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The Long Earth:
by Pratchett, Terry Baxter, Stephen
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- F/F/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0552164089
- ISBN 13
- 9780552164085
- Seller
-
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 2nd. complete number line.* Date of Publication: 2013* Publisher: Corgi.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 424 pp. text. viii pp. acknowledgements and advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- 1916: the Western Front. Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh spring grass. He can hear birdsong, and the wind in the leaves in the trees. Where has the mud, blood and blasted landscape of No Man's Land gone? 2015: Madison Wisconsin, Cop Monica Jansson is exploring the burnt-out home of a reclusive ? some say mad, others dangerous ? scientist when she finds a curious gadget: a box containing some wiring, a three-way switch and a ?..potato. It is the prototype of an invention that will change the way Mankind views its world forever. And that?s an understatement if ever there was one?...* This is a FINE copy of the 1st./2nd. with absolutely minimal shelf wear.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1995
- Title
- The Long Earth:
- Author
- Pratchett, Terry Baxter, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 2nd.Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0552164089
- ISBN 13
- 9780552164085
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Place of Publication
- London UK 432
- Date Published
- 2013-05-09
- Size
- 12.8 x 2.6 x 19.7 cm
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About Cocksparrow Books
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