The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #2321032
ISBN: 9780679879244
First edition. Jacket spine head bumped. Ink name on front paste-down endpaper.
399 pp. Lyra is rushing to the cold, far North, where witch clans and armored bears rule. North, where the Gobblers take the children they steal--including her friend Roger. North, where her fearsome uncle Asriel is trying to build a bridge to a parallel world. Can one small girl make a difference in such great and terrible endeavors' This is Lyra: a savage, a schemer, a liar, and as fierce and true a champion as Roger or Asriel could want. But what Lyra doesn't know is that to help one of them will be to betray the other...
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