Fine condition. Penguin and David Fickling Books, 2019. First UK edition-first printing (1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Special edition includes exclusive Chris Wormell illustration. Purple hardback (gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj (two small nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in fine condition. Illustrated by Chris Wormell. The book is new with two small ink marks on the outer edges of the pages. 690pp including Author's note. Price un-clipped. A collectable first edition. Heavy book (approx. 1.1 Kg). This is another paragraph Book Description: The second volume of Philip Pullman's The Book of Dust sees Lyra, now twenty years old, and her daemon Pantalaimon, forced to navigate their relationship in a way they could never have imagined, and drawn into the complex and dangerous factions of a world that they had no idea existed. Pulled along on his own journey too is Malcolm; once a boy with a boat and a mission to save a baby from the flood, now a man with a strong sense of duty and a desire to do what is right. Theirs is a world at once familiar and extraordinary, and they must travel far beyond the edges of Oxford, across Europe and into Asia, in search for what is lost - a city haunted by daemons, a secret at the heart of a desert, and the mystery of the elusive Dust. The Secret Commonwealth is truly a book for our times; a powerful adventure and a thought-provoking look at what it is to understand yourself, to grow up and make sense of the world around you. This is storytelling at its very best from one of our greatest writers.
