I Was a Rat! .or the Scarlet Slippers - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Pullman, Philip

ISBN 10: 0385409796 / ISBN 13: 9780385409797

Published by Doubleday, London, 1999

About this Item

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.

Seller Inventory # 13991

Bibliographic Details

• Title: I Was a Rat! .or the Scarlet Slippers - 1st Edition/1st Printing
• Publisher: Doubleday, London
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385409796
• ISBN 13: 9780385409797
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Illustrated by Peter Bailey
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Comedy and Humor
  • ABAA-VBF
  • Exhibitions::ABAA Fair New York 2014
  • Fiction::Novels
  • Exhibitions::ABAA Fair New York 2013
  • Fiction::Young Adult
  • First Editions
  • Exhibitions::ABAA Fair Pasadena 2014
  • Exhibitions::ABAA Fair San Francisco 2013
  • Awarded Authors::Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
  • By Year Of Issue::1990s
  • Legendary Authors::Pullman, Philip

About this title

Synopsis

Roger insists he was a rat. But what is he now? A terrifying monster rampaging in the sewers? A money-spinning fairground freak? Or just an ordinary small boy, though a little ratty in his habits? Only three people believe this version of the story. Only one of them knows who Roger really is.

From the Back Cover

'I was a rat!'

So insists Roger. Maybe it's true. But what is he NOW? A terrifying monster rampaging in the sewers? The Daily Scourge is sure of it. A money-spinning fairground freak? He is to Mr Tapscrew. A champion wriggler and a downy card? That's what Billy hopes. Or just an ordinary small boy, though a little ratty in his habits?

Only three people believe this version of the story. Only one of them knows who Roger really is. And luckily a story about HER can sell even more newspapers than one about a rat-boy...

A scintillating weaving of fairy tale and adventure, and some pertinent parody of the press, from the winner of the Carnegie Medal, Smarties Prize and Guardian Children's Fiction Award, Philip Pullman.