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KING**, STEPHEN: : JUST AFTER SUNSET

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2008.

ISBN 9780340977163.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around black background with glossy floating red blood corpuscles/cells and a gilt+black illustrated Dali-esque clock face to front of dw/dj; capitalised,embossed gilt-lettered title, and capitalised,blocked,matt,white-lettered author name and capitalised,glossy white-lettered advertising slogan; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured thumbnail Dali-esque clock face detail from front illustration with capitalised,glossy white-lettered author name, capitalised,embossed gilt title and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered colophon to foot of same,rear panel with some of the detail of front's illustration and critics' red+white lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp, clean without 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,unblemished, sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked fluorescent/metallic red gilt lettering to spine/backstrip,a red headband and immaculate plain red endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-353pp [paginated] includes author's Introduction,13 short stories, author's Notes on the stories at the rear; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,prose extract (Arthur Machen - The Great God Pan),a Contents list/table,title separator page and to the rear,2pp blanks.       Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 15 year- old age. It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.           What would you do if your everyday world were turned upside down in an instant?                Here are 13 riveting stories about relationships with unexpected twists. Be very careful what you wish for.Read about the acts of kindness from strangers: 'workmen' who intervene in the obsessive exercise regime of a middle-aged artist in Stationary Bike; the unexpected visitor,a blind girl,whose kiss saves a dying man; a mute hitchhiker who helps a driver get over his wife's affair. There are tales of obsession and fights for power: The Gingerbread Girl runs and runs to ease her pain; two neighbours contesting for a piece of land get into A Very Tight Place and a man who witnesses an act of domestic violence in a Rest Stop needs to step into his identity as a crime writer if he's to intervene.               Then there are the unexpected outside events which turn people's worlds upside down or the right way up: a young couple, David and Willa who are derailed on a train find themselves seeking the bright lights in a nearby town - and playing the jukebox,for eternity; an older couple want to punctuate the banal humdrum with something unusual - until it happens.        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,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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