London: Doubleday, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (£16.99), bumped at the corners. Red cloth, bumped at the corners, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. One of Pratchett's Discworld novels, nominated for the Locus Award for the best novel of the year.

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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: Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 8810
Title: The Fifth Elephant
Author: Pratchett, Terry
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0385409958
ISBN 13: 9780385409957
Publisher: Doubleday
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1999
Keywords: Fantasy, 20th Century Fiction, English Fiction, British Fiction, Banking, Finance, Young Adult

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