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NEWMAN, G F: : CRIME and PUNISHMENT

LONDON.QUERCUS,2009.

ISBN 9781847247964.

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE-/FINE. Owner name(?) possibly removed,as a horizontal,small rectangular-shaped cut-out to top,fore-edge corner which has also included the following half-title's concomitant corner too,but no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, colour photograph illustrated dw/dj panels with white+red lettering to fornt and spine/ backstrip,a thumbnail photograph detail to spine,rear panel with monochrome street scene and white lettered prose story extract to same; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean with minor,faint thumbing to fore-edges but without any foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages’ corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher’s bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and clean plain white sets of endpapers.UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5-697pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,Books 1+2 comprising 20 and 18 chapters respectively,4pp glossary of crimimal+police slanguage with author's acknowledgements to verso of last page of same; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and title separator page with blank verso,Author's Note and individual Book's separator pages. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and even internally,the book is also in an acceptable condition/state of preservation and presentation.An uncommon UK,HB 1st edn. In 1951 the Festival of Britain marks a new golden age of hope and prosperity for the country.Things are certainly looking up for the criminal elite who run the East End.For Jack,a draft-dodger with aspirations to be a champion boxer,there's easy money to be made for providing a bit of muscle.Meanwhile his sister Kath must keep secret the fact that she killed their father to protect her son,Brian,from the abuse she experienced as a child.Brian is so traumatised by witnessing this event that the complex union of violence and sexuality will shape his character for life.As the years go by and disillusion sets in,successive Labour and Tory governments aren't able to stop the rot. Younger,nastier criminals like the Kray twins and the Richardson brothers begin to carve out their own criminal empires and crush all resistance.Brutalised and embittered by years of failure and imprisonment,Jack decides to make a stand. The stage is set for one big war. 'CRIME and PUNISHMENT' is the first volume in a two-part epic,and follows the characters' lives up until the accession of Thatcher.The second volume will trace the dramatic changes in criminal society that reflected the wider social upheaval of the times,right up until the present day. Gordon Newman is a writer and television producer.In the 1970s,he created the British television show,Law and Order,and in more recent years,Judge John Deed and New Street Law. Please contact seller,because of the heavier weight of this item - 1.2 Kg unpackaged - 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

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

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