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PRATCHETT**, TERRY: : DRAGONS at Crumbling Castle: and other stories

LONDON.DOUBLEDAY 2014.

ISBN 9780857534378.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,part-matt,part-glossy,colour pIctorial artwork by Mark Beech,illustrated dw/dj with green+white lettering to front+spine; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean - no foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original orange background with colour pictorial illustrations paper-covered boards with b/w lettering to spine and immaculate plain orange endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ix-xpp+1-338pp [paginated] includes author's introduction,14 short stories,profuse b/w line illustrations - all by Mark Beech - throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] b/w line illustrated half-title+ title pages,an illustrated dedication with a b/w line illustration to it's verso,contents list/ table,last page unpaginated with publisher's b/w illustrated advert to its reverse. All the stories contained in this collection were originally published in the 'Children's Circle' section of the 'Bucks Free Press' - a local Buckinghamshire newspaper that Pratchett joined as a 17-year-old apprentice.He was to write over 80 short stories under a pen name Uncle Jim.Two of these episodic stories contained characters to later be included in 'The Carpet People' (1971). All the stories were previously untitled,and so these titles have been attributed for the purposes of this collection and were published in the years covering 1966 to 1973. Dragons have invaded Crumbling Castle,and all of King Arthur's knights are either on holiday or visiting their grannies. It's a disaster! Luckily,there's a spare suit of armour and a very small boy called Ralph who's willing to fill it.Together with Fortnight the Friday knight and Fossfiddle the wizard,Ralph sets out to defeat the fearsome fire-breathers. But there's a teeny weeny surprise in store. . . Fourteen brilliant stories from master storyteller sir Terry Pratchett,full of time travel and tortoises,monsters and mayhem! Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL 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 US 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+d/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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