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LEE, CAROL ANN & HOWSE, PETER:  : The Pottery Cottage Murders

LONDON.ROBINSON/an imprint of LITTLE,BROWN BOOK GROUP,2020.

ISBN 9781472143938.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. The co-author Peter Howse, was a Chief Inspector at the time of the incident.He was awarded a Queen's Comendaation for bravery in recognition of his actions in the Pottery Cottage case.Together with Detective Chief Inspector Mike Cole,he set up Crimestoppers on TV,which then became an established nationwide form of combating crime. He had been approached many times to write about the Pottery Cottage murders but has only now been persuaded to do so,with the approval of sole survivor Gill Moran.] FINE/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj panels of dw/dj,with yellow -lettered title,white-lettered author's names and other white-lettered strap line to front panel; spine/backstrip with thumbnail detail from front photograph to head of same,similarly coloured+lettered title+authors' names as front panel and publisher's white coloured+illustrated colophon to foot,rear panel with 5 critics' white+yellow lettered reviews for Carol Ann Lee's other published titles. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners,foot of spine/backstrip with minimal pushing and reciprocal creasing,the majority of edge creasing is to top edges – but no major nicks, tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without any foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually 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 - exception of front top corner with an oblique wrinkle/crease (a production fault? - as the wrinkle is NOT reciprocated through to concomitant area of the board beneath,as the front pastedown is unaffected by the same wrinkle/crease),original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked yellow ink lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, vii-viiipp+1-294pp [paginated] includes Contents list/table,a Foreword by Peter Howse (Chief Inspector involved in the case at the time),Pts 1-5 comprising 4,4,2,4 and 2  chapters respectively,an Epilogue,8pp contemporary b/w photographs in 1 block,between pp168/69, Acknowledgements,Endnotes,a Bibliography,Picture Credits and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,an epigram [Home Office Research Study No. 41, 1977] with a blank verso,and to the rear 2pp blanks.              Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable, and particularly internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the minimal exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading Despite them,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness and brightness.                  A psychopathic criminal on the run from prison.A family of five held hostage in their home.A frantic police manhunt across the snowbound Derbyshire moors.                      This is the true story of the terrifying 1977 Pottery Cottage murders that shocked Britain.    For three days,escped prisoner Billy Hughes played macabre psychological games with Gill Moran and her family,holding them hostage in separate rooms of their home.On several occasions Hughes ordered Gill and her husband Richard to leve the house for provisions, confident thatthey would return without betraying him in order to protect their loved ones.                                            Blizzards hampered the desperate police search, but gradually they closed in on the cottage.A high-speed car chase on icy roads ended with a crash and a dramatic showdown.                    Sole survivor Gill Moran,now in her eighties, has finally given permission for her story to be told - by Peter Howse,the former chief inspector who saved her life over forty yers ago.          Access to witness statements,crime scene photographs and police reports,along with fresh interviews,have enabled the authors to tell a fast=paced and truly shocking story with great insight and empathy. 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,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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