THE LONG EARTH.** [Waterstones Metallic Edition with exclusive story,THE HIGH MEGGAS.]

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,Waterstones Metallic Edn,1st edn. [Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.Uses the same ISBN as the UK trade HB. An edition of 8,000 (7,000 for Waterstones,with their sticker,and 1,000 for export),the edition has an extra few thousand words of the (very) unfinished novel 'THE HIGH MEGGAS' the evolved into 'The Long Earth'. Written by Pratchett in late 1985 or early 1986 after completing 'Equal Rites', on p357-379 [paginated] inclusive at the rear of main novel. Pratchett gives a short explanation on p353 [unpaginted].] FINE+/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,metallic,t,wrap-around,montage'd colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with capitalised,glossy black-lettered TP name and capitalised,silver gilt-lettered SB name and brown lettered title,capitalised,white-lettered strapline and Waterstones adhesive black with white lettered roundel 'Waterstones Metallic Edition with exclusive story While stocks last' still in situ - all to front of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with capitalised,glossy,black-lettered joint authors' names,capitalised,silver gilt edged white-lettered title and publisher's silver gilt lettered and illustrated name and colophon respectively,at foot of same,rear panel with continuation of illustration and with black-lettered prose extract.Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks, tears or splits present - some minimal,superficial scoring to rearpanel of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges lightly toned but bright,clean and without blemishes/foxing or spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – virtually pristine,unread,apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original paper-covered boards with colour photographic detail of skyscape background from dw/dj design repeated to paper-covered boards with black+brown lettered author names and title respectively to spine/backstrip, a pale blue+silver/white striped headband and clean sets of plain maroon endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-344pp [paginated] includes 52 chapters; plus extra exclusive story pp355-379 [paginated] and [unpaginted] TP explanation and 4pp blanks; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,a b/w diagram [plans for Willis Linsay's original 'Stepper',and to the rear authors' acknowledgements,notes on the authors, and 3pp list of books by Pratchett,and 2pp list of books by Baxter.
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The UK's bestselling fantasy writer and a giant of British SF combine forces to write an astonishing,mind-bending new series... 'The Long Earth'.
'The Long Earth' transports readers to the ends of the earth—and far beyond.All it takes is a single step. . .
1915: The Western Front: Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh spring grass. He can hear birdsong and the wind in the leaves. Where have the mud,blood,and blasted landscape of no-man's-land gone? For that matter,where has Percy gone? 2015: Madison,Wisconsin.Police officer Monica Jansson is exploring the burned-out home of a reclusive - some say mad,others allege dangerous -scientist who seems to have vanished.Sifting through the wreckage,Jansson finds a curious gadget: a box containing some rudimentary wiring,a three-way switch,and . . . a potato.It is the prototype of an invention that will change the way humankind views the world forever.
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