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Author:	Terry Pratchett
Title:	The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner
Subtitle:	And Other Stories
Publisher:	Doubleday
Country:	UK
Date:	Aug 2016
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Fiction, Kids
ISBN13 / Barcode:	9780857534835
Total Editions:	2
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First edition.
318 numbered pages plus 18 pages containing title page, copyright page, contents, introduction, 6 pages reprinted from the previous collection "Dragons at Crumbling Castle" etc.
Cover and interior illustrations by Mark Beech.
Full barcode 978085753483562299

All stories originally written for and published in the "Children's Circle" section of the "Bucks Free Press" using the pseudonym "Uncle Jim". All were untitled at that time. Titles were created for this collection.

"The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner", short story, (1970).
"The Great Train Robbery", short story, (1966).
"The Truly Terrible Toothache", short story, (1973).
"The Frozen Feud", short story, (1967).
"Darby and the Submarine", short story, (1966).
"The Sheep Rodeo Scandal", short story, (1969).
"An Ant Called 4179003", short story,(1970).
"The Fire Opal", short story, (1968).
"Lord Cake and the Battle for Banwen's Beacon", short story, (1968).
"The Time-Traveling Television", short story, (1972).
"The Blackbury Park Statues", short story, (1970).
"Wizard War", short story, (1968).
"The Extraordinary Adventures of Doggins", short story, (1966).
"Rincemangle, the Gnome of Even Moor", short story, (1973).

Second of four collections of short stories for children.

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ppint. 18th Apr 2023		random penguin doubleday imprint h/cvr first printing, first edition 2016 distinguish from reprintings by the indicia publishing history printing number 001 sort of retrospective dedication by terry to his earlier self: and so the journey begins, young terry. who knows where it will take you? enjoy the ride! cover (d-j) art by mark beech (unsigned, credited on d-j back flap) interior b+w illustrations also by mark beech (unsigned, credited) cover (d-j) price £12.99, $22.99 canada 336pp. including 12pp. (one numbered ix) titles, indicia, table-of-contents, nf introduction by terry pratchett, etc., 6 end pp. advertising ''dragons at crumbling castle and other stories'' including 5pp. extract; perfectbound onto flexible backing strip with purple endpapers between light blue plasticy(?)-finished -paper(?)-covered boards, art on both front, back & on spine by mark beech; author, title & publisher on spine in respectively, black, white and yellow, and white somewhat oddly, perhaps, the smaller second element of the bar-code & number, 62299, encodes the canadian cover price in cents rather than the uk cover price in pence. i've no idea of the reason for this.

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Terry Pratchett - The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner - Corgi - Paperback - UK - 9780552574495 (2017)