Hodder & Stoughton, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 9x5x1. Signed. First printing with number line to 1. Signed by Fforde at the title page. Boards near fine with light edgewear to spine tips. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket near fine in Mylar with minor edgewear at spine head. Pages lightly toned to margins, text unmarked.

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The third installment in Jasper Fforde’s New York Times bestselling series follows literary detective Thursday Next on another adventure in her alternate reality of literature-obsessed England Jasper Fforde has done it again in this genre-bending blend of crime fiction, fantasy, and top-drawer literary entertainment. After two rollicking New York Times bestselling adventures through Western literature, resourceful BookWorld literary detective Thursday Next definitely needs some downtime. And what better place for a respite than in the hidden depths of the Well of Lost Plots, where all unpublished books reside? But peace and quiet remain elusive for Thursday, who soon discovers that the Well is a veritable linguistic free-for-all, where grammasites run rampant, plot devices are hawked on the black market, and lousy books—like the one she has taken up residence in—are scrapped for salvage. To make matters worse, a murderer is stalking the personnel of Jurisfiction and it’s up to Thursday to save the day. A brilliant feat of literary showmanship filled with wit, fantasy, and effervescent originality, this Ffordian tour de force will appeal to fans of Douglas Adams and P. G. Wodehouse. Thursday’s zany investigations continue with Something Rotten . Look for the five other bestselling Thursday Next novels, including One of Our Thursdays is Missing and Jasper Fforde’s latest bestseller, The Woman Who Died A Lot . Visit jasperfforde.com for a ffull window into the Ffordian world!

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Bookseller: The Book Bin (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: BBS-2017318
Title: The Well of Lost Plots
Author: Fforde, Jasper
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0340825960
ISBN 13: 9780340825969
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2003
Size: 9x5x1
X weight: 24 oz

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