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BANVILLE**, JOHN: : THE LOCK-UP. [A STAFFORD & QUIRKE MYSTERY.]

LONDON.Faber & Faber Ltd.,2023.

ISBN 9780571370979.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,colour photographic illustrated front of dw/dj with capitalised,white-lettered title and sub-title and author's name,along with author credit as Bestselling author of 'SNOW'; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author and title as the front's and publisher's white-lettered colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with critics' blue+white-lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear,to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges bright,crisp,clean without blemish/ foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound – pristine,as new - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/unblemished, sharp-cornered,original plain pale blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettering to spine/backstrip,a black headband, and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,3-341pp [paginated] includes 3 instalments/sections comprising 1,5,and 10 chapters and an Epilogue and Author's Note to last paginated page (pp341); plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,an epigram page (Sir Thomas Wyatt),individual instalment/ section separator pages,pp339/40 blank and publisher's 2pp advertisement for author's already published 'SNOW' and APRIL in Spain' the first two Strafford & Quirke mystery novels. 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. The Sunday Times bestselling author of 'Snow' and 'April in Spain' returns with Strafford and Quirke's most troubling case yet. 1950s Dublin, in a lock-up garage in the city, the body of a young woman is discovered, an apparent suicide.But pathologist Dr Quirke and Detective Inspector Strafford soon suspect foul play.The victim's sister, a newspaper reporter from London, returns to Dublin to join the two men in their quest to uncover the truth. But, as they explore her links to a wealthy German family in County Wicklow, and to investigative work she may have been doing in Israel, they are confronted with an ever-deepening mystery.With relations between the two men increasingly strained, and their investigation taking them back to the final days of the Second World War, can they join the pieces of a hidden puzzle? 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 US 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. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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