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HIGSON**, CHARLIE: : THE SACRIFICE. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.PUFFIN BOOKS/PENGUIN GROUP,2012.

ISBN 9780141336121.

UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj - as issued,author SIGNED,1st edn.Complete number line 001 - 10 - 1 descending.] FINE-.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black felt-tip pen ink signature - without dedication - to title page. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy colour pictorial red+ black skull with silver gilt streaks and monochrome crowd scene superimposed photograph on the jaw,illustrated front cover/ board,with impressed,capitalised,white with silver gilt streaks,lettered author name; impressed,capitalised red with silver gilt streaks lettered title and other capitalised red,white+black lettering to same,along with a small circular red with white lettered 'signed by the author' adhesive label,the spine/ backstrip with flat printed but similarly coloured+lettered author+title as front and thumbnail front illustration and publisher's  b/w illustrated Puffin colophon,to foot of same, rear panel with red+b/w lettered synopsis and 2 critics' red+black lettered reviews and an advisory note of strong language and scenes of violence. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - and immaculate black background with repeated grey and grey+white skulls to the free endpapers and a single large skull illustration to each pastedown,illustrated endpapers.Top,fore and lower edges all coloured a dark brown - the lower edges with a couple of blemishes; contents bright,tight,clean overall but with very random blemishes to border edges - possibly a bleed from colouring of the external edges - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips. UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj as issued,author SIGNED,1st edn,1-455pp [paginated] includes a preamble,77 chapters each with b/w skull illustrated head-pieces; plus [unpaginated] half-title with author's potted biography, author SIGNED title page,a dedication,a Thanks page,both these with a blank reverse,and an separator page with story's context [the action in this book begins eight days after the end of the fear - the preceding 3rd book in this horror series] and with an epigram - from T.S. Eliot's 'The Wasteland.' Author's 4th title in this series fololwing on from 'The Enemy','The Dead' and 'The Fear' sequentially. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and  internally,the book is also in a near exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age and nature, i.e. a child’s book. It is only the minimal faults described,that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite them,it really is an exceptional copy for its age and as an uncomm,SIGNED title.                          The sickness destroyed everyone over the age of fourteen.All across London diseased adults are waiting,hungry predators with rotten flesh and ravaged minds. Small Sam and his unlikely ally,The Kid,have survived.They're safe with Ed and his friends at the Tower of London,but Sam is desperate to find his sister. Their search for Ella means Sam and The Kid must cross the forbidden zone.And what awaits them there is more terrifying than any of the horror they've suffered so far . . .   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,the 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.    ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. **  ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive 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,no dw/dj - as issued,author SIGNED,1st edn.
Author SIGNED - without dedication.

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