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The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
by PRATCHETT, Terry
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2001. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); black and burnt orange paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in metallic green on spine; dustjacket; [x],241,[5]pp. Pictorial bookplate of noted zoologist and marine biologist James Glen Mead mounted to front pastedown, with his ink signature to upper front endpaper. Base of spine gently nudged, hint of foxing to upper edge of textblock, with a small holiday card tipped onto rear endpaper; Near Fine. Dustjacket priced $16.95 at lower rear panel; light wear to extremities, with some faint foxing along upper edge on verso; Near Fine. The 28th Discworld novel, and Pratchett's first for young adults, winner of the Carnegie Medal in 2001.
Synopsis
Terry Pratchett is Britain’s bestselling living novelist. He lives behind a keyboard in Wiltshire and says he “doesn’t want to get a life, because it feels as though he’s trying to lead three already”. He was appointed OBE in 1998. He is the author of the phenomenally successful Discworld series.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57728
- Title
- The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
- Author
- PRATCHETT, Terry
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Fantasy - Lost Race - Science Fiction;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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