Visit for more first edition children's books. *Based on guidelines from Independent Online Booksellers' Association. The dust jacket has a blue mark on the bottom edge of a back endpaper. author/show/3618.Philip_PullmanĬondition*: Near fine/near fine. Learn more about Philip Pullman at Goodreads. Philip Pullman has received the Carnegie Medal among other honors:Īstrid Lindgren Memorial Award (Sweden), 2005īritish Book Awards Author of the Year, 2001, 2003īritish Book Awards Children's Book of the Year, 1996, 2000, 2003 The heroine, Lyra Belacqua, meets her fate in her quest to find and rescue her best friend and favorite uncle from danger. The story takes place in a parallel universe ruled by a theocracy where people's souls live separately as talking animal spirits, or demons, able to take many forms until children reach puberty, when their demons settle into a single entity. The Golden Compass is the first book in a trilogy, followed by The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. The Golden Compass, first published in the UK as Northern Lights and now a classic in children's literature, was awarded the Carnegie of Carnegies in 2007, one of the most prestigious awards in literature. 1996, stated first North American edition. Written by Philip Pullman, jacket cover by Eric Rohmann. First North American edition of The Golden Compass is a journey to another world in which you have a personal demon, a representation of your soul that exists separately from you until it's time to integrate.
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