Count Karlstein Signed by Pullman Philip (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st impression thus. Book has page edge browning o/w fine; Dust jacket comes in a clear removable protective cover. No dedication. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine. First (1st) Edition. SIGNED by Philip Pullman . Book is Unread . Front/Back: New . Spine: New . Printing: 13579108642 . NOT price-clipped . Year: 2002. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine. 1st Edition. An as new first printing in a likewise unclipped dustwrapper.This superb unread copy is SIGNED by the Author to the title page. Scarce to find with these attributes. Author Signed.

Hardback. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Pp. [vi], 165, [1]. Publisher's navy blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Jacket illustration by Gavin Rowe (priced £5.50 net to front flap). The first UK printing by Chatto & Windus, published in 1982, and not to be confused with the 1991 Doubleday re-issue. Signed by Author to title page. Ex-library, with a Shropshire County Library stamp to copyright page, evidence of label removal to front end-paper, spine tips and corners pushed-in, textblock edges dusty with some light foxing, else contents clean and bright, in a complete dustwrapper with some light creasing to edges. Pullman's uncommon first children's book and third novel overall. Set in the early nineteenth century, when an evil Count draws up a contract with a Demon involving human sacrifice in order to obtain untold riches. Borrowing elements from Carl Maria von Weber's opera Der Freischütz, and Wilkie Collins' epistolary novel The Moonstone, the story was originally written to be performed as a school play at Bishop Kirk Middle School, Oxford, where the author taught secondary pupils. "Dashing, sparkling and wildly over-the-top fun." -Publishers Weekly. 284. signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. COUNT KARLSTEIN written by PHILIP PULLMAN . 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT of the 2002 edition. . SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR TO TITLE PAGE AT ONLY OFFICIAL PUBLICATION EVENT FOR THIS BOOK IN BANBURY. DATED 16/11/02. Book in FINE/FINE condition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Philip Pullman - Count Karlstein - First U.S. hardback printing - Knopf 1998. > Fine jacket priced $17. > Near fine boards - creased top / bottom of spine - very bright and clean - sharp corners - small red remainder dot bottom page block as seems normal with this title. > Contents very fine - no previous owner names or inscriptions . > Signed by author on title page. > Quite hard to find in signed format. > Nice copy.p. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The First UK printing published by Chatto & Windus, London in 1982. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with very light pushing at the spine tips. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been signed (without dedication) by the Author on the title page. A ticket for the signing event accompanies this title as provenance. One of the rarest of Philip Pullman titles with most copies ending up in libraries and not to be confused with the re-issue of this book in 1991 by Doubleday. A sharp copy. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. Signed by Author(s).