CONNELLY**, MICHAEL:: THE DARK HOURS. ** [Author SIGNED copy. **]

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CONNELLY**, MICHAEL: : THE DARK HOURS. ** [Author SIGNED copy. **]

LONDON.ORION FICTION/an imprint of the ORION PUBLISHING GROUP LTD.,2021.

ISBN 9781409186168.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. Virtually as new - wrapped and protected from day of issue/purchase.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black ink signature - without dedication - to a b/w cityscape photographic illustrated special bound-in 'Signed First Edition' title page - B/W illustration repeated from dw/dj front panel - and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,colour photographic cityscape illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with author's capitalised, embossed,gilt-lettered name; capitalised,glossy, white-lettered title,capitalised white-lettered strap line at top edge,and other capitalised white+gold lettering of another 'new Ballard & Bosch thriller' credit to its lower edge,spine/backstrip with repeated thumbnail colour photograph detil as front panel to its head,and author's capitalised,blocked gilt-lettered name and capitalised,glossy,white-lettered title and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered+ illustrated colophon to foot of same; rear panel with repeated colour photographic cityscape as front but to its top edge and critics' capitalised red+white lettered reviews. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – head of spine/backstrip with miniscule bumping and reciprocal creases - but no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp, clean/unblemished,no foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,unread,other than my collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean and without blemish,sharp-cornered,original plain white cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain dark purple endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-391pp [paginated] includesPts 1-3 comprising 28,7 and 11 chapters and an Epilogue respectively; a half-title page,an author SIGNED,b/w illustrated title 'Signed First Edition' separator page,a title page,a dedication individual separator pages,and to the rear,2pp blanks between pp388/91,Acknowledgements,and as last page an About The Author page,last two named with blank verso each.See also my book ID rja1186124 for a similar example of a UK,HB+dw/dj,SIGNED 1st edn of this same title.                      Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional,exemplary copy for its cleanliness and brightness and especially as a SIGNED example of Connelly's canon.             On New Year's Eve at the end of one of the hardest years in history,hundreds of revellers shoot their guns into the air in time-honoured LA tradition. But as the rain of lead comes down,a man is shot dead in the middle of a crowded street party.                            Detective Renée Ballard soon connects the bullet to an unsolved cold case last worked by legendary ex-LAPD detective Harry Bosch. As they investigate where the old and new cases connect,a new crime shatters the night shift.    The Midnight Men are a pair of violent predators who stalk the city during the dark hours,and will kill to keep their identities secret.                                          In a police department shaken to the core by pandemic and protests,both cases have the power to save Ballard's belief in the job - or take everything from her.THE DARK HOURS is the third book in the Renee Ballard & HArry Bosch series, following 'Dark Sacred Night', 'The Night Fire' respectively and preceding 'Desert Star'.        Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that 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: Standard US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive 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 - without dedication.

CONNELLY**, MICHAEL: : THE DARK HOURS. ** [Author SIGNED copy. **] is listed for sale on Bibliophile Bookbase by R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.

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CONNELLY**, MICHAEL: : THE DARK HOURS. ** [Author SIGNED copy. **]

LONDON.ORION FICTION/an imprint of the ORION PUBLISHING GROUP LTD.,2021

ISBN 9781409186168.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. Virtually as new - wrapped and protected from day of issue/purchase.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black ink signature - without dedication - to a b/w cityscape photographic illustrated special bound-in 'Signed First Edition' title page - a b/w illustration repeated from dw/dj front panel - and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,colour photographic cityscape illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with author's capitalised, embossed,gilt-lettered name; capitalised,glossy white-lettered title with a b/w circular adhesive SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR lable alongside at gutter's crease/fold; a capitalised white-lettered strap line at top edge,and other capitalised white+gold lettering of another 'new Ballard & Bosch thriller' credit to its lower edge.Spine/backstrip with repeated thumbnail colour photograph detail as front panel to its head,and author's capitalised,blocked gilt-lettered name and capitalised,glossy,white-lettered title and publisher's capitalised, white-lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same; rear panel with repeated colour photographic cityscape detail as the front,but to its top edge and critics' capitalised red+white lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – head+ foot of spine/backstrip with miniscule bumping and reciprocal creases - but no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright,crisp,clean/unblemished,no foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,unread,other than my collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean and without blemish,sharp-cornered,original plain white cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt-lettered spine/backstrip and immaculate plain dark purple endpapers.UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,3-391pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-3 comprising 28,7 and 11 chapters and an Epilogue respectively; a half-title page,an author SIGNED,a b/w illustrated title 'Signed First Edition' separator page,a title page,a dedication and individual Pts separator pages, and to the rear,2pp blanks between pp388/91, Acknowledgements,and as last page,an About The Author page,last two named with blank verso each.See my book ID rja1068923 for another similar example UK,SIGNED,1st edn of this title. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional,exemplary copy for its cleanliness and brightness and lack of other detracting faults; and especially as a SIGNED example of Connelly's canon.                       On New Year's Eve at the end of one of the hardest years in history,hundreds of revellers shoot their guns into the air in time-honoured LA tradition. But as the rain of lead comes down,a man is shot dead in the middle of a crowded street party.                           Detective Renée Ballard soon connects the bullet to an unsolved cold case last worked by legendary ex-LAPD detective Harry Bosch.As they investigate where the old and new cases connect, a new crime shatters the night shift.   The Midnight Men are a pair of violent predators who stalk the city during the dark hours,and will kill to keep their identities secret.                               In a police department shaken to the core by pandemic and protests,both cases have the power to save Ballard's belief in the job - or take everything from her. 'THE DARK HOURS' is the third book in the Renee Ballard & Harry Bosch series,following 'Dark Sacred Night', 'The Night Fire' respectively and preceding 'Desert Star'.   Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!  N.B. ALL buyers please note,that 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: Standard US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive 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 - without dedication.

CONNELLY**, MICHAEL: : THE DARK HOURS. ** [Author SIGNED copy. **] is listed for sale on Bibliophile Bookbase by R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.

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