LYRA'S OXFORD

PULLMAN , PHILIP

ISBN 10: 0385606990 / ISBN 13: 9780385606998

Published by David Fickling Books, OXFORD, 2003

About this Item

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.

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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

About this title

Synopsis

This is a wonderful new episode from the world of Philip Pullman's bestselling trilogy, His Dark Materials. In Lyra's Oxford the reader shares the huge excitement of discovering a small bundle of material that has somehow slipped between Lyra's universe and our own. The book includes a wonderful new story by Philip Pullman, fully illustrated intricate maps and other ephemera from Lyra's universe. The text is illustrated throughout in beautiful black and white wood-blocks by the highly acclaimed engraver, John Lawrence, together with specially printed three-colour pull out maps of Lyra's Oxford. This publication could have come from a parallel universe. The short story contained within Lyra's Oxford finds Lyra with her daemon Pantalaimon a couple of years after the end of The Amber Spyglass. Sitting on the roofs of Oxford she sees a bird, the daemon of a witch, a storm petrel flying towards her pursued by a huge and angry flock of starlings. Birds play a big part in this story. And gradually a mystery unfolds-

About the Author

Philip Pullman is one of the most highly respected children's authors writing today. Winner of many prestigious awards, including the Carnegie of Carnegies and the Whitbread Award, Pullman’s epic fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials has been acclaimed as a modern classic. It has sold 17.5 million copies worldwide and been translated into 40 languages. In 2005 he was awarded the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. He lives in Oxford.