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HENDERSON**, LAUREN: : TOO MANY BLONDES. [Uncorrected Book Proof.]

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1996.

ISBN 0340649178.

UK,8vo wraps,uncorrected proof copy,1st edn thus. [Complete number line 10 - 1 descending but minimal publication date supplied other than year number/date.Often of limited availability, the text of a forthcoming book,is printed and bound in softcovers for use by the author, editors,proofreaders and some favoured reviewers.For undecorated printed wraps,with minimal publication data imprinted - the produced/released number of copies would almost certainly be less than 500,and most probably would tend to be around 200 copies.For glossy pictorial illustrated wrappers,produced numbers are often higher than 200,but either have a scarcity to them.Often errors or earlier versions of text appear in these proofs.Versions where the text has changed considerably are obviously considered more desirable by their nature.] FINE.Wrapped+protected and stored from day of distribution,so owner inscrptn and NO reading creases to spine or pages -unread apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,matt,b/w leopard print illustrated front paper cover with bold,large capitalised white-lettered book title,smaller capitalised white-lettered UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF legend to front's lower edge and author's other white-lettered name; a flat,crease-free white spine/backstrip with capitalised,black-lettered title and author's other black-lettered name and publisher's black-lettered name to foot of same,rear cover with white background and author's thumbnail,b/w portrait photograph and black lettered strap-line/synopsis and 6 critics' black-lettered reviews and minimal publication details - title,ISBN and price. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without ageing/toning or foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,unread apart from my own collation.UK,slim 8vo wraps,uncorrected proof copy,8-254pp [paginated] includes 24 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and Acknowledgements. Want other PROOF copies? Please search my MODERN FIRSTS, MODERN FIRSTS2, CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED, BIOGRAPHY, SIGNED, NAVAL/MILITARY SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY catalogues for examples. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 25+ year-old age and nature, i.e an ephemeral paperback Proof. It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults usually present in a decades old paperback.One of only two titles by this publisher and nature of production and minimal information supplied,indicating a low print run of copies,becoming scarcer to find,particularly in this grade too. Her 2nd novel featuring sculptress detective Sam Jones.Also the 2nd and last book published by Hodder & Stoughton of this series,as the folowing 5 titles were then published by UK publisher Hutchinson. When one of Sam Jones her colleagues at the gym turns into a corpse,she is asked to investigate. And with her extremely unorthodox methods she discovers that more than one of the staff have an unpleasant secret to hide.Not to mention her own entanglement with a very unlikely source indeed. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and value of this item,for correct, insured 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 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo wraps,Uncorrected Proof.
Not SIGNED.

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