London: Oxford University Press, 1985. First Edition. 200pp. Hardcover: NEAR FINE. Dust Wrapper: NEAR FINE. A near fine book with clean bright boards and sharp corners. Internally, there is the usual uniform toning to the pages resulting from the quality of the paper stock used. The dust wrapper is near fine, with negligible fading of the sections at the head and tail of spine. SIGNED by the author. Included is a ticket to the 2012 Cheltenham Literature Festival, featuring Philip Pullman. The first book in Pullman's extremely popular Sally Lockhart quartet.