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The Woman in the Woods. ** [Author SIGNED copy.**]
by CONNOLLY**, JOHN:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near MINT./Near MINT.
- ISBN 10
- 1473641926
- ISBN 13
- 9781473641921
- Seller
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PLYMOUTH., Devon, United Kingdom
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. Complete number line 1.] NMINT/NMINT. No owner inscrptn but author's neat handwritten,black ink signature to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, wrap-around part matt,part glossy,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with author's capitalised,embossed,glossy,white-lettered name and glossy,green gilt-lettered titleand capitalised,white-lettered A CHARLIE PARKER THRILLER credit/legend at top edge and other white-lettered review [Independent on Sunday] to lower edge of front panel of dw/dj.Spine/backstrip with continuation of front's colour photograph with similarly coloured+lettered author name+title as the front's but flat printed and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name and white illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with 6 critics' gold,white+green-lettered reviews. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks, tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright crisp and clean without ageing/toning,no foxing/spotting or other blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – virtually pristine - with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp and clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain orablack cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked capitalised, green gilt lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,3-467pp [paginated] includes 121 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,author SIGNED - without dedication - to title page,a dedication,a biblical epigram,and to the rear, Acknowledgements with publisher's b/w illustrated advert of latest crime+thriller fiction,and 4pp blanks.A Charlie Parker novel.
Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults. Want more John CONNOLLY titles? For similar or other available titles,please search my SIGNED or MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogues. See my book ID rja991622 for a UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn of this same title. Connolly's debut - 'EVERY DEAD THING' - introduced the character of Private Investigator Charlie Parker, and swiftly launched him right into the front rank of thriller writers. This,a new instalment of John Connolly's popular Charlie Parker series. It is spring,and the semi-preserved body of a young Jewish woman is discovered buried in the Maine woods.It is clear that she gave birth shortly before her death.But there is no sign of a baby. Private detective Charlie Parker is engaged by the lawyer Moxie Castin to shadow the police investigation and find the infant, but Parker is not the only searcher.Someone else is following the trail left by the woman,someone with an interest in more than a missing child,someone prepared to leave bodies in his wake. And in a house by the woods,a toy telephone begins to ring.For a young boy is about to receive a call from a dead woman . . . Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **
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- Bookseller
- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- rja1150124
- Title
- The Woman in the Woods. ** [Author SIGNED copy.**]
- Author
- CONNOLLY**, JOHN:
- Book Condition
- Used - Near MINT.
- Jacket Condition
- Near MINT.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1473641926
- ISBN 13
- 9781473641921
- Publisher
- LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2018.
- Keywords
- q52.SIGNED.MODERN FIRSTS2.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.ISBN 9781473641921.Charlie Parker_novels.US Private Investigator fiction.Every Dead Thing_Dark Hollow_The Burning Soul.The Wolf in Winter.A Song of Shadows.A Time of Torment.Books new,used,si
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