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Johnny and the Dead
by Terry Pratchett
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
£140.00£126.00
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About This Item
London: Doubleday , 1993. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 9" by 5.5". None . A splendid signed first edition fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett featuring the character of Johnny Maxwell. The first edition, first impression of this work. The second novel by Terry Pratchett to feature the popular character of Johnny Maxwell in the Johnny Maxwell Trilogy. The story features Johnny as he sees and speaks with the spirits resting in his local cemetery and tries to help them when their home is threatened.The author's signed presentation copy to the title page, 'To Neal, Hi!"With the unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally lovely with only minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Signed by the author tot he title page "To Neal, Hi!" The dust wrapper is unclipped and excellent with only minor shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound the pages are very clean with only a touch of age toning, as usual. Fine
Synopsis
Johnny and the Dead is the second novel by Terry Pratchett to feature the character Johnny Maxwell. The other novels in the Johnny Maxwell Trilogy are Only You Can Save Mankind (1992) and Johnny and the Bomb (1996). In this story, Johnny sees and speaks with the spirits (they object to the term "ghost") of those interred in his local cemetery and tries to help them when their home is threatened. Johnny and the Dead is a feature of some schools' English curriculum.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 786A18
- Title
- Johnny and the Dead
- Author
- Terry Pratchett
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1993
- Size
- 9" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- first editions terry pratchett signed copies terry pratchett
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
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