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HIGGINS**, JACK: : SHEBA. [ADVANCE/Uncorrected PROOF copy.]

LONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH,3rd November,1994.

ISBN 9780718138740.

UK,8vo wraps,Advance/Uncorrected Proof copy. [Publication date 3rd November,1994. Often of limited availability the text of a forthcoming book,is printed and bound in softcovers for use by the author, editors,proof-readers 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+. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from card cover.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,red background with a white horizontal band across and just below,top edge of front cover with author's capitalised,red-lettered name and similarly coloured+lettered title and publisher's name with disclaimer to book's fnal appearance and a white diagonal corner tip to front's lower fore-edge corner with capitalised, red lettered ADVANCE PROOF legend to same.A flat,reading crease-free red spine/backstrip with author's capitalised,white-lettered name, title and publisher's other white-lettered name and white illustrated colophon to foot of same, rear cover with white background and red-lettered synopsis and critics' reviews along with publisher's promotion and format+ pagination,ISBN,price and publication date information to lower edge.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright without ageing/toning or foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread other than my own collation.Top+fore-edges exceptionally bright,crisp and clean without ageing/toning or any foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight and clean without any dog-ear reading creases to corners - but proof-reader's already PRINTED corrections,signs+symbols etc., throughout the text where necessary.UK,8vo wraps,Advance Proof/Uncorrected Proof Copy,3- 275pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters in 2 sections Berlin and Dahrein comprising 2 and 16 chapters respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title with proofreader's instructions for TL (title list?) to its reverse,a title also with proofreaders instruction/annotation,a preamble with double page map request for p.vi & p.vii, individual sections' separator pages,other sparse,random proofreader annotations throughout remainder of text/pages. 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 30-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 age-acquired detracting faults.** Title is in joint promotion with trade p/back 'On Dangerous Ground'. **                  Want other PROOF copies? Please search my MODERN FIRSTS, MODERN FIRSTS2, CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED, BIOGRAPHY, SIGNED, NAVAL/MILITARY SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY catalogues for examples. Inspired by one of his early novels,now long out of print,'SHEBA' has all the hallmarks of a vintage Higgins thriller.                        On the eve of WW2, as German armies gather to invade Poland, Hitler has hit upon a master plan to distract the British while the blitzkrieg takes place. A German archeologist from Dahrein, Otto Muller,who has just made a sensational discovery, is summoned to Berlin.                In Dahrein,the Spanish-held port on the gulf, Gavin Kane,an American trader,and Ruth Cunningham embark on a search to find Ruth's husband,an archeologist who has disappeared in the desert while on a quest to find the long-lost temple of Sheba. With little to go on but the ancient testament of a Greek adventurer, Alexias, the only survivor of a Roman expedition of 24 BC, Kane and Cunningham venture into the inhospitable Empty Quarter, the Rubh al Khali, a region of outlaws, treachery and death.          Calling on all their reserves of cunning and ingenuity to survive the deserts and its denizens, they are drawn inexorably onwards by the overwhelming allure of Sheba. When they finally reach their destination, they stumble upon a conspiracy that could have devastating consequences for the world.                      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. 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UK,8vo wraps,Uncorrected/Advance Proof copy.
Not SIGNED.

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