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CARR, SHELLY DICKSON: : RIPPED: a Jack the Ripper Time-Travel Thriller. [Author SIGNED copy.]

US.NEWTON,MASS.NEW BOOK PARTNERS,2012.

ISBN 9781939003003.

US,8vo wraps,p/back Original,SIGNED,1st edn.[Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back originals are published prior to any other format.] FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's red inked,long and warm personal dedication with doodles and her signature: 'Dear Francis! Hope this is as good as your favourite "Dexter" I think it is (smiley face - doodle)! (a dripping blood covered knife with another face doodle - Shelley Dickson Carr' to title page,and absence of published price to card covers.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictoial artwork, by Chris Gall, illustrated front cover,with red,green and b/w lettering; with no reading creases to spine/backstrip and negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - to sharp-cornered card covers.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,though there are a few accidental top corners creases to a few pages - otherwise appears unread - apart from my own collation.US,8vo wraps,p/back Original,SIGNED,1st edn,viii-xpp+2-509pp [paginated] includes glossary of Cockney slang and 19thC expressions,Pts I-IV comprising 60 chapters in total,each chapter with a b/w vignette illustrated chapter headpiece - all by Chris Gall, notes to the curious,The London Stone,and the true identity of Jack the Ripper, acknowledgements and a page about the author to the rear,plus [unpaginated] half-title page with b/w London street map illustrated frntis to it's reverse,a SIGNED+dedicated title page,dedication and first page of contents list/table. Uncommon - particuarly for her SIGNED debut novel.[Author is the grand-daughter of John Dickson Carr and this is her debut novel.] 'RIPPED' received three coveted Ben Franklin Awards at the 2013 Independent Book Publisher's Association's Awards Ceremony in New York City. GOLD: The Bill Fisher Award for the Best First Book. SILVER: Best New Voice. SILVER: Best Mystery/Suspense. Shelly Dickson Carr gives us Katie Lennox,a gutsy American teen adjusting to life in London.out with friends one day, she becomes separated from them - by more thn 100 years.It's 1888.No iPhone.No Starbucks. Can Katie uses her 21st-century knowledge to stop a serial killer? Please contact seller,because of the weight and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK,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 or FREE. Available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA 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.

US,8vo wraps,p/back Original,SIGNED,1st edn.
'Dear Francis! Hope this is as good as your favourite "Dexter" I think it is! Shelley Dickson Carr'

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