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Equal Rites
by Pratchett, Terry
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0575039507
- ISBN 13
- 9780575039506
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd in association with Colin Smythe Ltd, 1987. Scarce first British printing of the third of the Disc World novels, Pratchett's sixth book; introducing Granny Weatherwax. SIGNED by Pratchett & jacket artist Josh Kirby on the title page. Green hardcover, gilt titling; in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, spine ends lightly bumped; jacket shows very little wear, minor tanning to edges, correct £9.95 price on front flap; near fine. Text clean; 200 pages.. Signed by Author & Illustrator. First British Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Josh Kirby. Octavo.
Synopsis
Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels, consistent number one bestsellers in England, have garnered him a revered position in the halls of parody along with Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen.In Equal Rites, a dying wizard tries to pass on his powers to an eighth son of an eighth son, who is just at that moment being born. The fact that the son is actually a daughter is discovered just a little too late...
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- w0564
- Title
- Equal Rites
- Author
- Pratchett, Terry
- Illustrator
- Josh Kirby
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First British Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0575039507
- ISBN 13
- 9780575039506
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd in association with Colin Smythe Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Fantasy, Humor, Discworld
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
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