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CONNOLLY**, JOHN : THE FURIES - Two Charlie Parker Novels. [Author SIGNED copy.**]

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2022.

ISBN 9781399709170.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] NMINT/NMINT. No owner inscrptn but author's recognisable handwritten,black ink signature - without dedication to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around matt,colour pictorial artwork - 'Orestes Pursued By The Furies' by John Singer Sargent, illustrated dw/dj with author's name in blocked gilt lettering,capitalised,matt,white-lettered title,capitalised,white-lettered strap line and critic's other white-lettered review to front of dw/dj and an adhesive,b/w 'SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR roundel; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured +lettered author name+title as the front's and publisher's capitalised black-lettered name and black illustrated colophon respectively,to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with critics' white-lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear 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 maroon cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip, and immaculate plain dark grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,5-469pp [paginated] includes 'THE SISTERS STRANGE' 5-256pp [paginated] includes LXXV (75) chapters and 'THE FURIES' 261-469pp [paginated] includes Pts I+III comprising 23,28 and 2 chapters respectively and author's Acknowledgements at rear.Plus [unaginated] half-title,author SIGNED title page,a dedication with Acknowledgements to its verso,a dictionary explanation of the Furies, novels' individual title separator pages,both novels' individual Pts separator pages -each with an epigram,last page with media platform information.                       Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.The 21st novel in Connolly's private eye Charlie Parker series; 'The Instruments of Darkness' is due for publication on May 7,2024.It does not require a familiarity with the previous 20 novels.         Two short novels finds Parker investigating as chaos and murder arrive in his hometown of Portland,Maine, with two connected crime cases which prove to be among the most complicated of his entire career. In 'The Sisters Strange', criminal Raum Buker arrives in Portland,' only for a shocking act of theft to threaten not only his own existence but those of his former lovers - the enigmatic sisters Strange. And in the title novel,'The Furies',Parker must protect two women under threat as Portland shuts down in the face of a global pandemic.But it may be that those clients are more capable of taking care of themselves than anyone could have imagined and who may not need his protection.    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,author SIGNED,1st edn.
Author SIGNED - without dedication.

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