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PARSON**, IAN: : A SECRET STEP - COLLECTOR'S EDITION. [Author SIGNED copy.**]

UK.COPPERJOB LTD.,2013.

ISBN 97780954601348.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,but author's black ink handwritten dedication+signature to reverse of front free endpaper (ffe): 'To Valerie,Best Wishes,Ian Parson',and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,white background b/w illustrated dw/dj,with black+red lettering to upper panel,and part-panel b/w illustrated rear panel with black+red lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - virtually as new.Top +fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate b/w 'Jack the Ripper' locale map to pastedowns and Victims - Key to Map (1888) endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn, vii-xiiipp+1-189pp [paginated] includes 36 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,blank,note about the author with note about book to verso,note about the story with publisher comments to verso,a foreword - by Bill Beadle (Jack the Ripper author and Vice-President of The Whitechapel Society, acknowledgements with dedication to it's reverse,The End separator page and 2pp blanks at rear as last page. See my book ID rja1012422 for author's 3rd novel - 'The Grind' - a SIGNED p/back Original,1st edn. A novel set in the East End of London.In 1888 Percy Miller was ten years old,growing up in the slums of Whitechapel,in the East End of London. It was also the year that Jack the Ripper was wreaking havoc in the area.Percy got caught up in the shocking events and ended up traumatised by the murders in a time before 'trauma' had been invented.He lived but could never tell the tale.It was no surprise to anyone that he ended up settling into the life of a career criminal. It was another fifty years before the East End saw violence on a scale to eclipse the Whitechapel Murders of 1888 and once again Percy was right in the thick of it.The Blitz of London was a truly terrifying thing to live through. Percy,against all the odds,was now a grandfather of one.Billy Miller,Percy's grandson was ten years old when the Blitz began in September 1940.To Billy the air raids were times of excitement and adventure. Without adult supervision Billy and his friends were free to roam as the bombs rained down.Their criminal instincts were not easy to shake off until Billy turned one daring rescue into a game. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
'To Valerie,Best Wishes,Ian Parson'

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