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LIVESEY, MARGOT: : Criminals. [Uncorrected Proof.]

LONDON.MARTIN SECKER & WARBURG,LIMITED.,1996.

ISBN 0436203863.

UK,small 8vo wraps,an Uncorrected Proof - also stated an Advance reading copy,1st edn thus. [Publication date 27 August,1996.Often of limited availability,the text of a forthcoming book,is printed and bound in softcovers for use by the author,editors, proofreaders and some favoured reviewers. For undecorated printed wraps,with minimal publication data imprinted - the produced/ released number of copies would almost certainly be less than 500,and most probably would tend to be around 200 copies.For glossy pictorial illustrated wrappers,produced numbers are often higher than 200,but either have a scarcity to them.Often errors or earlier versions of text appear in these proofs.Versions where the text has changed considerably are obviously considered more desirable.by their nature.] FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to cover.Bright,crisp,clean and generally sharp-cornered with exception of an accidental diagonal crease to the front,lower corner - which in turn has concomitant creases to the first 12pp lower corners also.Matt,yellow +black printed paper covers; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - and no reading creases to spine/backstrip.Top edges bright and clean, fore-edges with some light grubbing(?) but still bright; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK, small 8vo wraps,Uncorrected proof/Advance reading copy,1st edn,3-277pp [paginated] includes 19 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,author's thanks,Pts I-III each with individual separator pages and comprising 6,6 and 7 chapters respectively. A decent,harried young banker,already on the verge of distraction,hurries north to Scotland and his mysteriously troubled sister.A foreign mother struggles to make a home for her family in a society she only vaguely comprehends.A baby girl is abandoned in a bus station and picked up by a stranger.A caller leaves threatening messages.Driven by need,greed and impulses they don't understand,all are soon caught in deceits of their own making. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured 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,small 8vo wraps,Advance reading copy,1st thus.
Not SIGNED.

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