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COLGAN, STEVYN: : CONSTABLE COLGAN'S CONNECTOSCOPE

LONDON.UNBOUND,2013.

ISBN 9781908717849.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,special limited,1st edn. [Although stated special limited edition - no limitation indicated.UNBOUND is the book's publishers and NOT the book's state/condition! 'Unbound' is a new kind of publishing house.The books are funded directly by readers.The concept was a very popular idea during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.'Unbound' have revived it for the internet age,allowing authors to write the books they really want to write and readers to support the writing they would most like to see published - hence the subscribers' list/ index.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp,clean,part-matt and part-glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to front board and spine/backstrip,a black headband and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,special limited,1st edn,xi-xivpp+1-205pp [paginated] includes author's introduction,32 investigations,an index,a Connectoscope index,grateful thanks,a subscribers list; plus [unpaginated] note on author with author's other works advert to verso,critics' review,half-title+title pages,a dedication,investigations list/table etc.,2pp blanks between last page of investigation and the index,and a note on typefaces as the last page. An uncommon edition as paperbacks abound and the only other noted (UK) HB edition is the Random House edn. Everything is connected. There is a connection between Buffalo Bill and Les Miserables.Chess has a connection with H. G. Wells's martians . . . if you know where to look.The trainers on your feet can be connected to the Greek goddess of victory,who is connected to an ingredient used in making Absinthe,which is connected to the voice of Dangermouse's assistant Penfold,who is . . . Everything really is connected. In this book,ex-London bobby and QI elf Stevyn Colgan takes you on a series of circular journeys through a world of connections embracing science,art,history and popular culture.You'll learn why dipsticks upset the Nazis,how to turn Superman gay,why it would be easy to catch a bank robbing koala,and how a brand of foot powder came to be voted mayor of a village in Ecuador. Constable Colgan's Connectoscope offers you an entertaining glimpse into the hidden links between all things and challenges you to find new connections of your own. The book contains a mountweazel - which is a copyright trap; a deliberately false fact,name or word that an author inserts into a work so that they can track plaigiarism.If spotted,let the author know,but don't let the world know - it'll be yours and his dirty little secret. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value 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'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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,special limited 1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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