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CHILD**, LEE: : NO MIDDLE NAME: THE COMPLETE COLLECTED SHORT STORIES

LONDON.BANTAM PRESS/an imprint of Transworld Publishers,2017.

ISBN 9780593079010.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,montage'd colour photographic illustrated front of dw/dj with capitalised, white-lettered sub-title; capitalised,embossed, glossy pale green-lettered author name with capitalised,embossed glossy white-lettered part-title to front of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered sub-title, similalrly coloured,lettered and glossy,but flat printed author name+title; a thumbnail,repeated colour photographic detail from front's photograph to foot of same,along with publisher’s red illustrated colophon and capitalised,white-lettered publisher name. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright crisp,clean without blemish/foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages’ corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher’s bright,crisp,clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt-silhouetted figure to front board - repeated to head of spine/backstrip along with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering,a lime green silk headband,and immaculate multiple repeated black-silhouetted figure to pale green background illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-390pp [paginated] includes 12 short stories,a 3 chapter extract with a grey fore-edge border to those pages,from the next Jack Reacher novel - 'THE MIDNIGHT LINE.', November, 2017 - see my following sequential, alpha-numerical book ID rja1111923 for a UK,HB+ dw/dj,1st edn example; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a Contents list/table and to the rear,an Extract separator page and as last printed page - a potted biography of the author and a further 2pp blanks.                        Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 5+ year-old age. It really is an exceptional,exemplary example  for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults. Jack 'No Middle Name' Reacher, lone wolf, knight errant, ex military cop, lover of women, scourge of the wicked and righter of wrongs, is the most iconic hero for our age. This is the first time all Lee Child's shorter fiction featuring Jack Reacher has been collected into one volume. Read together, these twelve stories shed new light on Reacher’s past, illuminating how he grew up and developed into the wandering avenger who has captured the imagination of millions around the world. The twelve stories include a brand new novella,'Too Much Time.'  Some of the other stories in the collection are: Second Son, Deep Down, High Heat, Not a Drill, and Small Wars - previously only published in ebook form,and amongst the others,includes James Penney's New Identity and Guy Walks Into a Bar.  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.

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