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Goldsboro Books

9780857522276

Raising Steam

Raising Steam

by Terry Pratchett

Publisher Doubleday

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  • First Printing
  • Hardcover

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About the book

Its all change for Moist von Lipwig, swindler, conman, and (naturally) head of the Royal Bank and Post Office.

A steaming, clanging new invention, driven by Dick Simnel, the man with tflat cap and tsliding rule, is drawing astonished crowds - including a few particularly keen young men armed with notepads and very sensible rainwear and suddenly its a matter of national importance that the trains run on time.

Moist does not enjoy hard work. His . . .vital input at the bank and post office consists mainly of words, which are not that heavy. Or greasy. And it certainly doesnt involve rickety bridges, runaway cheeses or a fat controller with knuckledusters. What he does enjoy is being alive, which may not be a perk of running the new railway. Because, of course, some people have OBJECTIONS, and theyll go to extremes to stop locomotion in its tracks.

About the Author

Terry Pratchett

Sir Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of fifty bestselling books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. Worldwide sales of his books now stand at 70 million, and they have been translated into thirty-seven languages.

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    All of our books that have a dust wrapper are covered in clear protective, removable film and are packed professionally in bubble wrap and a box for shipping so that they reach you in perfect condition.

  • Book Condition & Notes

    Comes with promotional bookmark in the form of a train ticket.

    Very good first edition with some bruising to spine and some foxing to page block. Very slight creasing to the top tips of several pages. In a near-fine unclipped dust jacket with some light bruising to the top back corner.

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