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THE GOLDEN COMPASS (HIS DARK MATERIALS: BOOK ONE)
de Pullman, Philip
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First American Edition. First installment in Pullman's epic fantasy trilogy for young adults. Basis for Chris Weitz's 2007 film The Golden Compass, and the forthcoming TV adaptation by HBO. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); navy cloth and paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [xii],399,[5]pp. Base of spine gently nudged, small damp mark at crown, with remainder dot and some faint foxing to upper edge of textblock; Very Good+ or better. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $20.00), with light shelfwear, a small indentation to upper front joint, and corresponding damp mark at crown on verso; Very Good+.
Sinopsis
Northern Lights, known as The Golden Compass in North America, is the first novel in English novelist Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. Published in 1995, the fantasy novel is set in a universe parallel to our own and tells of Lyra Belacqua's journey north in search of her missing friend, Roger Parslow, and her imprisoned father/uncle, Lord Asriel, who has been conducting experiments with a mysterious substance known as Dust.
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- Librería
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 4154
- Título
- THE GOLDEN COMPASS (HIS DARK MATERIALS: BOOK ONE)
- Autor
- Pullman, Philip
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First American Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1996
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Stephenson, Virginia
Sobre Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
