JOHNNY AND THE DEAD.
by PRATCHETT, Terry.:
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London, Doubleday, 1993.. FIRST EDITION 1993, 8vo, grey boards, gilt lettered spine, 173 pages. No inscriptions, minute bump at head and tail of spine and top corner of lower cover, page edges faintly tanned, otherwise a near Fine clean copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped, tiny wrinkle at tail of spine. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Synopsis
Johnny and the Dead is the second novel by Terry Pratchett to feature the character Johnny Maxwell. The other novels in the Johnny Maxwell Trilogy are Only You Can Save Mankind (1992) and Johnny and the Bomb (1996). In this story, Johnny sees and speaks with the spirits (they object to the term "ghost") of those interred in his local cemetery and tries to help them when their home is threatened. Johnny and the Dead is a feature of some schools' English curriculum.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42429
- Title
- JOHNNY AND THE DEAD.
- Author
- PRATCHETT, Terry.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Doubleday, 1993.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- COMIC FANTASY NOVEL FICTION CHILDREN'S sci fi science fiction computers computer games viruses asliens HUMOUR
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