Bench where Lyra and Will sat in His Dark Materials Lauren and myself spending a day at Oxford for our holiday. We visited the botanic gardens to see the bench where Lyra and Will sat and then proceded to embarass ourselves with some punting. Got lost and murked during the way :)
(Description) Author: PULLMAN, Philip. [LAWRENCE, John, illustrator]. Title: Lyra's Oxford. [His Dark Materials / Golden Compass]. Language: Text in English. Publisher: London: David Fickling Books, 2003. SIGNED First EDITION (Signed by the author and the illustrator on the title page). Size: 7 "X 4.5 ". Pages: 55 pages. Binding: Fine full cloth binding (hinges fine) under a protective removable mylar cover. As-New. Content: Fine content (bright, tight and clean). Signed by the author in blue ink AND the illustrator in black ink to title page. Complete with the fold-out map of Oxford. Illustrations: Nicely illustrated by John LAWRENCE. The book: Rare signed (by author & illustrator) first edition. A fine copy. Lyra's Oxford is a short book by Philip Pullman depicting an episode involving the heroine of His Dark Materials, Pullman's best-selling trilogy. Lyra's Oxford is set when Lyra Belacqua is 15, two years after the end of the trilogy. 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."
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A full-colour beautiful gift edition of this magical story featuring Lyra and Pan, set in the world of Philip Pullman's ground-breaking His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust. Illustrated for the first time by Chris Wormell. Two years after the events of His Dark Materials, Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon sit high on the roof of Jordan College, gazing down on the streets of Oxford. But their peace is shattered by a flock of enraged starlings, who seem intent on knocking another bird out of the sky - a bird that Lyra and Pan quickly realise is a witch's daemon. The daemon carries worrying tidings of a terrible sickness spreading in the north, and claims that only Lyra can help him - but is he really a friend, or a foe? Illustrated throughout for the first time by Chris Wormell, this is the perfect gift for Pullman fans old and new.
Three authors discuss the pleasures of maps, in an extract from The Writer’s Map:
If you're a fan of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials, then you must grab this collection of novellas. Read between the original trilogy and The Book of Dust, these stories expand the world of Lyra Belacqua and begin her journey back into the north... Title In This Set: Lyra's Oxford Once Upon a Time in the North Serpentine Description: Lyra's Oxford (His Dark Materials) Two years after the conclusion of The Amber Spyglass, Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon sit high on the roof of Jordan College, gazing down on the streets of Oxford. But their peace is shattered by a flock of enraged starlings, who seem intent on knocking another bird out of the sky – a bird that Lyra and Pan quickly realise is a witch’s daemon. The daemon carries worrying tidings of a terrible sickness spreading in the north, and claims that only Lyra can help him – but is he really friend, or foe? Once Upon a Time in the North (His Dark Materials) When Lyra is studying at Oxford University, she comes across the story of Lee Scoresby and Iorek Byrnisson's first meeting, many years ago, along with much evidence of the adventure that brought them together.She discovers that when a young Texan balloonist Lee came down to earth in the harbour of an Arctic town in the North, little did he realise that he is about to be caught in a war between the residents of the town and the huge arctic bears that also live there.And when Lee meets one of these bears - Iorek - for the first time, they cement a friendship that will continue throughout their lives, as the tensions in the town threaten to erupt ... Serpentine Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon have left the events of His Dark Materials far behind.In this snapshot of their forever-changed lives they return to the North to visit an old friend, where we will learn that things are not exactly as they seem . . .
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