Oxford: David Fickling Books 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in fine printed boards (as new), signed by the author on the title page. 9. Lyra's Oxford and Once Upon a Time in the North. Oxford: David Fickling Books 2009. First Edition thus, First Printing. Fine in fine printed boards and slipcase (as new), signed by both Pullman and John Lawrence (limited edition 364/1500) on a tipped in page. 10. À Outrance. Fyfield, Oxfordshire: Oak Tree Fine Press, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. As new. One of only 15 individually bound copies with a holograph passage of the text in the author's hand, together with six signed and limited prints as well as material pertaining to the exhibition of the 15 limited editions in Oxford. For this item we offer a choice between two bindings: Mark Cockram's "Claude" or Christopher Shaw's binding "Iorek Byrnison's Claw". More pictures and details on the production of the two bindings available upon request. 11. The Good Man Jesus And The Scoundrel Christ. Edinburgh: Canongate, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in a fine dustwrapper and slipcase (as new). No. 60 of 400 limited copies signed by the author. Please note that due to size and weight we will have to charge additional postage. Signatur des Verfassers.

A first edition, first printing published by Gollancz in 1978. A near fine book (bump to page corner edge) in a near fine unclipped wrapper.

A first edition, first printing of 'Galatea' published by Gollancz in 1978. A near fine book in a near fine unclipped wrapper which is sunned to the spine as usual.

First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust jacket. London, Victor Gollancz. A near fine copy of the author's second book. Top and tail of dust jacket spine a little rubbed. .

First UK edition, signed and dated by the author on the title page. Galatea, a fantasy for adults, is Pullman's second novel, an allegorical fable about a man in search of his missing wife. After this work he moved his attention to writing for a younger audience, with his first children's book, Count Karlstein, published in 1982. Pullman began writing his famed His Dark Materials series in 1993. Octavo. Original dark green boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Dust jacket unclipped, a little rubbed, spine faded to yellow as often, minor creasing to head and foot: a fine copy in a very good jacket.