Doubleday. London 1999 2nd printing.. No inscriptions, 4 square corners. Pages lightly toned else a Fine copy in matching dustwrapper (sadly price-clipped, light crush at head of spine but no chips). An excellent copy.. Red cloth boards. 317pp 8vo. 0.7kg. The 24th Discworld novel.

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A Discworld novel of dwarfs, diplomacy, intrigue and big lumps of fat.SAM VIMES IS A MAN ON THE RUN. YESTERDAY HE WAS A DUKE, A CHIEF OF POLICE AND THE AMBASSADOR TO THE MYSERIOUS, FAT-RICH COUNTRY OF UBERWALD.Now he has nothing but his native wit and the gloomy trousers of Uncle Vanya (don't ask). It's snowing. It's freezing. And if he can't make it through the forest to civilization there's going to be a terrible war.But there are monsters on his trail. They're bright. They're fast. They're werewolves - and they're catching up. The Fifth Elephant is Terry Pratchett's latest instalment in the Discworld cycle, this time starring dwarfs, diplomacy, intrigue and big lumps of fat.

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Bookseller: Fables Bookshop (ZA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 28903
Title: THE FIFTH ELEPHANT.
Author: Pratchett, Terry
Book Condition: Used - No inscriptions, 4 square corners. Pages lightly toned else a Fine copy in matching dustwrapper (sadly price-clipped, light crus
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0385409958
ISBN 13: 9780385409957
Publisher: Doubleday. London 1999 2nd printing.
Place of Publication: London
This edition first published: 1999
Keywords: modern first editions

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