"A book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka

London: Point / Scholastic Press / David Fickling, 1995-2000. [Modern literature] ALL FIRST EDITIONS, with publisher's SIGNED bookplate loosely inserted in first book. 3 volumes, octavos (23 x 14 x 12cm), pp.[8] 399 [9], pp.[8] 341 [3], pp.[8] 550 [2]. Publisher's cloth in original pictorial dust-jackets, all being the correct issue and not price clipped. Lightly handled and toned, first volume has the Carnegie Medal sticker to upper cover. A lovely, near fine set. Lyra's quest weaves fantasy, horror and the play of ideas into a truly great contemporary children's book. Item #65287
'Northern Lights' was listed in The Observer's All-Time 100 Best Novels [2003], The Times' Novel List Top 60 Poll [2013] and was selected for World Book Night (2011). Amber Spyglass won the Whitbread Prize, also shortlisted for Booker Prize.
Price: £2,250.00
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