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HARRIS**, ROBERT: : THE SECOND SLEEP. [Author SIGNED copy. **]

LONDON.HUTCHINSON,2019.

ISBN 9781786331373.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner name but author's handwritten,instantly recognisable black ink signature - without dedication - to title page, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, part matt,part glossy,wrap-around,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj with matt backgrounds,front panel with overlaid glossy, black silhouette illustration along lower edge with author's bright,crisp,capitalised,embossed bronze gilt-lettered name,capitalised,glossy, embossed white-lettered title and other white-lettered author credit for 'Fatherland' and critic's white-lettered review to front panel along with a circular adhesive b/w 'Signed by the author label; spine/backstrip with continuation of front's illustration with flat printed capitalised,bright bronze gilt-lettered author name,capitalised,glossy white-lettered title and publisher's pale blue illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with a matt, black+blue illustration and capitalised,glossy white-lettered story's prose extract.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - a perceived/believed(?) production fault of a small oblique angled crease to front,top edge about 2" in from spine's gutter - but no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish or foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished, sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked,bronze gilt lettered spine/backstrip,a b/w striped headband and immaculate,repeated colour handprints' cave painting(?) illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,1st edn,1-327pp [paginated] includes 27 chapters; plus [unpaginated] publisher's printed Ex-Libris bookplate with colophon illustration,author SIGNED title page,a dedication with blank verso,and epigrams page (2, A. Roger Ekirch,At Day's Close: A History of Nightime and Thomas Hardy,The Mayor ofCasterbridge). Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also 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 exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of other detracting faults. Want more Robert HARRIS titles? For similar or other UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edns or unsigned titles,please search my MODERN FIRST2 and SIGNED catalogues.  Dusk is gathering as a young priest, Christopher Fairfax, rides across a silent land. It's a crime to be out after dark,and Fairfax knows he must arrive at his destination - a remote village in the wilds of Exmoor - before night falls and curfew is imposed.He's lost and he's becoming anxious as he slowly picks his way across a countryside strewn with the ancient artefacts of a civilisation that seems to have ended in cataclysm. What Fairfax cannot know is that, in the days and weeks to come, everything he believes in will be tested to destruction, as he uncovers a secret that is as dangerous as it is terrifying. 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 US 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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