"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
— P.J. O'Rourke

London: David Fickling Books, 2003. [Fantasy] FIRst Edition, Signed by the Illustrator in black ink to the title page. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.55. Publisher's red cloth boards, titles in black to spine, paper title label to upper board. Grey endpapers, with fold-out map. Toned to edges. Light handling to cloth, with a little loss to titles on spine. Near fine. 'Lyra's Oxford' is the accompanying volume to the award-winning 'His Dark Materials' trilogy, featuring short stories about Lyra set in Oxford, but also giving wider space to the Oxford setting itself. Item #58712
Price: £38.00