The Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Fine
- Seller
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Centreville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover. Condition: VG+/NF. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition 1st Edition. Second printing. 2nd printing. . Inscribed by author on title page. Hardcover is in VG+/NF condition. Some fading and crimping to spine edges. Owner's inscription on FFEP. Dustjacket not price clipped with crimping to top of spine. Inscribed by author.
Synopsis
Northern Lights, known as The Golden Compass in North America, is the first novel in English novelist Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. Published in 1995, the fantasy novel is set in a universe parallel to our own and tells of Lyra Belacqua's journey north in search of her missing friend, Roger Parslow, and her imprisoned father/uncle, Lord Asriel, who has been conducting experiments with a mysterious substance known as Dust.
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- Bookseller
- EGR books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3597
- Title
- The Golden Compass
- Author
- Philip Pullman
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Pages
- 399 pages
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classic and Collectible Children's Books; Signed Books;
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- Fine
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