Mortal Engines, Predator’s Gold, Infernal Devices, A Darkling Plain. Signed UK first editions, first printings of all 4 books in the Mortal Engines quartet.

Reeve, Philip

ISBN 10: 0439993458 / ISBN 13: 9780439993456

Edité par Scholastic, 2001

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Mortal Engines, Predator?s Gold, Infernal Devices, A Darkling Plain. Signed UK first editions, first printings of all 4 books in the Mortal Engines quartet. All in at least VG+ condition. Mortal Engines (ISBN 0439993458) UK 1st edition / 1st printing (Scholastic, 2001), flatsigned to title page. VG+ / VG+ condition with very light pushing / bruising to spine which has also developed a minor lean (see photos) Predator?s Gold (ISBN 0439978890) UK 1st edition, 1st printing (Scholastic, 2003). Flatsigned to title page. Near fine / near fine condition with a hint of pushing to spine (see photo). Infernal Devices (ISBN 0439963923) 1st edition/ 1st printing (Scholastic, 2005). Signed to the title page. VG+ / VG+ unread condition, with a hint of general shelfwear and a slight lean to spine (see photos) A Darkling Plain (ISBN 0439949971) 1st edition / 1st printing (Scholastic, 2006). Flatsigned to title page. Near Fine / Near fine unread condition, with a smidgeon of light shelfwear to dustwrapper. Protected dustwrapper. PLEASE READ BEFORE ORDERING Our descriptions are accurate. Photos are of the actual book(s) for sale. If you require additional photos, please ask. We will despatch your books rapidly (almost always within 24 hrs of the receipt of your order) using proper book wraps / boxes. For books sold for more than £50 we will use only despatch methods that are fully tracked, insured and will require a signature on delivery. Standard postage costs are included in our prices for UK customers. Priority UK rates are for Royal Mail Special Delivery, guaranteed by 1pm. For overseas customers, we have set a standard Abe postal rate, but will communicate direct with customers and charge the actual cost of postage and packing by tracked and insured delivery methods requiring signature. Please note that new EU regulations make it impractical for us to post books to the EU. Therefore, prospective customers from the EU are requested to email us before making an order so that we can discuss how best we might get the books they want to them. N° de réf. du vendeur 10024

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Titre : Mortal Engines, Predator?s Gold, Infernal ...

Éditeur : Scholastic

Date d'édition : 2001

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : Very Good

Etat de la jaquette : Very Good

Signé : Signed by Author(s)

Edition : 1st Edition

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Synopsis :

Tom and Hester have been thrown together, literally thrown out of a city that's left them stranded and starving in the middle of nowhere while it hares off after its prey. Hester is desperate for revenge, Tom is desperate to get back on board his beloved London. This is an adventure story set in a fantasy world where moving cities trawl the globe.

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London is hunting

The great Traction City lumbers after a small town, eager to strip its prey of all assets and move on. Resources on the Great Hunting Ground that once was Europe are so limited that mobile cities must consume one another to survive, a practice known as Municipal Darwinism.

Tom, an apprentice in the Guild of Historians, saves his hero, Head Historian Thaddeus Valentine, from a murder attempt by the mysterious Hester Shaw -- only to find himself thrown from the city and stranded with Hester in the Out Country. As they struggle to follow the tracks of the city, the sinister plans of London's leaders begin to unfold ...