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EVANS**, NICHOLAS: : THE BRAVE. [Author SIGNED copy. **]

LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN,2010.

ISBN 9781408702888.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp, clean,matt,colour photographic dw/dj panels,with capitalised,grey lettered author name and credit for The Horse Whisperer and critic's review,capitalised, blocked gilt-lettered title - all to front of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+ lettered title+author name as front,and publisher's capitalised,b/w lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with synopsis.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges with partial toning but without any foxing/spotting,fore-edges bright, crisp,clean without toning or foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, appears unread apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered original plain dark brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked white ink lettering to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain light khaki endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,4-353pp [paginated] includes an untitled prologue(?),31 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED title page,a dedication with blank reverse, poetry verses (Shane van Clois,'Men in White Hats') also with a blank reverse,title separator page also with blank reverse,and to the rear, Acknowledgements with blank reverse,and a further 4pp blanks.          Want more Nicholas EVANS titles? Please see my MODERN FIRSTS2 and SIGNED catalogues for similar or other UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edns.               Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the minimal exterior fault described that prevents a slightly higher grading for the book.Despite that,it really is still an exceptional example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of other detracting faults and with author's signature too.                                            The motto of the boarding school to which Tommy Bedford is dispatched is Fortune Favours the Brave.It's 1959 and the school bristles with bullies and sadistic staff.Tommy,a quirky loner, obsessed with cowboys and Indians,needs all the bravery he can summon. Salvation comes when his glamorous actress sister is swept off to Hollywood by one of his heroes,TV cowboy Ray Montane.But with the Cold War looming,the sinister side of Tinseltown seeps through and Tommy and Diane soon find themselves in jeopardy.Forty years on,Tommy has to confront his boyhood ghosts when his own son finds himself charged with murder.  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,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 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,author SIGNED,1st edn.
Author SIGNED - without dedication.

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