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MAY**, PETER: : THE LEWIS MAN. [2nd part of the Lewis trilogy.]

LONDON.QUERCUS,2012.

ISBN 9780857382207.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, wrap-around,matt,repeated monochrome photographic beach illustrated dw/dj with author's capitalised,glossy,embossed white-lettered name; capitalised,matt,black-lettered title,capitalised red-lettered strapline and a b/w illustrated,adhesive roundel crediting best-selling author of 'THE BLACK HOUSE' to front of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+ lettered author name+title as the front's - but flat printed,and publisher’s white-lettered name to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with red+ whte lettered straplines.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright crisp,clean 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,sharp-cornered, original black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5-373pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,40 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication,an epigram [a verse line from 'The Old Fools' by Philip Larkin'],and to the rear,Acknowledgements with an invite to sign up to author's newsletter to read the next 3 chapters of the next Fin McLeod book.                                             Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 12-year-old age. It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.                                A MAN WITH NO NAME. An unidentified corpse is recovered from a Lewis peat bog; the only clue to its identity being a DNA sibling match to a local farmer. A MAN WITH NO MEMORY. But this islander, Tormod Macdonald - now an elderly man suffering from dementia - has always claimed to be an only child. A MAN WITH NO CHOICE. When Tormod's family approach Fin Macleod for help,Fin feels duty-bound to solve the mystery.   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,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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