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PRATCHETT**, TERRY and BAXTER**, STEPHEN: : THE LONG COSMOS

LONDON.DOUBLEDAY/an imprint of TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS,2016.

ISBN 9780857521781.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2..] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,wrap-around matt,montage'd colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with authors' names in capitalised,glossy white lettering, capitalised,glossy red-lettered title to front of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author names and title as the front's and publisher’s white-lettered+ illustrated name and colophon respectively,to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with blue lettered strap-line and 7 critics' white+blue lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright crisp,clean without blemish/foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages’ corner tips – unread, apart from my own collation.Publisher’s bright, crisp,clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered,original paper-covered boards with repeated dw/dj illustration  - minus the figures; capitalised red+white lettering to spine/backstrip,a blue+ black speckled headband,and immaculate plain pale blue/grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-385pp [paginated] includes Stephen Baxter Foreword,66 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title with b/w  diagran of the Uncle Arthur capsule to its verso,a title page,authors' dedications,and to the rear, Acknowledgements, authors' potted biographies,4pp Pratchett book titles list,3pp Baxter book titles,and 2pp blanks.                                         Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.     Completed by the authors some eighteen months before Terry Pratchett's untimely death,'The Long Cosmos is the grand climax of the Long Earth' series. Terry had always wanted to explore the question 'what's it all for?' - and in this novel,we find an answer. 2070-71. Nearly six decades after Step Day and in the Long Earth, the new Next post-human society continues to evolve. For Joshua Valienté, now in his late sixties, it is time to take one last solo journey into the High Meggers: an adventure that turns into a disaster. Alone and facing death, his only hope of salvation lies with a group of trolls. But as Joshua confronts his mortality, the Long Earth receives a signal from the stars. A signal that is picked up by radio astronomers but also in more abstract ways - by the trolls and by the Great Traversers. Its message is simple but ts implications are enormous: JOIN US. The super-smart Next realise that the Message contains instructions on how to develop an immense artificial intelligence but to build it they have to seek help from throughout the industrious worlds of mankind.Bit by bit, byte by byte, they assemble a computer the size of a continent -- a device that will alter the Long Earth's place within the cosmos and reveal the ultimate, life-affirming goal of those who sent the Message. Its impact will be felt by and resonate with all - mankind and other species, young and old, communities and individuals - who inhabit the Long Earths.   Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.    ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL 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. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. *

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

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