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MORTIMER**, JOHN: : RUMPOLE a La Carte. [Author SIGNED copy.**]

LONDON.VIKING.1990.

ISBN 0670832847.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] NFINE/FINE-.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten black ink felt -tip pen inscrptn: 'With best wishes John Mortimer,' to front free endpaper,and a price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork,by Christopher Green,illustrated front panel dw/dj,with red,white and yellow lettering,rear panel with white lettered critics' reviews; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Both panels of dw/dj with some minimal superficial scoring+ indents -but without affecting the boards below; though one indent to rear board is without the expected corresponding indent to the dw/dj's panel.Top edges with slight ageing/toning from dust-soiling and some sporadic foxing/spotting, fore-edges slightly brighter and cleaner - but still with some minimal sporadic foxing/spotting too; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a b/w striped headband and immaculate plain cream endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/ dj,SIGNED,1st edn,1-245pp [paginated] includes 6 new short stories; plus [unpaginated] blank with publisher's device and author's titles list to it's verso,author SIGNED title page,a dedication,contents list/table,and 2pp blanks at the rear. Six new tales of that Wordsworth-loving,cigar smoking Defender of the Faith - Horace Rumpole. Our hero plies his way from Froxbury Mansions in the Gloucester Road to the hallowed portals of the Old Bailey and the slightly less hallowed portals of number three Equity Court - Soapy Sam Ballard's Chambers - fortified by a few glasses of Pommeroy's Chateau Thames Embankment and generous rations of steak and kidney pud. That trusty English fare is only one of many delights on offer in 'Rumpole a la Carte'; more gastronomic delights abound in the title story of dirty doings in a fashionable London diner. 'Rumpole a la Carte' will gratify the palate of the most discerning Rumpole connoisseur. Ingredients include She Who Must Be Obeyed in full sail; the towering genius of Claude Erskine-Brown; his fair wife,Phillida,the Portia of Equity Court; Mizz Liz Probert,daughter of Red Ron Probert; Uncle Tom,still putting into the waste-paper basket in the clerk's room; and several encounters with old darlings on the Bench such as Sir Guthrie Featherstone,Mr Justice 'Ollie' Oliphant,Mr 'Injustice' Graves and their judicial brethren. Given that Rumpole likes to preserve his relationship with the powers that be as one of unreserved and healthy hostility,how is it that in the 'Mews Murder' case,R. v. Jago,our trusty defender and knight at arms acts as Rumpole for the Prosecution? John Mortimer here serves up six tales of Britain's best-loved barrister-at-law with relish,wit and his beady eye on our great system of British justice. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ 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 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,SIGNED,1st edn.
'With best wishes John Mortimer ,'

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