Rated 9/10n.b. though the printing of the text is clear, the carcass is neither sewn nor glued onto a strong, flexible backing strip of any variety and consequently the full strain of opening the book is borne by the thin paper endpapers, unreinforced by any material hinge. which endpapers tear extremely easily under perfectly ordinarily careful and considerate usage. this is true of all the ''compact discworld'' editions.