Golden Compass illustrator-Ashley Bryan in the first state dust

in the first state dust jacket

Her view of the non-everlasting nature of love has been colored by the cynicism of her mother

But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules

Tan endpapers

Golden Compass illustrator-Ashley Bryan in the first state dustPULLMAN, Philip. The Golden Compass. Advanced Readers' Copy. Book One of His Dark Materials. NY: Alfred A. Knopf [1996]. 12mo, viii 401pp. Full color paper binding. A fine copy of this Advanced Readers' Copy issued in advance of the first hardcover edition. Signed by the author, Philip Pullman. Advanced Readers' Copy. Lyra Belacqua and her daemon, Pantalaimon, set out to stop her mother who she hardly knows from using her best friend and other