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WIDDECOMBE**, ANN: : An Act of Peace. [Author SIGNED+dedicated copy.]

LONDON.PHOENIX/ORION BOOKS LTD.,2013.

ISBN 9781780226835.

UK,12mo p/back,author SIGNED,1st edn thus. [Originally and first published LONDON, Weidenfeld & Nicolson,UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 2005,then first UK paperback edn,Orion Publishing Group Ltd.,2006.This paperback edn first published UK,Phoenix/Imprint of Orion Books Ltd.,2013,so p/back 1st edn thus.Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's bold handwritten black ink inscrptn: 'To Barbara best wishes Ann Widdecombe.' to title page.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,matt,colour photographic illustrated card covers with black+dark green lettering to front cover,b/w lettered spine/ backstrip which also has NO reading creases,rear cover with black lettered story precis and critic's grey lettered review.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.A tiny horizontal tear to fore-edge of page before the title page, probably occuring as book was being opened for it to be signed - no other internal nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and crisp, clean without blemish - virtually as new - contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - unread,other than my own collation.UK,12mo p/back,author SIGNED+ dedicated,1st edn thus,1-294pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,21 chapters and an Epilogue; plus [unpaginated] 2pp critics' reviews,author SIGNED title page,author's thanks,author's Note, and a genealogical family tree chart - the three latter named pages each with a blank verso. This,the sequel to 'An Act of Treachery' - see my book ID rja1022922,also SIGNED,but as a UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of its age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral p/back,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the one,minor internal fault described that prevents a higher grading.Despite that,it really is an exceptional copy for brightness and cleanliness. Klaus-Pierre is the love-child of a young Frenchwoman and a senior,married German officer. Klaus-Pierre never knew his father,who was killed before he was born,and his mother was rejected by her family of patriots and resistance workers.Cared for by his German family,Klaus-Pierre is loved and happy - but as he grows up in a Europe where old enemies are learning to cooperate,he tries to make his own 'Act of Peace' with his French relatives. The result is a horrifying confrontation between the two families when they meet accidentally in Provence.Meanwhile,Klaus-Pierre is struggling with another quest to come to terms with his roots,as he tries to find out just what kind of man his father really was. 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,12mo p/back,author SIGNED,1st edn thus.
Author SIGNED+dedicated.

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