Synopsis
A scary story with picture asides, plot aids, bubble comments and jokes arranged around the text in comic-book style. Count Karlstein, the wicked lord of the castle, plans to feed his two young nieces to Zamiel the Demon Huntsman. Help is soon on the way, but will it arrive in time?
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Philip Pullman has won the Smarties Prize Gold Award, for "The Firework-Maker's Daughter", the Guardian Fiction Award, the Carnegie Medal for "Northern Lights" and the Whitbread Prize for "The Amber Spyglass". His other books include "The Ruby in the Smoke", "Clockwork", "I Was a Rat" and "Spring-Heeled Jack".
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A glorious Transylvanian spoof - spooky, witty and melodramatic!
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Count Karlstein, or the Ride of the Demon Huntsman (AN EX LIBRARY FIRST PRINTING)
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ISBN 10: 0385400489
ISBN 13: 9780385400480
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Patrice Aggs (illustrator). 1st Edition. UK1ST.EITION.1ST.PRIUNTING.EX LIBRARY COPY WITH USUAL STAMPS.VG HARDBACK IN VG DUSTWRAPPER. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng. Seller Inventory # 17...YGPP
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Count Karlstein or The ride of the Demon Huntsman
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Doubleday, UK, 1991
ISBN 10: 0385400489
ISBN 13: 9780385400480
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Seller: Mad Hatter Books, Auckland, New Zealand
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Patrice Aggs (illustrator). First Edition. Hardback: ex school library: plastic covered dj taped to boards, library labels on front and spine, a few internal stamps etc, some page corners creased and a few marks, else g. wide 8vo, 112pp. With pictures by PATRICE AGGS. Seller Inventory # 12H222
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Count Karlstein, or the Ride of the Demon Huntsman - rare UK proof copy of 1991 illustrated edition
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Doubleday, 1991
ISBN 10: 0385400489
ISBN 13: 9780385400480
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Seller: Peter Pan books, Haltwhistle, United Kingdom
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Patrice Aggs (illustrator). 1st Edition. Paperback proof copy in very good condition. Spine not creased or cracked. Cover corners slightly softened. Scarce proof of the 1991 rewritten and lavishly illustrated edition (a format consistent with Pullman's advocacy of graphic novels) Language: eng Language: eng. Seller Inventory # ABE-17113650849