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Lot 191
Sale 759 - Selections from the Library of Gerald and Barbara Weiner
Oct 8, 2020
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$6,000 -
8,000
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$11,250
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PULLMAN, Philip. [His Dark Materials trilogy:] Northern Lights. — The Subtle Knife. — The Amber Spyglass. London: Scholastic, 1995-1997-2000.
3 volumes, 8vo. Original cloth; dust jackets.
FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST IMPRESSIONS, EACH SIGNED BY PULLMAN on the title-page. 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. AN EXTREMELY FINE SET OF PULLMAN’S EPIC TRILOGY.