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DONALDSON**, STEPHEN: : GILDEN-FIRE.** [UK HB+dw/dj + UK,12mo p/back,both 1st edns.]

LONDON.COLLINS,1981.

ISBN 9780002227629

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn offered with UK, slim 12mo p/back 1st edn.[A previously unpublished episode from THE ILLEARTH WAR illustrated by John Goodfellow.] Unusually,the book is with boards/binding production faults, i.e. the faults/defects to covers and spine are repeated to concomitant areas of dw/dj.VG/VG for HB+dw/dj,NFINE for p/back.No owner inscrptn to either and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy,colour pictorial artwork illustration by Peter Goodfellow,repeated to either panel of dw/dj,with white lettering to both panels and to plain black spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf- wear to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Both panels of dw/dj and spine/backstrip with production wrinkles,replicated to concomitant areas of same.Front panel's top edge with indent/imprint also replicated to cover beneath,and rear cover's two production wrinkles impressed into dw/dj also.Top edges with sporadically dust-soiled flecks,fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain black cloth boards with aforementioned production wrinkles and indents and bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,slim 8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,7-94pp [paginated] includes author's foreword,story/novella,7 full- page b/w illustrations interspersed throughout the text and the book by Peter Goodfellow,plus [unpaginated] half- title with b/w illustrated frntis to reverse,title page,an illustrations list/table with blank reverse,and 2pp blanks at the rear. Paperback issue with bright,crisp,glossy, identical colour artwork illustration to front, but white lettered story precis to black background.Top+fore-edges toned; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners and NO reading creases to spine/backstrip either - unread,apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo p/back,1st edn,with identical contents+ pagination as the UK HB,1st edn. This is the tale of Korik Bloodguard,the Lords Shetra and Hyrim on their mission to Seareach. Many dangers and hard decisions await them on their journey,as they travel through Grimmerdhore Forest and encounter ur-viles,a pack of wolves and Gilden-Fire. In Gilden-Fire we learn more of the moral dilemma of Bloodguard.The development of the dwellers of the Land,who would eventually have to face the destruction of the Unhomed is clearly depicted.But above all it is the story of Bloodguard. Please contact seller,because of the weight of these items,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,item's actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if offered P/p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR 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. 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. **

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

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