The Colour of Magic
by Terry Pratchett
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- Seller
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Independence, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
From front DJ flap: "Terry Pratchett has invented a phantasmagorical universe in which a blissfully naive interplanetary tourist called Two-flower joins up with a drop-out wizard whose spells only seem to work half of the time. Together they undertake a chaotic voyage through a crazy world filled with monsters and dragons, heroes and knaves. Pratchett has taken the sword and sorcery fantasy tradition and turned it on its ear to create an entertaining and bizarre spoof."
Book - Very Good condition. Very minimal edge/corner wear. Very light spotting on closed page edges. Otherwise clean and tight. Please see photos.
Dust Jacket - Very Good- condition. Very minimal edge/corner wear EXCEPT closed tear at top of spine (about 1.5"). Very minimal rubbing. Please see photos.
Book - Very Good condition. Very minimal edge/corner wear. Very light spotting on closed page edges. Otherwise clean and tight. Please see photos.
Dust Jacket - Very Good- condition. Very minimal edge/corner wear EXCEPT closed tear at top of spine (about 1.5"). Very minimal rubbing. Please see photos.
Synopsis
On a world supported on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown), a gleeful, explosive, wickedly eccentric expedition sets out. There’s an avaricious buy inept wizard, a naive tourist whose luggage moves on hundreds of dear little legs, dragons who only exist if you believe in them, and of course The Edge of the planet...
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue & Grey Book Shoppe (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1100
- Title
- The Colour of Magic
- Author
- Terry Pratchett
- Format/Binding
- Paper over boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Date Published
- 1983
- Weight
- 1.00 lbs
- Keywords
- universe, interplanetary tourist, Two-flower, wizard, monsters, dragons, spoof
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
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Independence, Missouri
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