Stardust by Neil Gaiman [FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION / 2000]

Stardust by Neil Gaiman 

FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION [2000] SPIKE / AVON BOOKS 

2nd printing.   First paperback edition with dual layer peek-a-boo cover.

Book is in excellent condition. 

Mild tanning and some light shelf / edge wear to an otherwise beautiful, seemingly unread copy. 

Life moves at a leisurely pace in the tiny town of Wall—named after the imposing stone barrier which separates the town from a grassy meadow. Here, young Tristran Thorn has lost his heart to the beautiful Victoria Forester and for the coveted prize of her hand, Tristran vows to retrieve a fallen star and deliver it to his beloved. It is an oath that sends him over the ancient wall and into a world that is dangerous and strange beyond imagining... - Bookshop Apocalypse