Fine/Near fine. David Fickling Books/Penguin,2017. Volume 1. First UK edition-first printing (1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Black hardback (gilt lettering to the spine) in fine condition, with Dj (a couple of small nicks, scratches and crease on the edges of the Dj cover) in near fine condition. Illustrated with b/w drawings. Illustrations by Chris Wormell. Nice and clean pages as new with two small creases on the edges of the pages, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 548pp.Price un-clipped. Heavy book. This is another paragraph Book Description: Eleven-year-old Malcolm Polstead and his dæmon, Asta, live with his parents at the Trout Inn near Oxford. Across the River Thames (which Malcolm navigates often using his beloved canoe, a boat by the name of La Belle Sauvage) is the Godstow Priory where the nuns live. Malcolm learns they have a guest with them; a baby by the name of Lyra Belacqua . . .