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BURLEY**, W[illiam] J[ohn]: : WYCLIFFE AND THE REDHEAD.**

LONDON.GOLLANCZ,1997.

ISBN 0575064706.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE+.[Complete number line 97 98 99 5 4 3 2 1.] No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,superimposed colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with black+blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean - one small,light,faint splash mark to fore-edge; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-189pp [paginated] includes 14 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and 2pp blanks at rear. William John Burley (b. 1st August,1914 – d. 15th November,2002) was a British crime writer, best known for his books featuring the detective Charles Wycliffe,which became the basis of the popular television series Wycliffe,shown from 1994 to 1998.Burley was born in Falmouth, Cornwall. He began with books about an amateur detective before deciding to concentrate on the investigations of a professional policeman - Wycliffe - who had made his bow in 'Three-Toed Pussy' (1968) moved on to centre stage in 'To Kill a Cat' (1970). A fracas in a hotel Gents results in a man's death.Mainly on the evidence of a local antiquarian bookseller,Simon Meagor,George Barker is convicted of manslaughter and sent to prison.On his release he kills himself. Barker's daughter,Morwenna - the redhead - holds the bookseller responsible for her father's death and the subsequent breakup of her family.She concieves an obsessive hatred for him,but unexpectedly turns up at his shop one day looking or employment. Revenge of a form of therapy? Before Simon Meagor has a chance to find out,Morwenna disappears and Detective Superintendent Wycliffe becomes involved in a case which deeply disturbs his own peace of mind. Here is a brand new case (then 1997) - the twenty-first - for the Cornish detective,who has become Britain's favourite TV cop following the four series starring Jack Shepherd. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight 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.

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