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PRATCHETT**, TERRY: : JOHNNY AND THE BOMB

LONDON.DOUBLEDAY/TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS LTD.,1996.

ISBN 0385406703.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Larry Rostant illustrated dw/dj,with red fluorescent gilt and black ink printed letters to front,b/w lettering to spine,and white lettered critic's review to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of spine with minimal bumping and reciprocal creasing.Accidental,small diagonal creases to front,top and rear lower corners of inner flaps of dw/dj; both panels of dw/dj also with ubiquitous but minor,superficial scoring and indentations - without any penetration and without affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore-edges all lightly age/toned - top edges with miniscule,sporadic foxing from light dust- soiling (?) - otherwise generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp, clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain orangey-yellow cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,7-205pp [paginated] includes 13 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, author's thanks and to the rear 2pp blanks. Mrs Tachyon the bag-lady is not the sort of person you'd normally choose to hang out with. But when Johnny Maxwell and his friends find her semi-conscious in an alley,they have to do something.... as long as it's not the kiss of life. The more time Johnny spends with her,the more he finds that Mrs Tachyon isn't the ranting old nutter everyone thinks she is. She seems to hold the key to different times, different eras - including the Blackbury Blitz in 1941.Suddenly now isn't the safe place Johnny once thought it was,as he finds himself bound up more and more with then.And as time shifts beneath him,and the shopping mall and TV aerials melt into air-raid sirens and ration books, Johnny wonders just how much changing the past can really change the future. . . . This time-stoppingly funny,richly entertaining new adventure from the master of fantastical and irreverent wit,Terry Pratchett,is the third in the series about Johnny Maxwell,following 'Only You Can Save Mankind' and 'Johnny and the Dead'. Want more Terry PRATCHETT titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2 and CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogues. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. Mrs Tachyon the bag-lady is not the sort of person you'd normally choose to hang out with. But when Johnny Maxwell and his friends find her semi-conscious in an alley, they have to do something . as long as it's not the kiss of life. The more time Johnny spends with her, the more he finds that Mrs Tachyon isn't the ranting old nutter everyone thinks she is. She seems to hold the key to different times, different eras - including the Blackbury Blitz in 1941. Suddenly now isn't the safe place Johnny once thought it was, as he finds himself bound up more and more with then. And as time shifts beneath him, and the shopping mall and TV aerials melt into air-raid sirens and ration books, Johnny wonders just how much changing the past can really change the future . This time-stoppingly funny, richly entertaining new adventure from the master of fantastical and irreverent wit, Terry Pratchett, is the third in the series about Johnny Maxwell, following 'Only You Can Save Mankind' and 'Johnny and the Dead'. Since April 2013 and again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact ,because of the weight/value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK, slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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