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WORRALL, PATRICK: : THE PARTISAN. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.BANTAM PRESS,2022.

ISBN 9781787635784.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black felt-tip ink signature - without dedication - to title page, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt background with colour pictorial illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised,glossy,embossed red-lettered title and glossy black-lettered strap line,author's capitalised,glossy,embossed,black-lettered name and other black lettered review by LEE CHILD - his name in red capitals; spine/backstrip with red background and capitalised,glossy,embossed white-lettered title,a pair of b/w chess pieces thumbnail illustration detail; author's capitalised,glossy,embossed,black-lettered name,and publisher's capitalised white-lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same, rear panel with b/w illustration repeated from front panel but without the red sihouette figure,3 critics black+red lettered reviews. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges clean without foxing/spotting but a tiny speck of a blemish; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, appears unread,other than my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original maroon cloth boards with black+maroon impressed chess board design to front board, bright,crisp,glossy,embossed,capitalised title+ author with pair of chess pieces illustration to the spine's middle,the rear board plain and undecorated,a black+red striped headband,and immaculate repeated red+black illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-371pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,46 chapters and an Epilogue; plus [unpaginated] half-title, author SIGNED title page,a dedication with blank verso,an epigram (King Lear,Act 1,scene i) also with a blank verso,Acknowledgements and a short note on author,both with a blank verso too.      Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. It really is an exceptional,exemplary copy for its cleanliness, brightness,its and lack of detracting faults and an uncommon SIGNED copy.                          It is the summer of 1961 and the brutal Cold War between East and West is becoming ever more perilous.Two young prodigies from either side of the Iron Curtain, Yulia and Michael, meet at a chess tournament in London.They don't know it, but they are about to compete in the deadliest game ever played. Shadowing them is Greta, a ruthless resistance fighter who grew up the hard way in the forests of Lithuania, but who is now hunting down some of the most dangerous men in the world. Men who are also on the radar of Vassily, perhaps the Soviet Union's greatest spymaster.A man of cunning and influence, Vassily was Yulia's minder during her visit to the West,but even he could not foresee the consequences of her meeting Michael.          When the world is accelerating towards an inevitable and catastrophic conflict, what can just four people do to prevent it? Epic in scope,'The Partisan' is a thrill ride like no other, taking you from the hallowed halls of Cambridge to the grimy depths of the Moscow underworld, from 1960s London to the Eastern Front in the Second World War. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that 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 any inexpensive 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,author SIGNED,1st edn.
Author SIGNED - without dedication.

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