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Author: Phillip Pullman. John Lawrence, illustrator.
Title:  Once Upon A Time In the North [His Dark Materials / Golden Compass].
Publisher: London, David Fickling Books, 2008. Signed Limited Edition #219/1500.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7 "X 4.5 ".
Pages: 95 pages.
Binding: Fine full cloth binding (hinges fine) under a protective mylar cover. with 'Peril in the Pole' map plus push-out card wind compass in rear endpaper pocket. With the matching publisher's slipcase. As-New.
Content: Fine content (bright, tight and clean).
Illustrations: Decorated with Lawrence's engravings, this exquisite clothbound volume includes a removable board game and a fold-out map of the mythical realm.

The book: Rare limited edition.  A fine, as-new copy. This prequel to 'His Dark Materials' takes place when Lee Scoresby is just 24 years old. He has travelled to the North in his hot air balloon, looking for work and adventure. Allying himself with an armoured bear named Iorek Byrnison, he fights on the side of good.

The author: Sir Philip Pullman, CBE, FRSL (born 19 October 1946) is an English novelist. He is the author of several best-selling books, including the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials and the fictionalised biography of Jesus, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ. In 2008, The Times named Pullman one of the "50 greatest British writers since 1945". In a 2004 poll for the BBC, Pullman was named the eleventh most influential person in British culture. He was knighted in the 2019 New Year Honours for "services to literature."