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RANKIN**, IAN: : A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES. **

LONDON.ORION FICTION/The Orion Publishing Group Ltd.,2020.

ISBN 9781409176978.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] NMINT/NMINT. Wrapped and protected from day of issue/purchase,so no owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around sea-scape colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with a mix of glossy embossed and flat printed white letters and flat printed pink letters to front panel, same coloured lettered spine/backstrip,rear panel with critics' flat printed pink+white-lettered critics' reviews; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore -edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – pristine,unread, apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,embossed white ink-lettered spine/backstrip and immaculate/ clean plain maroon sets of endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,3-327pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,Day 1-7 sections with corresponding chapters,and author's acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] author's potted biography,critics' reviews/praise,title page,a dedication,an individual Prologue and Day section(s) separator pages. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. 'He's gone . . .' When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night,John Rebus knows it's not good news.Her husband has been missing for two days. Rebus fears the worst - and knows from his lifetime in the police that his daughter will be the prime suspect. He wasn't the best father - the job always came first - but now his daughter needs him more than ever.But is he going as a father or a detective? As he leaves at dawn to drive to the windswept coast - and a small town with big secrets - he wonders whether this might be the first time in his life where the truth is the one thing he doesn't want to find . . . 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 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,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

RANKIN**, IAN: : A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES. **

LONDON.ORION FICTION/The Orion Publishing Group Ltd.,2020.

ISBN 9781409176978.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+. Wrapped and protected from day of issue/purchase,so no owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around sea-scape colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with a mix of glossy embossed and flat printed white letters and flat printed pink letters to front panel, same coloured+lettered spine/backstrip,rear panel with critics' flat printed pink+white-lettered critics' reviews; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore -edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – pristine,unread apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,embossed white ink-lettered spine/backstrip and immaculate/clean plain maroon sets of endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-327pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,Day 1-7 sections with corresponding chapters,and author's Acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] author's potted biography,critics' reviews/praise,title page,a dedication,an individual Prologue and Day section(s) separator pages. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. 'He's gone . . .' When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night,John Rebus knows it's not good news.Her husband has been missing for two days. Rebus fears the worst - and knows from his lifetime in the police that his daughter will be the prime suspect. He wasn't the best father - the job always came first - but now his daughter needs him more than ever.But is he going as a father or a detective? As he leaves at dawn to drive to the windswept coast - and a small town with big secrets - he wonders whether this might be the first time in his life where the truth is the one thing he doesn't want to find . . . 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,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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