I Was a Rat!: Or, the scarlet slippers by Pullman, Philip

Hardback. Acceptable.

Hardback. Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

Transworld Publishers Limited. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

DOUBLEDAY. Children's book by the author of 'His Dark Materials' trilogy. First printing. Black and white illustrations by Peter Bailey. Ex-library copy. Has a a 'Withdrawn For Sale' stamp on the front free endpaper(a blank page) and a stamp on the copyright page. Slight marking on the front free endpaper and the title page. Illustrated boards. Wear/bump damage on board edges, including the top and bottom of the exterior spine. Brown marking/staining at the bottom of pages 6 and seven. No text is affected. Slight marking on page 9(again with no effect on text). Otherwise clean pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Small fold on bottom corner of one page. Location: CCB1 . Good. Hardcover. 1999.

London: Doubleday, 1999 Iinscribed by the author on the title page, a bright firm copy with very slight shelfwear

London: Doubleday, 1999. 175 pages. Laminated pictorial boards. Condition: The pages are yellowing slightly to the edges, but otherwise the book is clean, tight and unmarked. Every book is sent in a rigid cardboard posting box.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Illus. by Peter Bailey. 22.5 cm x 16.5 Cm.

Knopf, 2000. Soft Cover. Fine. U.S uncorrected proof copy Knopf 2000. First realease in book form of the U.S edition . Fine glossy card covers - fine contents ,no ownership inscriptions. Nice collectable copy. P Description: When a small boy turns up on Bob and Joan's doorstep unable to say much except 'I was a rat', the kindly couple adopt him. It seems strange but Bob reads about odder things every day in his newspaper. To them, the sunny little chap is Roger, and he's trying hard to adapt to human life. But when he gets lost and ends up on the run, other people, egged on by their newspapers, are quick to see him as the Monster, a rodent fiend who could terrorise the town. Only a friend in a very high place could save Roger from the authorities who are determined to exterminate him- Cleverly weaving elements of the Cinderella story into a subtle parody of modern times, master storyteller Philip Pullman has created a gallery of fascinating characters from the virtuous to the villainous, in a… Read More

Doubleday. London. 1999. First edition. SIGNED by the Author. Issued without dustwrapper. Sm. publication fault to lower bd. Head and tail of spine and corners sl. bumped, sm. crease to re/p o/w VG+. A lovely clean copy. ISBN 0385409796.

Published by Doubleday, 1999. 1ST edition.. Hardback. Very Good. Illustrated by Bailey, Peter. Slightly better than very good condition with no wrapper. Colour pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by author to title page. Light bumping to very top and tail of spine. Some pale yellowing to margins and outer page edges.