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COLFER**, EOIN: : HIGH FIRE. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.JO FLETCHER BOOKS/an imprint of QUERCUS EDITIONS LTD.,2020.

ISBN ISBN 9781529408485.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn but author's recognisable, distinctive handwritten black ink signature - without dedication - to special tipped-in title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,wrap-around,coloured dark blue+grey matt background+coloured glossy overlay of reptilian-scaled skin design,with a white illustration to front of dw/dj,with capitalised,white-lettered author name and capitalised,gold colour lettered title and a b/w circular adhesive 'SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR' label; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+author name as front,a thumbnail repeat of front's white illustration with publisher's capitalised,white-lettered initials overlaid on it,at foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with orange lettered strap line. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright,crisp,clean without foxing /spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished sharp-cornered, original plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-373pp [paginated] includes 21 chapters; plus [unpaginated] author SIGNED tipped-in title page,half-title+title pages,a dedication and to the rear as last page,Acknowledgements,an About the Author page with his thumbnail,b/w portrait photograph and 2pp blanks.              Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.                                          Squib Moreau  may be a swamp-wild,street smart,dark-eyed,Cajun-blood tearaway,but his intentions are (generally) good: he really wants to be a supportive son to his hardworking momma Elodie.But sometimes life gets in the way - like when Fake Daddy walked out on them leaving a ton of debt,or when crooked Constable Regence Hooke got to thinking that pretty Elodie Moreau was just the gal for him . . .                        So when Squib is offered an apprenticeship by the local moonshine runner,a summer on the bayou looks like the only way to pay off the family debts and maybe get him and his momma a place in town,far away from Constable Hooke's unwanted courtship and Fake Daddy's reputation.   Unfortunately for Squib,the crooked constable has his own eye on that very same stretch of bayou - and neither of them have taken into account the dragon hiding out in the Louisiana swamp . . .                                      Change is coming for Squib Moreau - and for Vern,aka Lord Highfire - and life in the bayou is never going to be the same again.              Please contact seller,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 author SIGNED,1st edn.
Author SIGNED - without dedication.

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