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MARSH,NICK: : THE EXPRESS DIARIES.[Author SIGNED copy.]

UK.BODMIN,DEVON.INNSMOUTH HOUSE PRESS,2012.

ISBN 9783063206183.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 - 10 ascending.Published by and through public subscription with the dedicatee (Jeremy Stuckwisch) being listed at the rear as a subscriber/donor.This is also the first major fiction release for this imprint.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's black ink handwritten inscrptn and warm dedication: 'To Jeremy love and hugs from Nick (signature below) Thanks for all the pub talks!' to half-title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork by Eric M. Smith, illustrated dw/dj,with pink+grey lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Production faults within the book/text include: mis-aligned smearing/ smudging of print to pp268 and mis-aligned text and less smearing to bottom section of text on the opposite (pp269) page. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain dark blue cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt title letters within an art-nouveau style border to front board and bright,crisp,stamped gilt lettering to spine/backstrip,a black headband,a red silk sewn-in bookmark ribbon and immaculate colour Orient Express route map illustrated endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2-279pp [paginated] includes story in form of diary of journey from London to Constantinople,an epilogue - editor's note,b/w facsimile ephemera reproduction illustrations throughout the text and the book,16pp contemporary monochrome+colour artwork,in 1 block,between pp120/1,an appendix,plus [unpaginated] a prose extract,SIGNED+dedicated half-title page, b/w vignette illustrated title page, editor's note with an introduction comprising of Personnae dramatis,to it's recto. EUROPE,1925. The continent still licks its wounds from the devastating war that raged across it a few years ago. Meanwhile,in London,an ageing professor has uncovered the clues to the whereabouts of pieces of an ancient statue,all but forgotten by history. When his investigations lead him to fear for his life,he enlists the aid of an unlikely group of allies; a retired colonel,a secretive academic,a magician's wife,and a Yorkshire matriarch with her reluctant assistant. Together they will journey across Europe to recover the long-lost statue.They will travel in style,on the most luxurious train the world has ever seen.Unbeknownst to them,however,their activities have already attracted the attention of a sinister cult,desperate to acquire the artifact for their own dark purposes,and now a terrible creature,trapped for centuries,senses that the opportunity for revenge has come at last. . . 'The Express Diaries' is a tale of a journey into darkness and horror on the world's most famous train. Since April 2013 and again in March 2015, and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
'To Jeremy love and hugs from Nick (signature below) Thanks for all the pub talks!'

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