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MOSSE**, KATE: : SEPULCHRE

LONDON.ORION BOOKS,2007.

ISBN 9780752860558.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,wrap-aroumd,mottled red background with bright,gilt decorated upper+ lower border edges,bright gilt spine/backstrip gutter's fold/crease decoration,with capitalised gilt lettered author name,gilt pillared arched doorway with other decoration within motif centrally and between author+title lettering, capitalised bright gilt lettered title and other orange lettered author information to front panel,spine/backstrip with repeated capitalised, bright gilt lettered author name,title and gilt illustrated publisher colophon to foot of same, rear panel with critics' pink lettered reviews; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip and immaculate repeated colour pictorial TAROT card illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,32-549pp [paginated] includes a Prelude,Pts I-XII (1-12) and a Coda,author's Note on the Vernier Tarot and acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication with a Carcassonne environs b/w map with a diagrammatic France map inset,illustrated frntis to its reverse,a contents list/table with a Charles Baudeklaire,1857 French poem with a modern English translation of it beside,to its reverse, epigrams (2 - Claude Debussy and Arthur Edward Waite,the co-creator of the Rider–Waite tarot deck.) with blank verso,individual prelude and Pts separator page with black illustrated headpiece,repeated from front panel's illustration,and towards the rear,a 2pp notated musical score. Author's 2nd book,following from the 1st 'Labyrinth' and completed with the 3rd, 'Citadel',of the Languedoc trilogy. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age.It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness and brightness. An elderly priest brutally murdered. The body of a young man floating in the River Aude. A nervous woman sitting in a damask-draped room. A smiling man in the shadows. Four different people,scattered across France,scattered across the ages. The only link,the painted tarot cards they hold. Sepulchre is a spellbinding adventure that carries us back from the present day in the French spa-town of Rennes-les-Bains,first to the 19th century,and then further back into the stories of the ancient kings buried there with their treasure. For those who stumble upon the cards,unravelling the mystery of the painted deck will take them on a treacherous journey of forbidden knowledge,the power of the church and the pull of the occult. A tale of strange music, personal ruin,murderous greed and age-old secrets - prepare yourself to turn over the cards. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct 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,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.