The Subtle Knife / His Dark Materials II (SIGNED)

Pullman, Philip

ISBN 10: 0590542435 / ISBN 13: 9780590542432

Published by Scholastic Press, London, 1997

About this Item

Signed by the author (full name, only) in blue ink to the title page. States "First published by Scholastic Ltd, 1997," but number line runs 4 6 8 10 9 7 5, only -- the fourth printing.) Gilt dagger stamped diagonally to front board echoes color illustration to DJ front panel, which panel bears no text dropped from the green background other than "The boundaries of the worlds are crumbling . . ." Not price clipped; original price UK L12.99 still showing. Bar code to bottom of DJ rear panel, which does bear title, as does spine. Total 341 pp. Reduced from $265.

Seller Inventory # 009599

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Subtle Knife / His Dark Materials II (SIGNED)
• Publisher: Scholastic Press, London
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0590542435
• ISBN 13: 9780590542432
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Cover Illustration by David Scutt
• Printing: 4th Printing
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed fiction
  • Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Children's

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