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HUMPHREYS**, C[HRIS] C: : THE BLOODING OF JACK ABSOLUTE.** [Uncorrected Proof copy.]

LONDON.ORION,2005.

ISBN 0752857053.

UK,8vo wraps/paperback Uncorrected Proof copy. NMINT. [Wrapped+protected from day of pre-issue.] No owner inscrptn,no price-removal from card covers and no reading creases to spine/backstrip - unread,apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, glossy,colour pictorial illustrated front of dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine.UK,8vo wraps/paperback,Uncorrected Proof copy,3-311pp (paginated) includes half-title+title pages, note for absent b/w map to be printed here,a dedication,Pts 1+2 comprising 11 and 10 chapters+epilogue respectively and author's historical notes to rear. The prequel to 'Jack Absolute.' London 1759 and Jack's life is easy.A scholar at Westminster School,a master with cricket bat or billiard cue,the leader of a gang of bucks about town,he has both a girl he worships . . .and an older courtesan teaching him the more basic arts of love.Yet he plans to give up all carousing,sit the examinations for Cambridge and find a career in any field he chooses.All he has to do is stay out of trouble for one more night . . . Which is,of course,impossible. From the taverns and brothels of London to a clash of Empires on the battlefield of Quebec,Jack's life is forever altered by the tragedies of that night.Tragedies brought about by the man he has hated since birth,his cousin,Craster.Through duels,battles,frantic escapes and a brutal winter,Jack learns the truth of his father's words.A year on,the schoolboy will vanish,a man appear. But first he must learn to kill.To come of age,Jack Absolute must be blooded. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight 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 receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item is offered P+p included or postage free. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR 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. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/ rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo wraps/paperback Uncorrected Proof copy.
Not SIGNED.

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