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KNOX, JOSEPH: : THE SLEEPWALKER. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.DOUBLEDAY/TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS,2019.

ISBN 9780857524386.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but author's distinctive triple xxx'd handwritten black felt-tip ink signature - without dedication - to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with capitalised,glossy,embossed yellow+white lettered title and author respectively,and other white lettering,a circular,adhesive 'Signed by Author' label,and a residual shadow of another removed circular label; the spine/backstrip with repeated capitalised,yellow+ white lettered title+author as front,but flat printed,rear panel with monochrome photograph with 5 critics' white+yellow lettered reviews. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges coloured yellow,bright,crisp,unblemished and without foxing/tspotting or thumbing; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - unread,other than my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettering to spine/backstrip,a black+silver chequered headband and immaculate plain pale grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/djauthor SIGNED,1st edn, 1-389pp [paginated] includes a Prologue(?),I-X sections with varying numbers of chapters each; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED title page,a dedication with blank verso,an epigram [John Fowles,from The Magus] also with blank verso,individual sections' separator pages,and to the rear,as last page,a note about the author. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally, the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the residual label shadow that prevents a higher grading.Despite that,itreally is still an exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness. ‘He said he didn’t remember killing them...’ As a series of rolling blackouts plunge the city into darkness, Detective Aidan Waits sits on an abandoned hospital ward,watching a mass murderer slowly die.Transferred from his usual night shift duties and onto protective custody, he has just one job . . . To extract the location of Martin Wick’s final victim before the notorious mass murderer passes away. Wick has spent over a decade in prison,in near-total silence, having confessed to an unspeakable crime that shocked the nation and earned him the nickname of The Sleepwalker. But when a daring premeditated attack leaves one police officer dead and another one fighting for his life,Wick’s whispered last words will send Waits on a journey into the heart of darkness . . . Manipulated by a reticent psychopath from his past,and under investigation from his new partner,Detective Constable Naomi Black,Waits realises too late that a remorseless contract killer is at work. Can Aidan Waits solve his last case before fleeing justice? Or will his name be next on the hit list? Please contact seller,because of the weight/value 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,author SIGNED, 1st edn.
Author SIGNED - without dedication.

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