The Subtle Knife - SIGNED - UK 1st EDITION, 1st PRINTING

Pullman, Philip

ISBN 10: 0590542435 / ISBN 13: 9780590542432

Published by Scholastic, 1997

About this Item

1st Edition. SIGNED AND RARE! This is an extremely rare and keenly sought after book. The world true first edition, with a complete number line. It is hand-signed by Philip Pullman via a loosely inserted bookplate. A fine copy in fine unclipped jacket. Super collectable copy of a very rare book indeed. Most of the first impressions were sent to libraries and this makes the few surviving copies - like this one!

Seller Inventory # 000036

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Subtle Knife - SIGNED - UK 1st EDITION, 1st PRINTING
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0590542435
• ISBN 13: 9780590542432
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed First Editions

About this title

Synopsis

After killing a man, 12-year-old Will steps into another world and finds himself with a strange girl called Lyra. But Citagazze is an unsettling place, and in Torre delgi Angeli lurks Citagazze's most important secret - an object which people from many worlds would kill to possess.

Review

At the end of The Northern Lights, Lyra Silvertongue watched in fear and fascination as her father, Lord Asriel, created a bridge between worlds. Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon are now lost in an alternate universe where they meet Will Parry, a fugitive from a third universe. Will has found a small window between Cittagazze--where children roam unchecked, but invisible Specters suck the spirit out of adults--and his Oxford, which, with its Burger Kings and cars, is frighteningly different from the Oxford Lyra knows. Will's father, an explorer, disappeared years ago, but some odd characters have started asking questions about him. Will has managed to accidentally kill one of them and is wanted by the police. Armed with the Subtle Knife, a tool that cuts any material (including that which separates universes) and Lyra's alethiometer, the children set out to find John Parry, with adults of various stripes in desperate pursuit.

Lyra's finest qualities are her courage and her quick mind. She finds she must use them constantly--not to put too fine a point on it, she must lie and steal to keep herself and Will out of danger. However, she must also know when to tell the truth and when to trust. She does not yet know--though her friends the witches do, and so does the reader--what a huge part she will have in the upcoming battle between Good and Evil. (Age 9 and over) - -Amazon.com