London: Doubleday, 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition first printing. Book is tight and clean. Boards sharp and clean. Gilt perfect. Light toning to text block edges. Nice sharp spine ends. Presentation bookplate and neat pencil name to FEP. Near fine condition. Near Fine dust jacket with some crimping to the top edge. Overall a near fine copy. For grading accuracy Books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a quality addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A nice solid Near Fine copy of this, the 26th title in the Discworld series. To browse the rest of our extensive Terry Pratchett listings search using the keyword: Durdprat

Terry Pratchett's Thief Of Time, Confronts Discworld And A Variety Of Its Defenders With An Insidious Menace; Never Before Has The Phrase "The End Of History" Had Quite So Sinister A Sound. In The Great Stinking Metropolis Of Ankh Morpork.

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Everybody wants more time, which is why on Discworld only the experts can manage it -- the venerable Monks of History who store it and pump it from where it's wasted, like underwater (how much time does a codfish really need?), to places like cities, where busy denizens lament, "Oh where does the time go?"While everyone always talks about slowing down, one young horologist is about to do the unthinkable. He's going to stop. Well, stop time that is, by building the world's first truly accurate clock. Which means esteemed History Monk Lu-Tze and his apprentice Lobsang Ludd have to put on some speed to stop the timepiece before it starts. For if the Perfect Clock starts ticking, Time -- as we know it -- will end. And then the trouble will really begin...

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Bookseller: Durdles Books (IOBA) (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004942
Title: Thief of Time (Discworld Novel 26)
Author: Pratchett, Terry
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing
ISBN 10: 0385601883
ISBN 13: 9780385601887
Publisher: Doubleday
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2001
Pages: 329
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords: Pratchett Discworld durdprat Contemporary, General
Bookseller catalogs: Fantasy;
X weight: 700 g

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