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CONNOLLY**, JOHN: : The Dirty South. [A CHARLIE PARKER THRILLER.**]

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2020.

ISBN 9781529398298.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] NMINT/NMINT. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around matt,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with author's name in white,glossy lettering,bronze-lettered title,capitalised white-lettered strap line and critic's other white-lettering review to front of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author name and title as the front's and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name,and white illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj critics' bronze gilt and white-lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges bright,crisp,clean without blemish/foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain orange cloth boards with blocked,black lettering to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-470pp [paginated] includes 2 NOW sections with a chapter each at start and end of the main THEN section of Pts I-VI comprising 27,27,16,18,11 chapters respectively and Acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,individual NOW sections' separator pages,Pts separator pages each with either a prose extract or an epigram,and to the rear, publisher's advertisement for media platforms.   Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,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. A prequel to most of the 'Charlie Parker' thriller series (not 'Every Dead Thing'), offering an opportune entry point to the so far (2022),20 titles of the series. It is 1997,and someone is slaughtering young black women in Burdon County, Arkansas. But no one wants to admit it, not in the Dirty South.In an Arkansas jail cell sits a former NYPD detective, stricken by grief. He is mourning the death of his wife and child,and searching in vain for their killer. He cares only for his own lost family. But that is about to change . . . Witness the becoming of Charlie Parker. A Charlie Parker novel - the birth of a hunter.  Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - 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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