• Publication: The Golden CompassPublication Record # 669625
• Author: Philip Pullman
• Date: date unknown
• ISBN: 0-345-41335-0 [978-0-345-41335-2]
• Publisher: Del Rey / Ballantine
• Price:
  $5.99^?$: US dollar
• Pages: xii+351
• Format:
  pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
• Type: NOVEL
• Notes:

  4th printing
  • Copyright page cites LCCN 96-93072 and displays (last two lines):   First Ballantine Books Edition: May 1997   10 9 8 7 6 5 4
  • Front cover matches that Amazon image linked as of 2018-06-11 to a record of the 4th printing Special Edition (verified, see) except that this one does not show "SPECIAL EDITION" above the logo and ISBN. Thus it matches that Amazon image linked to records of the 1st printing and (verified) 14th printing except that this one does show the logo and ISBN.
  • The Introduction by Terry Brooks promoted on the front cover is a short letter dated May 1997, "Dear Reader", p[ix-x].
  • Canada price C$6.99 US and Canada prices are stated just above standard bar codes, unlike the reported 4th printing Special Edition (linked above).

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• The Golden Compass • [His Dark Materials • 1] • (1995) • novel by Philip Pullman (variant of Northern Lights)