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Pullman, Philip. The Firework-maker's Daughter. Doubleday, London, 1995.
Price: US$99.00 + shipping
Description: 112 p. Includes Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. First edition. Pictorial cover. Illustrations on most of the pages by Nick Harris. Ex-library copy, but there are no external markings. There is a stamp and a scantron sticker on the first endpage, a stamp on the copyright page, and another stamp on the back pastedown. Text block is clean and unmarked. There is a small chip out of the front cover. Very good in very good dust jacket.
Seller: Steven Edwards, Coalmont, TN, U.S.A.
Price: US$577.24 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The First UK printing published by Doubleday, London in 1995. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. A minuscule rub to the rear lower spine fold otherwise the book is in excellent condition. The binding remains very tight. The laminated boards remain very bright and there is NO fading of the yellow lettering to the spine which is commonly encountered. A title page from another first edition copy has been signed (without dedication) by Philip Pullman and affixed to the front blank end-paper. Profusely illustrated throughout in B/W by Nick Harris. No wrapper as issued. The book is protected in a loose archival Mylar cover. One of the scarcest Pullman titles with most copies having entered the library system. Accompanied by the Lyric Theatre Flyer for the theatre adaptation of this story which is loosely inserted and is in Fine condition. Collectible. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
Seller: Ashton Rare Books ABA : PBFA : ILAB, Market Harborough, United Kingdom
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of this children's classic. Octavo, original illustrated boards. Illustrated by Nick Harris. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "with greetings to Eileen - Philip Pullman." In fine condition. Pullman originally wrote The Firework-Maker's Daughter as a school play, and the short story was in turn adapted into an opera with music by David Bruce and a libretto by Glyn Maxwell. The novella was first published in the United Kingdom with illustrations by Nick Harris, and subsequently in the United States with illustrations by S. Saelig Gallagher.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.