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McINTOSH,PAT: : THE NICHOLAS FEAST.[Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.CONSTABLE & ROBINSON LTD.,2005.

ISBN 1841198242.

UK,slim 8vo HB+protected dw/dj, SIGNED,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,black ink signature - without dedication - to title-page,no price-clip to protected dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj, with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - due to protected dw/dj.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight and pristine - no dog-ear creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original, plain red cloth bds with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate,plain white eps.Slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,11-302pp [paginated] includes 14 chapters, plus [unpaginated] half-title page, author SIGNED title-page,dedication, list of characters,b/w University plan with b/w map to recto of same and 2pp blanks at rear. Author's 2nd Gil Cunningham novel. Uncommon to find SIGNED. Glasgow 1492,Gil Cunningham remarked later that if he had known he would have found a corpse in the university coalhouse,he would never have gone to the Arts Faculty feast. But then,as Alys his betrothed replied,he would never have met Socrates. In this mysterious adventure,Gil Cunningham returns to his old University for the Nicolas Feast, where he and his colleagues are entertained by a play presented by some of the students.One of the actors,William Irvine,is later found murdered and Gil,fresh from his success in solving the murder of the harper's quine,is the obvious person to investigate.Assisted by Alys,and her French stonemason father,Pierre, he begins to disentangle a complex web of espionage and blackmail involving William's tutors and fellow students. First one chamber and then another is ransacked and Gil himself is attacked.It appears someone is looking for missing papers and suspicion falls on the university chaplain,a Dominican priest.Oddly, William's wolfhound-pup,Socrates, now becomes a focus for attention and matters are further complicated by the arrival of Gil's formidable mother who is determined to inspect his betrothed.Little do ALys and Gil realize that it will be she who provides the final,vital key to unmask the murderer and lay his motives bare. Since April,2013,the UK Post Office has increased it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.

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