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GREGORY**, PHILIPPA: : The Boleyn Inheritance. [Author SIGNED copy. **]

LONDON.HarperCollinsPublishers,2006.

ISBN 0007190328.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn but author's neat,handwritten blue ink signature - without dedication - to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,colour period costumed female figures to dw/dj panels and spine/backstrip with gilt decoration highlights to their dresses; author's capitalised,metallic blue gilt-lettered name at front's top edge and bright,crisp gilt-lettered title and author credit for 'The Other Boleyn Girl' title beneath.Spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+author name as the front's and publisher's white-lettered+ illustrated name and colophon respectively,at foot of same,rear panel with author's 4 other gilt-lettered titles accompanied by critics' individual blue-lettered reviews for each. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges with faint sporadic dust-flecking,fore-edges bright and clean without ageing/toning; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – near pristine with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/ unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain light blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt decorative motif and gilt-lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate repeated contempraneous 2 females' colour portraits illustrations/paintings illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,1-518pp [paginated] includes novel in sections; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED title page,a dedication,and to the rear, 4pp blanks. Want more Philippa GREGORY titles? Please search my MODERN FIRSTS2 and SIGNED catalogues for similar SIGNED,unsigned UK,HB+dw/dj 1st edns. Visually,the external appearance is almost exceptional but for the dust-flecking,and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's near 20 year-old age.It is only the fault described that prevent a slightly higher grading.Despite that,it really is still an exemplary example for it's brightnesss, cleanliness and lack of other age-acquired detracting faults commonly encountered in a book of comparable age. The year is 1539 and the court of Henry VIII is increasingly fearful at the moods of the ageing sick king.With only a baby in the cradle for an heir,Henry has to take another wife and the dangerous prize of the crown of England is won by Anne of Cleves. She has her own good reasons for agreeing to marry a man old enough to be her father,in a country where both language and habits are foreign.Although fascinated by the glamour of her new surroundings,she senses the trap closing around her. Her maid in waiting, Katherine Howard,is ordered by her ambitious family to follow in the steps of her cousin Anne Boleyn and flirt her way to the throne of England; but her kinswoman and advisor Jane Boleyn is haunted by the past,and the Boleyn inheritance of suspicion,betrayal and death. The stories of these three young women,trying to survive the most volatile and dangerous court in Europe at a time of religious upheaval and political uncertainty,is Philippa Gregory's most intense and compelling novel yet. Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct [insured,or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US 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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