Philip Pullman — Once Upon a Time in the North & Serpentine

London; New York, David Fickling Books; Alfred A. Knopf, 2008-2020. First edition. Cloth. Two very smart first editions of these companion texts to the His Dark Materials trilogy, with illustrations throughout. Two volumes. Written by Philip Pullman, an English writer known for his fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials. This set includes: First edition. Once Upon a Time in the North, 2008. Illustrated with fold-out Peril of the Pole game with a press-out wind compass, and many in-text images. Collated complete. A novella serving as a prequel to the trilogy involving the meeting of Iorek Byrnison and Lee Scoresby. Illustrated by John Lawrence, an English illustrator and wood engraver. Serpentine, 2020. First US edition. Illustrated throughout. A novella set after His Dark Materials and before the second book of The Book of Dust series in which Lyra visits Trollesund, the Arctic town featured in Northern Lights and the place of her first meeting with Lee Scoresby. Not originally intended for publication the manuscript was sold at a charity auction in 2004. Illustrated by Tom Duxbury, an English illustrator. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Serpentine is in the original unclipped dust wrapper, which is also in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: John Lawrence; Tom Duxbury. Fine/Fine.