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TOKSVIG**, SANDI: : Flying Under Bridges. [Author SIGNED+dedicated copy.]

LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN AND COMPANY,2001.

ISBN 0216856355.

UK,slim small 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten green ink inscrptn: 'To Jennie Love Sandi Toksvig' with an underscore below,and no price clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy, wrap-around blue background with montage glossy images (a sitting black cat and an American two-seater bi-plane) repeated to front panel of dw/dj,the spine/backstrip and the rear panel too,front panel with capitalised yellow lettered author name and black lettered title,repeated colour lettering to spine/backstrip,rear panel of dw/dj with critics' white+yellow lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,or creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Front panel with a tiny indent through to board below.Top+fore-edges aged/toned but without foxing/ spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – near pristine, possibly unread,apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain paler blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering and similarly montaged motif silhouettes - cat and bi-plane - to same,a blue+white striped headband,and immaculate/clean lemon colour endpapers with repeated motifs to same.UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED+dedicated,1st edn,4- 310pp [paginated] includes 26 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title with debut adult fiction title listed to its verso,author SIGNED +dedicated title page,a dedication page,author's thanks,an Emily Dickinson poem (Ghosts)and a Preface - the latter named 4pp,each with a blank verso. Author's 2nd adult fiction/novel,following her debut with 'Whistling for the Elephants.' Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable, and even internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the exterior faults described that prevents a higher grading.Despite them,it really is an acceptable copy for collectors. Inge Holbrook has lived the highlife ever since she left her sleepy Home Counties hometown of Edenford.Still fantastically fit at forty-plus, she has gone from Olympic gold medallist to becoming one of the 'faces' of the BBC.Blonde (since '87),tanned (since Christmas in the Caribbean) long legs (since for ever),she has an aura of success that never fails to be attractive. Eve Marshall hasn't.Catching her reflection in a tinfoil turkey display at her local supermarket,she sees someone old and fat,someone who looks like somebody's mother.Unlike her school friend Inge,Eve never left suburbia.Her contribution to the world wasn't to write or invent or win anything,but her two children,Tom and Shirley. Inge and Eve are part of the same generation, grew up in the same town,went to the same school together.But adult life has left them with nothing in common apart from their past - until the summer when their lives become entwined again,when one becomes a killer,and the other approves. 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.** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim small 8vo HB+ dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.
Author SIGNED+dedicated.

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