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GRAFTON Sue : M is for Malice

MacMillan, London, 1996

ISBN 0333669819

8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped DW, light wear to spine ends and slight lean to spine. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good

First Edition

"Grafton, Sue" : M is for Malice

New York: Henry Holt, 1996

ISBN 0 8050 3637 7

1st edition. Black cloth spine stamped in red mettallic with sides of red paper on boards blind stamped on the upper panel. Fine in Very Good+ dust-jacket with a crease on the back flap.

GRAFTON**, SUE: : "M" is for Malice.**

US.NEW YORK,NY.HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY,INC.,1996.

ISBN 0805036377.

US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.[Stated First Edition - 1996. Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.Published in UK same year.] FINE/FINE No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour design by Raquel Jarmillo,illustrated front panel of dw/dj - black background with a red capital letter M, with bright,crisp,embossed capitalised white lettered author name+title to front panel of dw/dj,black background spine/backstrip with flat printed white capitalised lettered author name, capitalised lettered and white publisher colphon to foot of same,rear panel with author's b/w portrait photograph; all with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Front panel of dw/dj spine/backstrip's front-facing gutter's fold with some minimal indents,but without any penetration to board beneath.Top edges whilst crisp,white,bright and clean are with minimal, light and sporadic dust flecks,fore-edges brighter and similarly with minimal,light, sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – pristine, possibly unread,apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,generally sharp-cornered,original plain red paper-covered boards with an impressed capital M to front board,a black blind-spine with bright,crisp,blocked fluorescent/metallic red gilt lettering to same, a b/w chequered headband and immaculate/clean plain white enbdpapers.US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1 -300pp [paginated] includes 21 chapters and an Epilogue; plus [unpaginated] publisher's colophon illustrated page,half-title with blank verso,publisher's list of author's A-L Kinsey Millhone titles,title page,a dedication,author's acknowledgements and a title separator page,the latter three pages all with a blank verso too. 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 faults described that prevent a higher grading.Despite them,it really is an exceptional copy for brightness and cleanliness. "M" is for money. Lots of it. "M" is for Malek Construction, the $40 million company that grew out of modest soil to become one of the big three in California construction, one of the few still in family hands. "M" is for the Malek family: four sons now nearing middle age who stand to inherit a fortune - four men with very different outlooks, temperaments,and needs,linked only by blood and money.Eighteen years ago,one of them - angry,troubled,and in trouble - went missing. "M" is for Millhone,hired to trace that missing black sheep brother. "M" is for memories,none of them happy.The bitter memories of an embattled family.This prodigal son will find no welcome at his family's table. "M" is for malice. And in brutal consequence,"M" is for murder,the all-too-common outcome of familial hatreds. "M" is for malice...and malice kills. Sue Taylor Grafton (b. 24th April,1940 – d. 28th December, 2017) was an American author of detective novels,best known as the author of the "alphabet series" ("A" Is for Alibi, etc.) featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the fictional city of Santa Teresa, California. Grafton had said that the alphabetical series would end with "Z" is for Zero,but she died before she could write it.Her daughter said Grafton would never allow a ghostwriter to write in her name and "as far as we in the family are concerned,the alphabet now ends at Y." 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: 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

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

GRAFTON**, SUE: : "M" is for Malice.**

LONDON.MACMILLAN/an imprint of Macmillan Publshers Ltd.,1997.

ISBN 0333669819.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE. [Originally and first published,USA,1996,by Henry Holt and Co. Inc.,New York.Published in UK the following year.Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] NFINE/NFINE No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy,colour photograph by Andy Olney, illustrated front panel of dw/dj with author's bright,crisp, embossed gilt-lettered name+title to front panel of dw/dj,black background spine/backstrip with flat printed glossy,gilt-lettered author name and book's title,a colour thumbnail illustration detail from front's photograph and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name,and red illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with author's colour portrait photograph to a black,glossy background and a critic's white-lettered review and b/w barcode.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – tiniest of snick to front,top corner tip -still in situ - no loss,head+foot with miniscule bumping and reciprocal creases - but no other nicks,tears or splits present.Front panel of dw/dj spine/backstrip's front-facing gutter's fold with a minimal indent,but without any penetration to board beneath.Top+fore-edges with slight ageing/toning and minimal,sporadic foxing /spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – near pristine but for an accidental fore-edge tear with fold on pp29/30 - else possibly unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with  bright,crisp, blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and immaculate/clean plain red endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-300pp [paginated] includes 21 chapters and an Epilogue; plus [unpaginated],half-title with blank verso,publisher's list of author's A-L Kinsey Millhone titles and 2 other non-Kinsey titles also with blank verso,title page,a dedication,author's Acknowledgements and a title separator page,the latter three pages all with a blank verso too,and to the rear,8pp  blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable,and even internally,the book is also in an acceptable condition/state of preservation and presentation for a 25+ year-old age.It is only the minimal exterior faults described that prevent a higher grading overall.Despite them,it really is an excemplary example copy for its lack of other and age-acquired detracting faults. See also my book ID rja1024422 for a US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn of this same title. "M" is for money. Lots of it. "M" is for Malek Construction,the $40 million company that grew out of modest soil to become one of the big three in California construction,one of the few still in family hands. "M" is for the Malek family: four sons now nearing middle age who stand to inherit a fortune - four men with very different outlooks, temperaments,and needs,linked only by blood and money.Eighteen years ago,one of them - angry, troubled,and in trouble - went missing. "M" is for Millhone,hired to trace that missing black sheep brother.  "M" is for memories,none of them happy.The bitter memories of an embattled family.This prodigal son will find no welcome at his family's table. "M" is for malice. And in brutal consequence,"M" is for murder,the all-too-common outcome of familial hatreds. "M" is for malice...and malice kills. Sue Taylor Grafton (b. 24th April,1940 – d. 28th December,2017) was an American author of detective novels,best known as the author of the "alphabet series" ("A" Is for Alibi, etc.) featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the fictional city of Santa Teresa, California. Grafton had said that the alphabetical series would end with "Z" is for Zero,but she died before she could write it.Her daughter said Grafton would never allow a ghostwriter to write in her name and "as far as we in the family are concerned,the alphabet now ends at Y." 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 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 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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