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GALBRAITH**, ROBERT: : THE RUNNING GRAVE. ** [A STRIKE NOVEL.]

LONDON.SPHERE/an imprint of Little,Brown Book Group,2023.

ISBN 9781408730942.

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt monochrome winter,seaside promenade with a pair of figures,photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with author's bright,crisp,blocked,gilt-lettered name and capitalised,pale green-lettered title and capitalised black-lettered A STRIKE NOVEL along top edge and other black-lettered credit 'The Number One Bestseller' between author name and book title.Spine/backstrip with vertical photographic detail minus the couple,from the front panel photograph and similarly coloured+ lettered author name+title as the front's and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name and white illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with spine/backstrip's similar but enlarged monochrome photograph with 7 critics' black-lettered names and capitalised, gilt lettered reviews of the STRIKE novels. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - book with minimal lean.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - both head+foot of spine with gentle pushing and reciprocal creases.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,black cloth boards with blocked bronze gilt Yin and Yang Bagua style symbol to front board and bright,crisp,blocked bronze gilt lettered spine/backstrip,rear board plain and undecorated and immaculate blue-green Yin & Yang Bagua-esque illustrated endpapers. UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-945pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,Pts 1-9 comprising 19,17,15,13,13,12,11,21,12 chapters and a 3 chapter Epilogue respectively, acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated]critics' reviews with author's list of other titles to its reverse,a title page,a dedication 2 epigrams [Dylan Thomas,'When,Like a Running Grave' and The I Ching or Book of Changes.],individual Pts separator pages with relevant I Ching quote,and to the rear,Credits,and 2pp blanks. Visually,the external appearance is more than acceptable,and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the minor fault described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite that,it really is still an exemplary example for it's brightnesss, cleanliness and lack of othe detracting faults.  Private Detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son, Will, has gone to join a religious cult in the depths of the Norfolk countryside.The Universal Humanitarian Church is, on the surface, a peaceable organisation that campaigns for a better world. Yet Strike discovers that beneath the surface there are deeply sinister undertones, and unexplained deaths.In order to try to rescue Will, Strike's business partner Robin Ellacott decides to infiltrate the cult and she travels to Norfolk to live incognito amongst them.But in doing so, she is unprepared for the dangers that await her there or for the toll it will take on her. Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct [insured or uninsured at own risk] 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: 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. **                                                                                                                                  

rja 1162524 Biblio.

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

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