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THE BOOK OF ULTIMATE TRUTHS.

by RANKIN**, ROBERT:

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ISBN 10
0385404131
ISBN 13
9780385404136
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG.No owner inscrptn,an export (true 1st edn) copy,so no publisher price and therefore,no price-clip to dw/dj. Wrap-around pictorial colour decorated dw/dj with white letters,by Ian Murray,with some minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing (the majority occuring to the top edges),and no nicks or tears present. Some inevitable,but noticeable scoring/indents to rear panel of dw/dj, front panel much less affected by same faults though.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned - as usual/normal; contents otherwise generaly bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright, generally clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original, plain purple cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a red headband and immaculate plain white endpapers,book slightly cocked.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,7-271pp [paginated]includes introduction,23 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and a dedication.Author's 6th book/novel.
Comic,humorous novel in the vein of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett.
The late Hugh Artemis Solon Saturnicus Reginald Arthur Rune,hailed as the guru's guru,penned more than eight million words of genius,but vital chapters which could have changed the course of history were suppressed.Two youths set out to recover them.
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Bookseller
R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
rja484914
Title
THE BOOK OF ULTIMATE TRUTHS.
Author
RANKIN**, ROBERT:
Book Condition
Used - VG.
Jacket Condition
VG.
Quantity Available
1
Edition
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0385404131
ISBN 13
9780385404136
Publisher
LONDON.DOUBLEDAY/TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS LTD.,1993.
Place of Publication
London
This edition first published
June 24, 1993
Keywords
q52.MODERN FIRSTS2.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.ISBN 0385404131.Modern fantasy fiction _novel.Anarchic humour_fiction.The Brentford Trilogy.The Armageddon Trilogy.Cornelius Murphy Trilogy.The Witches of Chiswick.The Antipope.Books new,used,signed,rare.
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