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MILLS, JENNI: : CROW STONE. [Author signed copy.]

LONDON.HarperPress/HarperCollinsPublishers,2007.

ISBN 9780007247127.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten black ink signature - without dedication - signed at the Waterstone's branch,to the title page.Bright.crisp,clean,matt wrap-around mdark brown background with capitalised,glossy gilt-lettered title and glossy gilt mosaic-style figure,and capitalised white-lettered sub-title and author name to front panel of dw/dj,and also with a Waterstone's black,circular,adhesive label 'Signed by the Author at Watersone's' white-lettered label; spine/backstrip with repeated similarly capitalised gilt title+mosaic design/ figure and white-lettered author name and white illustrated/lettered publisher's colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with gilt-lettered prose extract and critics' gilt+white lettered reviews(2). Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean and solid,no intentional dog-ear reading creases but a small accidental, uniform corner tip crease deceasing in degree,to pp107-116 inclusive - no other corner tips affected.Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished, sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt-lettered spine/ backsrip with gentle pushing to both head+foot of same,immaculate plain pinkish endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED without dedication, 1st edn,3-471pp [paginated] includes Levels 1-7 sections containg 36 chapters, acknowledgements at rear; plus [unpaginated] half-title with William Blake epigram,author SIGNED title page,a dedication,pictograph/pictogram illustrated individual Level separator pages with prose extract to each,and to the rear,a Literary Corner section with author's thoughts,insight on the story,questions for the reader about the book,publisher's advert for suggested other author titles,plus 10pp blanks as last pages. 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 minimal interior fault described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite that,it really is still an exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness. Kit Parry is a woman with a past,albeit one she'd rather forget.Now a succesful engineer, she's spent all her adult life trying to erase the memory of what happened over the long,hot summer of her fourteenth year.When she takes a job shoring up the ancient quarries under her hometown of Bath,hoever,the secrets she tried so desperately to bury threaten to work their way to the surface.For beneath its sleepy facade,the old spa town is as riddled with unwanted memories as it is with Roman ruins . . . But if Kit's past holds untold terrors,her present has its own problems.Her ex-husband is tapping her for money,the miners resent her and someone is making it menacingly obvious that she isn't wanted in Bath.To top it off,her burgeoning romance with Gary,the quarry foreman, is threatening to force open doors to the past that Kit is determined to keep shut. When she stumbles across evidence of what could be the archaeological discovery of the decade - a lost Roman temple dedicaated to the mystery cult of Mithras - the enigma of her past becomes entangled with a present-day race to discover the secret at the heart of the stone mines,a quest that turns into a dangerous obsession As Kit's part plays itself out in the dark labyrinth of tunnels beneath the ancient city, events race to a chilling climax in which past and present collide with disastrous effect.For when the walls Kiy built to protect herself come crashing down,she must face the truth she's spent her whole life avoiding - and which threatens to destroy her. 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 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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