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ARCHER**, JEFFREY: : Tell Tale. [Author SIGNED copy. One of a Limited SIGNED edn.]

LONDON.MACMILLAN/an imprint of Pan Macmillan,2017.

ISBN 9781447252290.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black ink signature - without dedication to a special inserted Limitation [unspecified] page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around,matt,montaged colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with authors' names in capitalised,embossed metallic red letters, similarly coloured and lettered THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER credit and embossed metallic red lettered title,an adhesive 'Signed copy' roundel - all to front of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author name+title as the front's and publisher’s capitalised,red metallic lettered name and illustrated colophon respectively,to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with repeated front's photograph minus the couple's figures and critics' black+red lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – top two corners mininsculely bumped - but no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges with some minimal toning,fore-edges brighter and cleaner,also without 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, generally sharp-cornered,original plain burgundy cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettering,a pale blue+white striped headband,and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,collection of short stories and to the rear,4 chapters of the (November,20187) forthcoming new title 'Heads You Win' stand alone novel with author's Foreword; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author Signed Limitation page,title page,a dedication with thanks to its reverse,author Foreword (2017),a Contents list/table,story's individual separator pagesand to the rear,2pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable and even internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite that,it really is still an exemplary example for its cleanliness and lack of detracting faults.    A brand-new collection 'Tell Tale', gives a fascinating, exciting and sometimes poignant insight into the people he has met,the stories he has come across and the countries he has visited during the past ten years. Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to find out 'Who Killed the Mayor?' And the pretentious schoolboy in 'A Road to Damascus', whose discovery of the origins of his father's wealth changes his life in the most profound way.Revel in the stories of the 1930s woman who dares to challenge the men at her Ivy League University in 'A Gentleman and A Scholar' while another young woman who thumbs a lift gets more than she bargained for in 'A Wasted Hour.'        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,author SIGNED,Limited 1st edn.
Author SIGNED 0 withou tdedication.

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