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UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,glossy laminated, monochrome superimposed photographic illustrated dw/dj,with yellow/gilt+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and generally clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, stamped gilt author's monogram initials to centre of upper board and bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 1-692pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-4 comprising 103 chapters, plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,author's note,and an (alleged) historical quotation and Pts separator pages. Set high on a craggy cliff top on the wind-battered western coast of Scotland is a remote,secluded,ancient castle.A castle that holds secrets that would shake the world if they were ever revealed. David Ash,ghost hunter and parapsychologist,is sent there to investigate a series of bizarre hauntings that have grown gradually more menacing and horrific: unaccountable noises,inexplicable putrid smells,the dimming of lights,deathly chills,and objects mysteriously flying across rooms.But when a resident is found in his room,dead,pinned to the wall,only his viscous blood holding him in place,the investigator is all too aware that a powerful and dark force lurks within the castle's ancient walls,an incorporeal power fed by the evil of those who inhabit this sanctuary called Comraich Castle and ignited by a long-ago curse.There are others,humans,miscreants with black souls,who roam the corridors and passageways,infamous people thought long-deceased by the outside world.Yet their hour of retribution is at hand . . James Herbert's hugely anticipated,controversial new novel (then 2012) is an outstanding achievement,one of his very best works that is sure to have you guessing what is fact and what is fiction. Want more James HERBERT titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS and MODERN FIRSTS2 and SIGNED catalogues. [Author's last published work,as he died the following year,in March,2013.] Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too!
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