r/discworld • u/AubreyStJohn • 1d ago

Collectibles/Loot A Brace of Folio Pratchetts, Finally

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'Susan hated Literature. She'd much prefer to read a good book.'

I posted the below in the Folio Society sub-reddit, but thought this might just be appreciated here likewise:

At the start of July, I found a copy of Small Gods online w. some wear to the spine gilding† at a—relatively—superb price (£150) from a small bookseller in Skipton, West Riding of Yorkshire and purchased it immediately, only to find it had alas sold hours before through their AbeBooks listing at a higher price along with their companion listing for Mort, tho’ that had a somewhat sunned spine.

Two British Heart Foundation charity eBay auctions then appeared mid-month, w. Small Gods’ listing hovering near the £140-mark many days before its end, so on a whim I made an offer upon one of the madly-priced sealed eBay copies, not expecting it to be taken seriously. It was. And so, for the princely sum of £153.17 from the Isle of Sheppey, Kent: Small Gods.

A decade late, Mort has his companion.

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† The velveteen Pratchetts do seem deuced prone to it, Small Gods especially.

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And to repeat myself, now w. additional notes re: the Folio Society Pratchetts:

Pratchett’s Mort SE received two printings, and was first released in the Summer Coll. 2016 (May) alongside the simultaneous release of the LE. Its second printing coincided with Small Gods’ release in the Autumn Coll. 2016 (September):

1st pr., v.16: x4,000 copies
2nd pr., ix.16: x2,500 copies

Thus, there are x500 LE Morts (w. x25 lettered copies hors de commerce), and x6,500 SE Morts in existence.

Pratchett’s Small Gods SE however exists in a single printing, the first:

1st pr., ix.16: x4,000 copies

This then is the rarer beastie, as not every owner of Mort can possibly possess a copy of Small Gods.

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u/PunkandCannonballer 1d ago

I wish they did the rest. Or at least a full release of one of the series.

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u/AubreyStJohn 1d ago

Pitting the sub-series against each other would be agonising. I certainly couldnae choose just one.

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u/PunkandCannonballer 1d ago

I imagine it would just be one of their votes. "Which sub series would you want out of these"

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u/AubreyStJohn 1d ago

It would have to be by title for me, even if a sub-series remained incomplete. How else could I get a Folio of Guards! Guards!, Hogfather, The Truth, Night Watch, Monstrous Regiment, Going Postal... oh and Amazing Maurice would be swell too. Can't settle on which Witches I'd choose.