Rat Scarlet Slippers by Pullman Philip Illustrated Peter Bailey (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Illustrated by Peter Bailey (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. A most handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition. Pictorial boards without dust-jacket, as issued. Signed by author Philip Pullman directly on the title page; Pullman's tale of Roger, the little boy turning life in London upside down when he appears at the house of a lonely old couple insisting he was a rat. I Was a Rat! is a magical and humorous fairy tale and adventure; 8vo ; Signed by Author.

First edition of Pullman's classic adventure story. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated by Peter Bailey. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Eileen - greetings! Philip Pullman." In fine condition. I Was A Rat! .or The Scarlet Slippers tells the story of a little boy who appears at the front door of an old cobbler and his washerwoman wife and claims that he was a rat. They come to believe his incredible story through a series of scintillating, weaving, and magical developments. The book was adapted into a three-part televised adaptation that aired on BBC in 2001.