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RANKIN**, IAN: : A HEART FULL OF HEADSTONES. [WATERSTONES special edition - Exclusive short story edn.]

LONDON.ORION FICTION/ORION PUBLISHING GROUP LTD.,2022.

ISBN 9781398711440.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] NMINT/NMINT.As new,wrapped +protected from day of issue/purchase,so no owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt colour photographic and artwork illustrated dw/dj with author's capitalised,embossed,glossy name,bright,crisp, gilt lettered title and other white+orange lettering to front panel of dw/dj,spine/backstrip withrepeated background+foreground without silhouetted man figure and the pair of gilt decorated falling leaves illustration from front,and with critics' black+orange and white+orange lettered reviews to rear panel. Negligible shelf-wear,if any,to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - virtually pristine.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean without blemish; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - unread, other than my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,wrap-around white cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked bronze gilt arched doorway with white silhuoetted figure within the frame,centrally placed to front board,miniaturised thumbnail of same image to spine/backstrip along with bright,crisp, blocked bronze gilt lettering to rest of same; rear board plain and undecorated,immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3- 326pp [paginated] includes separate 'NOW',and a 'THEN' page,story over 1- 8 Days with varying number of chapters in each Day,totalling 31 chapters and another 'NOW' page as an ending; plus an Exclusive to Waterstones short story 'SMUDGES'- A short REBUS story (3-9pp - paginated) at the rear.Plus [unpaginated] potted biography of author with blank verso,page of critics reviews with publisher's advert for author's other works/titles to its reverse,a title page,epigrams (2)also with blank verso, 'NOW','THEN' and individual Days separator pages - each with a blank verso,and at the rear before the short story,separate epigram and story title pages both with blank verso too. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness. 'I'm giving you my word.Time was,that would have been enough.' 'Things have changed though,haven't they,and people with them?' John Rebus stands accused: on trial for a crime that could put him behind bars for the rest of his life.Although it's not the first time the legendary detective has taken the law into his own hands,it might be the last. What drove a good man to cross the line? Or have times changed,and the rules with them? Detective Inspector Siobahn Clarke faces Edinburgh's most explosive case in years,as a corrupt cop goes missing after claiming to harbour secrets that could sink the city's police force. But in this investigation,it seems all roads lead to Rebus - and Clarke's twin loyalties to the public and the will be tested to their limit. A reckoning is coming - and John Rebus may be hearing the call for last orders . . . 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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