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STOCKWIN**, JULIAN: : KYDD.** [Author SIGNED copy.**]

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2004.

ISBN 0340794739.

UK,12mo p/back,author SIGNED,1st edn,9th imp. FINE-. No owner inscrptn,but author's oblique-angled,neat handwritten,blue ink signature - without dedication - to title page,no price removal from cover - absence of publisher's price.Assumed an export copy,of which the first print,1st edn would normally precede the UK trade issues.Indications from the rear cover of other sequential and already published Kydd-related titles availabity,so this would appear specifically to be an export edn/issue awaiting pricing at whichever country's destination.With an original low print run,as both an author's debut and the debut novel,it's subsequent sucess and popularity/demand would facilate later impressions both before and after any following title issues.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, matt,montage'd (colour photograph portrait to front's card cover) and wrap-around illustrated covers - illustrated artwork by Geoff Hunt,with yellow+white lettering to front cover plus a b/w circular adhesive 'Signed by the Author' label to top front corner,similar coloured letters to spine/backstrip,rear cover with white+yellow lettered story synopsis and critics' reviews. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present and no reading creases to spine/backstrip. Top+fore-edges remarkably bright and clean - hardly aged/toned and without blemish - particularly considering the paperback's age; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread,other than my own collation.UK,12mo p/back,SIGNED,1st edn,9th imp,2-440pp [paginated] includes 12 chapters and acknowledgements,plus an extra single preview chapter of following and forthcoming tile 'ARTEMIS' [HB - April,2002 and p/back Novemeber,2002.]; plus [unpaginated] critics' reviews,author SIGNED title page,an epigram (Horatio Nelson) with blank verso. Author's debut and the first Thomas Paine Kydd novel/title in a planned series of 11. Very uncommon,with a low print run.See also rja406011 and rja503414 for similar examples of this same title. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of it's age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral paper item,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. 1793.Europe is ablaze with war.The Prime Minister,Pitt,is under pressure to make an active move at sea,and despatches a squadron to appear off the French coast.To man the ships, ordinary people must be press-ganged. Thomas Paine Kydd,a young wig-maker from Guildford,is seized,taken across country to Sheerness and the great fleet anchorage of the Nore to be part of the crew of the 98-gun line-of-battle ship Duke William.The ship sails immediately and Kydd has to learn the harsh realities of shipboard life fast; but despite all that he goes through in danger of tempest and battle he comes to admire the skills and courage of the seamen - taking up the challenge himself to become a true sailor. 'Kydd' launches a masterly new writing talent and a thrilling new series.Based on dramatic real events,it is classic storytelling at its very best,rich with action,exceptional characters and a page-turning narrative. Want more Julian STOCKWIN titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2 and SIGNED catalogues. 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,12mo wraps, p/back,author SIGNED,1st edn,9th imp.
Author SIGNED - without dedication.

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