Author: PULLMAN, PHILIP (1946- )
Title: Count Karlstein / Philip Pullman ; illustrations by Diana Bryan
Description: London : Doubleday 2002. 1st Doubleday edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine. very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 242 pages; Physical desc.: vi. 242 p. ; 22 cm. Subject: Good and evil -- Juvenile fiction. Horror fiction -- Juvenile fiction. Summary: In the mountains of Switzerland the wicked Count Karlstein plots to abandon his two nieces in a hunting lodge as prey for the Demon Huntsman and his ghostly hounds. This gothic horror-cum-slapstick tale is award-winning novelist Pullman's first work for children. originally adapted from a play Pullman wrote for the school he was teaching at. It's a Transylvanian spoof story with a hectic pace. lots of suspense and just the right amount of scary moments.Weight in Kg appr.:

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