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RYAN**, CHRIS: : KILLING FOR COMPANY. [Author SIGNED copy.**]

LONDON.CORONET/An imprint of HODDER & STOUGHTON,2011.

ISBN 9781444710281

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn but author’s neat handwritten black felt-tip ink signature - without dedication - to title page, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,repeated monochrome (blue+black) photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with capitalised,glossy,embossed,graduated bluewhite-lettered author's name,similalrly coloured but flat printed,capitalised lettered title,with black-lettered author+TV credit for 'Strike Back' and graduated blue+white-lettered strap-line; plus a white-lettered,black,circular adhesive 'Signed by the author' roundel - all to front of dw/dj; partial black spine/backstrip with monochrome (blue+black) thumbnail detail from front's photograph to head of spine and flat printed,capitalised,graduated blue+white lettered author name and title,plus publisher’s capitalised blue-lettered and illustrated name+ colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with critics' (3) graduated blue+white-lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear,miniscule bumping/ creasing to head+foot of spine and 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 plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked fluorescent blue gilt lettering to spine/ backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,3-404pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-4 comprising 3,11,18 and 1 chapters respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED title page, Acknowledgements,Epigrams (2) page,individual Pts separator pages,and to the rear,4pp blanks.  Visually the exterior appearance is still exceptional and particularly internally,also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 10+ year-old age.It is only the minimal faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall. Despite them it  really is still an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults and as a collectable and UNCOMMON,author SIGNED edition.           Author's 16th novel,full of all his trademark action,thrills and inside knowledge.             2003. Invalided out of the SAS Chet Freeman makes his living in high-end security,on a temporary contract for an American corporation called the Grosvenor Group.He catches a young woman, a peace campaigner, eavesdropping on a meeting the Group is holding with the British Prime Minister.The Group's interests include arms manufacture, and what Chet and the young woman overhear seems to imply that it is bribing the Prime Minister to take his country into an illegal war. COULD THIS POSSIBLY BE TRUE?                    Somebody believes that this is a secret that needs covering up,because Chet and the girl are attacked. Hunted down,they go into hiding,and a deadly game of cat and mouse begins. Nearly ten years later tension is reaching breaking point in Jerusalem.The now ex-Prime Minister is working as a Middle East peace envoy. As the city descends into anarchy and rival armies are poised to turn it into a battlefield,Chet's best buddy,Luke,is part of a team tasked by the Regiment with extracting the ex-Prime Minister.  At the height of the battle Luke discovers a conspiracy far more devastating than any arms deal.                                     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,author SIGNED,1st edn.
Author SIGNED - without dedication.

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