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CORNWELL**, BERNARD: : SHARPE'S ASSASSIN - Richard Sharpe and the Occupation of Paris,1815

LONDON.HarperCollinsPublishers,2021.

ISBN 9780008184018.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,Collector's Edition,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] NFINE/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,montage'd colour pictorial/ photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,front panel with embossed,glossy white+gilt lettering, flat printed similar coloured lettering to spine/backstrip,rear panel with superimposed gilt prose extract to illustration: with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – virtually pristine,appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,original black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt crossed sabres, author's facsimile gilt signature below and gilt capitalised 'COLLECTOR'S EDITION' below that,all to upper board,spine/backstrip with bright, crisp,blocked lettering and rear board with bright,crisp,blocked gilt regimental button (95th Rifles) design,a red+gold striped headband and immaculate/clean plain maroon sets of endpapers.Though not bumped,the rear top corner has three oblique production(?) wrinkles of the cloth emanating from just below it's unaffected and sharp tip,for approx 2cm angle,but no creases to or visible under rear pastedown's concomitant corner tip internally.Due to the wrinkles present at this location,stored packaging has caused concomitant creases to dw/dj and book has a slight lean.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-326pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-3 comprising 4,6,and 3 chapters respectively,an Epilogue,an historical note,bonus material Life of Sharpe; plus [unpaginated] half-title with author's potted biography,title page,a dedication,individual Pts separator pages,and to the rear 3pp publisher's adverts for author's other works/titles. See also,my book ID rja125722 for another example of this same title. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an acceptble condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the faults described that prevent a slightly higher grading. If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe . . . Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe is a man with a reputation.Born in the gutter,raised a foundling,he joined the army twenty-one years ago,and it's been his home ever since.He's a loose cannon,but his unconventional methods make him a valuable weapon. So when,the dust still settling after the Battle of Waterloo,the Duke of Wellington needs a favour,he turns to Sharpe.For Wellington knows that the end of one war is only the beginning of another. Napoleon's army may be defeated,but another enemy lies waiting in the shadows - a secretive group of fanatical revolutionaries hell-bent on revenge. Sharpe is dispatched to a new battleground: the maze of Paris streets where lines blur between friend and foe. And in search of a spy,he will have to defeat a lethal assassin determined to kill his target or die trying . . . 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,Collector's Edn,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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