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— P.J. O'Rourke
Paradise Lost. An Illustrated Edition with an introduction by Philip Pullman.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. [Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 374 [4]. SIGNED by Pullman in blue ink to title page. Text printed in red and black. With facsimile plates of twelve engravings from the first illustrated edition. Publisher's black cloth, with gilt titles to spine and red endpapers. With the dust-jacket priced at £16.99. A little bumped at crown else a clean, unread copy. 'Paradise Lost' is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language, and a work whose elements of Good versus Evil and human struggle clearly influenced author Philip Pullman and 'His Dark Materials' trilogy, which takes its name from a famous early passage of Milton's magnum opus, hinting at the existence of other dimensions. Item #74729
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