I Was A Rat! …or The Scarlet Slippers.

PULLMAN, Philip. Illustrated by Peter Bailey.

$100.00

Item Number: 114586

London: Doubleday, 1999.

First edition of Pullman’s classic adventure story. Octavo, original illustrated boards, illustrated by Peter Bailey. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Eileen – greetings! Philip Pullman.” In fine condition.

I Was A Rat! ...or The Scarlet Slippers tells the story of a little boy who appears at the front door of an old cobbler and his washerwoman wife and claims that he was a rat. They come to believe his incredible story through a series of scintillating, weaving, and magical developments. The book was adapted into a three-part televised adaptation that aired on BBC in 2001.