I Was A Rat! …or The Scarlet Slippers.
First Edition of Philip Pullman's I Was A Rat! ...or The Scarlet Slippers; inscribed by him
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.