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PRATCHETT Terry
Carpe Jugulum. [A Discworld novel]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with red endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The twenty-third Discworld novel, with striking dustwrapper artwork by Josh Kirby
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PRATCHETT Terry
Pyramids. A Discworld Novel. SIGNED COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. The seventh Discworld novel, with dustwrapper artwork by Josh Kirby
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PRATCHETT Terry
Mort. [A Discworld novel]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, blind crease across top corner of front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The fourth Discworld novel, with striking dustwrapper artwork by Josh Kirby.
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PRATCHETT Terry
Moving Pictures. [A Discworld Novel.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The tenth Discworld novel, with dustwrapper artwork by Josh Kirby.
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PRATCHETT Terry
Witches Abroad. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter very slightly rubbed at extremities. The twelfth Discworld novel, with dustwrapper artwork by Josh Kirby
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TOLKIEN J. R. R.
Narn I Chin Hurin. The Children of Hurin. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated by Alan Lee. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 8 coloured plates, numerous monochrome head- and tail-pieces, 3 full-page pedigrees in the text and folding map in red and black; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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TOLKIEN J. R. R.
The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. [First Export Edition. First Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE EXPORT EDITION
8vo., First Edition Export, First Impression, with full-page map in red and black, 5 full-page pedigrees in the text and large folding map in red and black; original navy blue cloth, gilt back, top lightly spotted else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Bright, crisp copy of the Export edition (preceding domestic edition) with no price on front fold-in and all typographical points (see Hammond, pp. 214-221). Hammond A15a.
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JACOBS W.W.
The Lady of the Barge. [Illustrated by M. Greiffenhagen and J. Sullivan]. [Third Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., Third Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 11 plates, some faint browning to endpapers, small contemporary signature on blank preliminary verso; original terracotta cloth, upper board elaborately blocked and lettered in black, backstrip lettered in gilt and blocked in black, uncut, a near fine copy. Published a year after the first edition. This classic collection of twelve short stories includes the first appearance of 'The Monkey's Paw', widely acclaimed as one of the finest short horror stories ever written. Very scarce, especially in this condition. Bleiler 896; NCBEL IV, p.621 (recording the first edition).
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BRADBURY Ray
Fahrenheit 451. [First UK Edition]. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO TIM SANDEMAN
8vo., First Edition thus; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, top and fore-edges very lightly mottled else a very good, bright, clean copy. A PRESENTATION COPY TO TIM SANDEMAN WITH THE AUTHOR'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION DATED 1954 ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. With the splendid pictorial bookplate of Timothy Sandeman on front paste-down. One of the great dystopian novels, first published in the US in the previous year. It is the basis of Truffaut's first English-language feature film (1966) starring Oskar Werner and Julie Christie. PRESENTATION COPIES, AS DISTINCT FROM MERELY SIGNED COPIES, ARE RARE. A SPLENDID ASSOCIATION COPY
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CHANCE J.N.
Coven Gibbet. A DeHavilland Story. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, upper board blocked in black, backstrip lettered in black, fore-edges lightly spotted else a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the later creased and frayed at edges, with small chips at top and bottom margins f front panel, and wanting lower fifth of backstrip. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS WARM SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. A classic ghost adventure, with dustwrapper artwork by Stein. Extremely scarce in the dustwrapper.
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NICHOLSON William
The Wind on Fire III. Firesong NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER.
8vo., First Edition, with pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Final novel in the 'The Wind on Fire' trilogy.
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VERNE Jules
Round the Moon. A Sequel to 'From the Earth to the Moon'.
8vo., page-edges lightly browning; green pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, top mildly dust-soiled, neatly recased, a very good, bright, clean copy. VERY SCARCE
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PRATCHETT Terry
Soul Music. [A Discworld Novel]. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition; original blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. The sixteenth Discworld novel, with striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Josh Kirby.
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PRATCHETT Terry
Unseen Academicals. [A Discworld Novel]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The thirty-seventh Discworld novel, with striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Paul Kidby.
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MACHEN Arthur
The Autobiography of Arthur Machen. With an Introduction by Morchard Bishop. [First Collected Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Collected Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and 2 plates, small neat signature on front free endpaper; original red cloth, gilt back, red top, uncut, a near fine copy. First collected edition, combining 'Far Off Things' (1922) and 'Things Near and Far' (1923). VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
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PRATCHETT Terry
Dodger. [Ilustrations by Paul Kidby]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text and marbled endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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CLARKE Arthur C.
The Hammer of God. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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WYNDHAM John
The Seeds of Time.
8vo., First Edition, endpapers lightly spotted, fore-edges moderately foxed; original black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one short closed tear at lower edge of front panel, chipped with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip, and moderately spotted on (predominantly white) rear panel. The author's fourth book and first collection of short stories, with striking dustwrapper artwork by Richard Barton. Collects ten short stories as follows: 'Chronoclasm', 'Time to Rest', 'Meteor', 'Survival', 'Pawley's Peepholes', 'Opposite Number', 'Pillar to Post', 'Dumb Martian', 'Compassion Circuit', 'Wild Flower'. Very scarce, especially in the dustwrapper.
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PRATCHETT Terry
Snuff. [A Story of Discworld]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A Discworld novel, with striking dustwrapper artwork by Paul Kidby.
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COOPER Susan
Ghost Hawk. [First UK Edition]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with pictorial endpapers; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published simaultaneously with the US edition.
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PRATCHETT Terry
I Shall Wear Midnight. [A Discworld novel]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A Discworld novel, with striking dustwrapper artwork by Paul Kidby.
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ALLEN Grant
Strange Stories. A New Impression. [Illustrated by George Du Maurier]. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., with frontispiece [by Du Maurier]; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, hand-made endpapers, fore-edge lightly dust-soiled else a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 32pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. This classic collection of sixteen short stories was first published in 1884. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Bleiler 13; Tymn 3-2 (both recording the first edition).
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GARNER Alan
The Moon of Gomrath. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with front and rear endpaper maps; terracotta tweed cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at extremities and with small chip (affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. With striking dustwrapper artwork by George Adamson. The author's second novel and sequel to his ground-breaking 'The Weirdstone of Brisingamen' published three years earlier. The third book in the trilogy, 'Boneland', did not appear until 2012. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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GARNER Alan
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. A Tale of Alderley. [Second Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with front and rear endpaper maps; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly chafed at extremities. With striking dustwrapper artwork by George Adamson. Published seven months after the first edition. Nice copy of the author's first book, a landmark children's fantasy set in and around Alderley Edge in Cheshire. The immediate success of this title led to a now classic trilogy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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PRATCHETT Terry
Maskerade. [A Discworld Novel]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition; burgundy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The eighteenth Discworld novel, with dustwrapper artwork by Josh Kirby.
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ADAMS Douglas
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. DENT AND PREFECT IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
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BOTT Claire
Time Hunter. The Clockwork Woman. 200 COPIES WERE PRINTED
8vo., First Edition thus; white textured cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, primrose endpapers, a fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 200 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (THIS COPY NO. 111). With 6pp series catalogue at end.
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GREENLAND Colin
Michael Moorcock: Death is no Obstacle. Introduction by Angela Carter. NEAR FINE SAVOY EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with full-page illustrations in the text; green cloth, gilt bck, dark pink endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
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DU MAURIER Daphne
Echoes from the Macabre: Selected Stories. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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PRATCHETT Terry
A Hat Full of Sky. A Story of Discworld. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, red endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by Paul Kidby.
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GARNER Alan
Elidor. Illustrated by Charles Keeping. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; purple cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, top lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss (just affecting lettering) at headband and with small loss at upper edge of rear panel. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. The author's third book for children and EXTREMELY SCARCE IN SIGNED FORM.
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COOPER Susan
Over Sea, Under Stone [with] The Dark is Rising [with] Greenwitch [with] The Grey King [with] Silver on the Tree. With New Prefaces by the Author. Illustrated by Laura Carlin. THE DARK IS RISING SEQUENCE COMPLETE; FIRST VOLUME SIGNED
5 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispieces, 35 fine coloured plates and grey endpapers; pictorial boards, buckram backs lettered in silver, a fine set in publisher's board slip-cases. FIRST VOLUME SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. One of the best-loved and most highly regarded children's sequences of the late twentieth century, Susan Cooper's pentalogy was first published between 1965 and 1977. Here each volume benefits from a new preface by the author. COMPLETE SETS ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE; SIGNED COPIES THE MORE SO.
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PRATCHETT Terry
Witches Abroad. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. The twelfth Discworld novel, with dustwrapper artwork by Josh Kirby
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CLARKE Arthur C.
The Songs of Distant Earth. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; green cloth, gilt back, cream endpapers, a near fine copy in dustwrapper.
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PRATCHETT Terry
The Truth. [The 25th Discworld novel]. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo., First Edition, with patterned anniversary endpapers; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. The twenty-fifth Discworld novel, with striking dustwrapper artwork by Josh Kirby.
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ADAMS Douglas
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish. The Hitch Hikers' Guide to the Galaxy 4. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; original black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with hologram mounted on upper panel.
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PRATCHETT Terry
Thief of Time. [A Discworld Novel]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, orange endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The twenty-sixth Discworld novel, with striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Josh Kirby
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MARTIN George R. R.
A Game of Thrones. Book One of A Song of Ice and Fire. Introduced by Joe Abercrombie. Illustrated by Jonathan Burton. [Second Printing.] FINE SET IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
2 vols., 8vo., and Cased Map, Second Impression thus, text in gold and black, with colour plates (a number double-page), pedigrees in the text and endpaper charts, pictorial cloth, gilt backs, black tops, a fine set in publishers blocked board slip-case with interior illustration.
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STEWART Mary
This Rough Magic. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; green cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt and red, red top, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. With dustwrapper artwork by Biro.
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PRATCHETT Terry
The Wee Free Men. A Story of Discworld. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; purple cloth, gilt back, yellow endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A Discworld novel, with striking dustwrapper artwork by Paul Kidby.
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JONES, ed. Stephen
James Herbert. By Horror Haunted. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, printed endpapers, a near fine copy.
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COOPER Susan
Over Sea, Under Stone [with] The Dark is Rising [with] Greenwitch [with] The Grey King [with] Silver on the Tree. With New Prefaces by the Author. Illustrated by Laura Carlin. THE FOLIO DARK IS RISING SEQUENCE COMPLETE
5 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispieces, 35 fine coloured plates and grey endpapers; pictorial boards, buckram backs lettered in silver, a fine set in publisher's board slip-cases. One of the best-loved and most highly regarded children's sequences of the late twentieth century, Susan Cooper's pentalogy was first published between 1965 and 1977. Here each volume benefits from a new preface by the author. COMPLETE SETS ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.
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EDDINGS David
Domes of Fire [with] The Shining Ones [with] The Hidden City. [The Tamuli trilogy complete.] THE TAMULI TRILOGY COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with title-emblems, 3 double-page maps and several pictorial head-pieces in the text; original cloth (black/terracotta/black respectively), gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. With striking dustwrapper artwork by Geoff Taylor. The set comprises: Book One: Domes of Fire (1992); Book Two: The Shining Ones (1993); Book Three: The Hidden City (1994). SCARCE AS A SET IN THIS CONDITION.
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PRATCHETT Terry
The Truth. [The 25th Discworld novel]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, patterned endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The twenty-fifth Discworld novel, with striking dustwrapper artwork by Josh Kirby.
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TOLKIEN J. R. R.
The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. [First Domestic Edition. First Impression]. BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition Domestic, First Impression, with full-page map in red and black, 5 full-page pedigrees in the text and large folding map in red and black; original navy blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, fore-edge lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Nice copy of the first impression (printed by Billing) of the first domestic edition (with price on dustwrapper fold-in). Hammond, p.221.
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MARTIN George R. R.
A Clash of Kings. Book Two of A Song of Ice and Fire. Illustrated by Jonathan Burton. FINE SET IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, text in gold and black, with colour plates (a number double-page), pedigrees in the text and endpaper charts, pictorial cloth, gilt backs, coloured tops, a fine set in publishers blocked board slip-case with interior illustration. Second set in the FS edition of A Song of Ice and Fire, and a splendid sequel to A Game of Thrones.
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PRATCHETT Terry
The Fifth Elephant. [A Discworld Novel]. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition, with mustard endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS TYPICALLY HUMOROUS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON HALF-TITLE. Yet another Discworld novel, with striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Josh Kirby.
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PRATCHETT Terry
The Shepherd's Crown. A Discworld Novel. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With dustwrapper artwork and illustrations by Paul Kidby.
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PRATCHETT Terry
A Blink of the Screen. Collected Shorter Fiction. [With a Foreword by A. S. Byatt.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with coloured plates; blue cloth, gilt back, red endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With dustwrapper artwork and illustrations by Josh Kirby.
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PRATCHETT Terry
Raising Steam. [A Discworld novel]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with coloured pictorial endpapers; pictorial boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With striking dustwrapper artwork by Paul Kidby.
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