18th ABDUCTION.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE-/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,black background to front+spine,with floating female body photograph image to top edge of front panel of dw/dj,capitalised,embossed,glossy white-lettered authors' names and other glossy but flat printed white lettering,and capitalised,embossed,glossy red-lettered +numbered title; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered (but flat printed) single author name (PATTERSON's)+title as front and publisher's capitalised b/w lettered+illustrated colophon,to foot of same,rear panel with matt,red background and black photograph of Golden Gate with capitalised black lettered with white-lettered synopsis.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges either coloured or lightly toned(?) with miniscule blemish but no foxing/spotting,fore-edges clean and brighter without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-381pp [paginated] includes 2 chapter Prologue,114 chapters,and a 5 chaptered Epilogue; plus [unpaginated] half-title page with 2pp Meet The Women's Murder Club profiles to its reverse and the following page,which in turn has 1st page of a double-page b/w San Francisco street map with a smaller b/w map inset,title page,a dedication with blank reverse, individual Prologue+Epilogue separator pages,and to the reverse of last page,Acknowledgements,an About the Authors page with blank reverse,a sneak preview separator page for next instalment of series - '19th CHRISTMAS',3-14pp [paginated] includes 5 chapters preview of same,further [unpaginated] 8pp,1st page of which has critics' reviews for the WMC series,list of titles upto 17th Suspect (see my book ID rja1072623 for an example),b/w illustrated advert for CLINTON/PATTERSON's 'THE PRESIDENT IS MISSING' book and last two pages of Patterson's other published themed titles.
Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the minor exterior fault that prevents a slightly higher grading for the book.Despite it,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary copy for its cleanliness and brightness and lack of other faults. THREE MISSING WOMEN.TWO IMPOSSIBLE CASES. ONE DETERMINED DETECTIVE. When three teachers disappear without a trace, Sergeant Londsay Boxer takes the lead in the investigation.But with no clues and no suspects,the odds of finding the women alive are getting slimmer by the second. UNDER PRESSURE AT WORK,LINDSAY NEEDS SUPPORT AT HOME. But her husnand Joe is drawn into an encounter with a woman who's seen a ghost - a notorious war criminal from her Eastern European home country,walking the streets of San Francisco. WHEN JOE'S INFORMANT DISAPPEARS,THE TWO INVESTIGATIONS COLLIDE. It will take the combined skills of Lindsay,Joe and the entire Women's Murde Club to protect their city,and themselves,from a monster. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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