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COLFER**, EOIN: : THE FOWL TWINS. [Author SIGNED copy. **]

LONDON.HarperCollins Children's Books,2019.

ISBN 9780008324810.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] NFINE/VG. No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten,black ink inscrptn: 'To [an indecipherable name] Fowl wishes Eoin Colfer' to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour pictorial artwork by Petur Antonsson,illustrated dw/dj panels and spine,with capitalised,white-lettered BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF ARTEMIS FOWL credit/legend across front's top edge; author's capitalised,embossed bright,crisp silver gilt-lettered name beneath bestselling author credit, similarly coloured+lettered title to front's lower edge along with similarly coloured+ lettered embossed strap line at front's lower edge,beneath the title.Spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title and author's name as the front's plus publisher's white lettered+illustrated name and colophon respectively,to foot of same,the rear panel of dw/dj with pictorial colour illustration with capitalised white-lettered synopsis/strap lines. Some shelf-wear to edges and corners - top corner tips with reciprocal creasing from both board's lightly bumped tips other corners unaffected.Front's top corner tip and rear's lower corner tip each with a small closed tear/nick,both top+ lower edges of dw/dj with some minimal,partial laminate curl and both head+foot of spine with minimal bumping and reciprocal creasing - no other major nicks,tears or splits present - described hard and in detail,but honestly and fairly.Top+fore-edges with minimal toning and no foxing/spotting to either,other than a small indeterminate splash on the fore-edge; contents bright,tight,cl;ean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread other than my collation. Publisher's plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt-lettered spine and plain dark orange endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,1-424pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,18 chapters and an Epilogue; plus [unpaginated] half-title with author's published titles to its reverse,author SIGNED title page, a dedication page,last page of story unpaginated too, with publisher's advertisement of thumbnail b/w book covers of the 8 Artemis Fowl books to its reverse. Visually the external appearance is  acceptable,and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. It is only the minimal faults described that prevent a slightly higher grading for the dw/dj.Despite that,it is still a more than acceptable example for it's brightness, internal cleanliness,author SIGNED,and lack of other detracting faults.                          The first book of a new series from international bestseller Eoin Colfer.In 2014 he was named Ireland's laureate for children's literature.                                      Criminal genius runs in the family Myles and Beckett Fowl are twins but the two boys are wildly different.Beckett is blonde,messy and sulks whenever he has to wear clothes.Myles is impeccably neat,has an IQ of 170,and 3D prints a fresh suit every day just like his older brother,Artemis Fowl.                            A week after their eleventh birthday the twins are left in the care of house security system, NANNI,for a single night.In that time,they befriend a troll on the run from a nefarious nobleman and an interrogating nun both of whom need the magical creature for their own gain . . .                                                Prepare for an epic adventure in which The Fowl Twins and their new troll friend escape,get shot at, kidnapped,buried,arrested,threatened,killed (temporarily) . . . and discover that the strongest bond in the world is not the one forged by covalent electrons in adjacent atoms, but the one that exists between a pair of twins.                                           Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers for correct shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware:  Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now,in some cases,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,author SIGNED,1st edn.
Author SIGNED+dedicated.

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