LYRA'S OXFORD

PULLMAN , PHILIP

ISBN 10: 0385606990 / ISBN 13: 9780385606998

Published by David Fickling Books, OXFORD, 2003

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Crimson cloth boards with black blocked titles to spine and laid on paper illustrated title to front ,175 x 115 mm approx.[vi] + 50 + 6 pp illustrations, fold out map, line engravings by John Lawrence in text. First Edition 1st impression 2003. Fine-( book as new, no previous owner name or insc. Pullman's beguiling episode from the universe of His Dark Materials & other matter never before seen in this world.Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.

Seller Inventory # 129521

Bibliographic Details

• Title: LYRA'S OXFORD
• Publisher: David Fickling Books, OXFORD
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385606990
• ISBN 13: 9780385606998
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Lawrence , John
• Edition: 1st Ediiton
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Childrens
  • Modern First Editions
  • Fiction

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Attention all serious book collectors and fans of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. This undoubtedly beautiful package--cloth-bound in a classy red and adorned by numerous illustrations by master engraver and illustrator John Lawrence--is a must-purchase. A pint-sized pocket volume, Lyra's Oxford packages together a short story set in the same universe as his famous trilogy, a fold-out map of the alternate-reality city of Oxford, a short brochure for a cruise to The Levant aboard the S.S. Zenobia, and a postcard from the inventor of the amber spyglass, Mary Malone. Pullman, in his introduction, suggests that the peripheral items within "might be connected with the story, or they might not; they might be connected to stories that haven’t appeared yet. It's difficult to tell."

A very sumptuous and lovingly crafted but tantalizingly brief book , Lyra's Oxford begins when Lyra and Pantalaimon spot a witch's daemon called Ragi being pursued over the rooftops of Oxford by a frenzied pack of birds. The daemon heads straight for Lyra (the creature was given Lyra’s name as somebody who might help) and is given shelter. Together Lyra and Pan try to guide the daemon to the home of Sebastian Makepeace—an alchemist living in a part of Oxford known as Jericho--but it is a journey fraught with more danger than they had at first anticipated. (Age 10 and over) --John McLay