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Making Money (a Discworld Novel) with one Discworld Banknote
by Terry Pratchett
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- ISBN 10
- 0385611013
- ISBN 13
- 9780385611015
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Doubleday, London, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. maroon end-papers; cover illustrations by Paul Kidby; the 36th Discworld novel & also containing one only of the original sealed wallet of banknotes issued by Waterstone's (the others presumably reclaimed by the Chief cashier?) & no sign of the free exclusive Discworld booklet (also issued by Waterstones for sale with this edition). - " It's an offer you can't refuse. Who would not to wish to be the man in charge of Ankh-Morpork's Royal Mint and the bank next door? It's a job for life. But, as former con-man Moist von Lipwig is learning, life is not necessarily for long. The Chief Cashier is almost certainly a vampire. There's something nameless in the cellar (and the cellar itself is pretty nameless), it turns out that the Royal Mint runs at a loss. A three-hundred-year-old wizard is after his girlfriend, he's about to be exposed as a fraud, but the Assassins' Guild might get him first. In fact, lot of people want him dead. Oh, And every day he has to take the Chairman for walkies. Everywhere he looks he's making enemies. What he should be doing is...Making Money!" First impression of the First Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 349 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine. black cloth. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Science Fiction & Fantasy. ISBN: 0385611013. ISBN/EAN: 9780385611015. Inventory No: 3125. . 9780385611015
Synopsis
The Ankh-Morpork Post Office is running like . . . well, not at all like a government office. The mail is delivered promptly; meetings start and end on time; five out of six letters relegated to the Blind Letter Office ultimately wend their way to the correct addresses. Postmaster General Moist von Lipwig, former arch-swindler and confidence man, has exceeded all expectations—including his own. So it's somewhat disconcerting when Lord Vetinari summons Moist to the palace and asks, "Tell me, Mr. Lipwig, would you like to make some real money?"Vetinari isn't talking about wages, of course. He's referring, rather, to the Royal Mint of Ankh-Morpork, a venerable institution that haas run for centuries on the hereditary employment of the Men of the Sheds and their loyal outworkers, who do make money in their spare time. Unfortunately, it costs more than a penny to make a penny, so the whole process seems somewhat counterintuitive.Next door, at the Royal Bank, the Glooper, an "analogy machine," has scientifically established that one never has quite as much money at the end of the week as one thinks one should, and the bank's chairman, one elderly Topsy (nee Turvy) Lavish, keeps two loaded crossbows at her desk. Oh, and the chief clerk is probably a vampire.But before Moist has time to fully consider Vetinari's question, fate answers it for him. Now he's not only making money, but enemies too; he's got to spring a prisoner from jail, break into his own bank vault, stop the new manager from licking his face, and, above all, find out where all the gold has gone—otherwise, his life in banking, while very exciting, is going to be really, really short. . . .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Making Money (a Discworld Novel) with one Discworld Banknote
- Author
- Terry Pratchett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385611013
- ISBN 13
- 9780385611015
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Science Fantasy/Discworld/Terry Pratchett Science Fiction & Fantasy; Science Fiction & Fantasy. Unbranded ISBN: 0385611013 EAN: 9780385611015 Terry Pratchett Making Money (a Discworld Novel) with one Discworld Banknote
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