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THE WELL OF LOST PLOTS
by Fforde, Jasper
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0340825960
- ISBN 13
- 9780340825969
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2003. First English Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page,tall 8vo, red cloth with black lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected light blue pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with small racing car, 360 + [2] Credits + [6] Ads. Jasper Fforde (born 1961) is an English novelist, whose first novel, The Eyre Affair, was published in 2001. He is known for his Thursday Next novels, the loosely connected Nursery Crime series, and The Last Dragonslayer and Shades of Grey. <br /> <br /> SIGNED: tight, bright, and clean copy. Bump to lower right corner of cover & dj, else Very Fine overall.<br /> <br /> No previous owner or remainder marks.
Synopsis
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 And what better place for a respite than in the hidden depths of the Well of Lost Plots, where all unpublished books reside?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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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9959
- Title
- THE WELL OF LOST PLOTS
- Author
- Fforde, Jasper
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0340825960
- ISBN 13
- 9780340825969
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2003
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
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Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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