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Lot 193
Sale 6426 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Nov 13, 2025
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Lot Description
PULLMAN, Philip (b.1946). [His Dark Materials trilogy:] Northern Lights. 1995. - The Subtle Knife. 1997. - The Amber Spyglass. 2000. London: Scholastic.
3 volumes, 8vo. Original cloth, spines lettered in gilt, upper covers stamped in gilt on vols.2 and 3; dust jackets (Northern Lights with a touch of rubbing to fore-corners).
FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST IMPRESSIONS. Northern Lights has the first issue points on the jacket: £12.99 price, "Point" on lower spine panel, and "7-9 Pratt Street" address on rear flap. Pullman's epic trilogy of fantasy novels is recognized as one of the best children's novels of the 20th century. The Amber Spyglass was the first children's book to be awarded the won the Whitbread Book of the Year award in 2001, and the first children's book to be nominated for the Booker Prize. A FINE SET OF PULLMAN'S EPIC TRILOGY.
This lot is located in Chicago.

